#315 - What Kind of Person Do You Want to Be? 1 Corinthians 2:16-3:5

This passage in 1 Corinthians 2:16-3:5 speaks of four kinds of people in this order: The spiritual person, the natural person, the carnal Christian, and the newborn Christian. It is God's desire for believers to be spiritual, meaning mature and discerning of God's truth. The key to becoming spiritual is the Holy Spirit: walking in the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit. This is what should be the normal Christian life. While the gospels emphasize the conditions for becoming a disciple, the epistles, while never using the word disciple, explain how Christians can become spiritual disciples. Much is said and written about disciples and discipleship, but it is not often enough connected to the epistles' explanations about how to become a spiritual disciple. This message will challenge listeners to make spiritual maturity the goal of discipleship.