Natural Man Versus Spiritual Man in 1 Corinthians ...
January 6th, 2014 | Eschatology | 3 Comments
Spiritual Man
Today, we'll focus on chapter 2:15-16. We've learned about the natural man, let's focus now on the spiritual man.
"But he who is spiritual judges all things, ye he himself is rightly judged by no one. For 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ."
As we've said all along, Paul's words confirm the Spiritual man as the one who receives the revelation of God. See verse 10. "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit." They were not void of the knowledge of God.
The Spiritual Man ...
The Natural Man of 1 Corinthians 15 Part 2
January 4th, 2014 | Eschatology | No Comment
The Natural Man Does Not Receive Divine Revelation
In the first installment, we introduced the subject of the natural versus the spiritual from the two Greek words Paul used to discussed it in 1 Corinthians 2:14-16.
We will continue that study in this article. For those of you who may not be a subscriber, you can go to the blog at http://www.allthingsfulfilled.com/blog to find the post.
Quickly to review, we pointed out that the natural man was the person who rejected the revelation of God and who did not have the indwelling of the Spirit of God as it was poured out on ...
The Natural Man of 1 Corinthians 15
January 1st, 2014 | Eschatology | No Comment
Identifying the Natural Man in Paul's Resurrection Motif of 1 Cor. 15
The subject of resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 is hotly debated, controversial and even confusing to many. Much of the discussion centers around the type of body discussed in the chapter. What does Paul mean by the use of natural body and spiritual body? Many believe he speaks about a fleshly (human biology) body and versus a non-material body. How does he use the terms in 1 Corinthians.
While some begin their study of the resurrection in Corinthians in chapter 15, I have found it very rewarding to begin the ...
