Berean Bible Church

How God Sees People

Lesson I

November 5, 2006

 

Introduction –All Scripture is Important

            2 Timothy3:16  all is inspired and all profitable for doctrine.  “The sum total of all Scripture on any subject in the Bible is the doctrine of that subject”

            1 Corinthians 10:11  all for our admonition, that is advise.

            Romans 15:4  all is written for our learning

He who will not learn from the Scriptures will not learn much of real value

 

I  1 Corinthians 2:14  The Natural man.

            The unsaved man, receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God

            Such are foolishness to him

            He cannot know or understand them.

            1 Corinthians 1:18 the preaching of the cross is foolishness to the natural man

            John 3:1-3  Jesus did not try to teach Nicodemus but said “ye must be born again”

II  1 Corinthians 2:15  The Spiritual Man

            The saved man who is living in a right relationship with the Spirit

            Galatians 5:25  living and walking in the Spirit

            Galatians 5:22  manifesting the fruit of the Spirit

III  1 Corinthians 3:1-3  The Carnal Man

            The saved man fallowing the flesh and not the Spirit

            Galatians 5:19  manifesting the works of the flesh.

            It seems to me that many believer’s do not make place for this kind of believer

IV  It will be our purpose to illustrate these three kinds of people from the stories of the Kings of Israel and Judah

1        King Saul , the first king

1 Samuel 9:1-2  he started life, as king, well.

At times he looked like a spiritual man, other times like a carnal man and often like a natural man.  But he ended life poorly

2        King David

Acts 13:22  David was a man after God’s own heart

Acts 13:36  He served his generation by the will of God.

2 Samuel 23:1-3  the end of his life was good.

David started poorly but finished well.  He must be classified a s a spiritual man in the over-all of his life

3.      King Solomon

1 Kings 11:4 when he was old his wives turned away his heart

He had a wonderful start but a very poor finish

So we must consider him a carnal man

4        King Rehoboam

must be seen as an a example of a natural man.

 

It is not how we begin but how we finish the race that will determine our rewards