What is the Christian Life All About? (Real Vs Substitute)

1 Corinthians 3:1–4 ESV

1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human?

All Christians have the Spirit

Romans 8:9 ESV

9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Galatians 3:2 ESV

2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

Titus 3:5–7 ESV

5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Christians Live Saved Lives

“Sanctification is the ongoing supernatural work of God to rescue justified sinners from the disease of sin and to conform them to the image of his Son: holy, Christlike, and empowered to do good works.” ~Lexham Survey of Theology

As milk it is the good news of salvation; as solid food it is understanding that the entire Christian life is predicated on the same reality—and those who have the Spirit should so understand the “mystery.” Thus the Corinthians do not need a change in diet but a change in perspective

John 17:17 ESV

17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Have you firmly Grasped ahold of the Gospel as milk (ie, are you saved?)

Do you struggle knowing what the Christian life is all about? Do you think you need to move past the Gospel and on to deeper things?

What are the “Fleshy”, “human,” “Jealous,” and “strife” that you deal with in your life? (see verses 1-4)