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*are you a “natural?”*
/ /
*INTRODUCTION*:
1.     Illustration:  As I speak there are a host of radio waves about us at a host of frequencies, yet we are virtually unaware of their presence and even existence.
(1)         If someone turned on a radio, we would become immediately aware.
(2)         If someone’s cell phone goes off, we will be immediately aware.
(3)         Even then, it takes certain receivers to receive certain signals (e.g.
AM ~/ FM).
2.     Read text:  1 Corinthians 2:1-16.
3.     Regarding text:
(1)         Paul is addressing divisions (1:10), contentions (1:11), problems and questions.
A.       On one hand I some of these were matters of greater intensity & consequence, BUT…
B.       You know, the very same thing that (to varying degrees of intensity) plague church today.
(2)         Paul’s assessment = problems ~/ issues are caused by “wisdom of men.”
A.       Is wisdom a bad thing?
(cf.
elders).
(3)         Notice 1 Cor.
2:1,2 – no “excellence of speech or wisdom.”
A.
Paul was determined to know only Christ, and Him crucified.
B.       Stood in contrast to philosophers (and there were plenty) of the day (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, schools of the Epicureans & Stoics in Athens, Jewish rabbis, Gamaliel, etc.)
(a)       Excellence of speech – “not with art of rhetoric” (Clarke); “not with skills of arrangement” (Barnes).
(b)       Wisdom – The “premise” of Paul’s words stood upon revelation.
(4)         “Preaching Christ crucified” involves:
A.       Focus upon the power and wisdom of God (vv.
3-4).
B.       Preaching the “spirit of God” and rejecting the “spirit of the world” (vv.
10-13).
C.       Preaching the */spiritual/* man and rejecting the */natural/* man (vv.
14-16).
(5)         Notice Paul’s discussion of the */spiritual/* and the */natural/* man (cf.
Phil.
3:17-19).
A.       V.
12 – It is the Spirit of God who reveals beneficial truths to mankind.
B.       V.
12 – It is Paul’s duty to pass on the truth /inspired/ by the Spirit.
C.       V.
13 – “Which things we speak” = God’s truths are revealed in */words/* (not intuition, feeling, etc).
D.       V.
13 – ”comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
(a)       ASV = combining spiritual things with spiritual words.
(b)       ESV – interpreting spiritual truth to those who are spiritual.
(c)       NLT – using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.
E.       V.
14 – “But the natural man does not receive the things…”  (i.e.
natural man = non spiritual).
4.     We rightly give great attention to the word of God and our study of it (2 Tim.
3:16-17; 2 Tim.
2:15), but preaching it, reading it, studying it can be much like the radio waves existing in this room at this moment.
(1)         The radio will not receive the waves unless it is turned on.
(2)         The radio will not receive FM if tuned to AM.
(3)         The radio will not receive the waves if the interference ~/ noise is too strong.
5.     Consider:
(1)         Rom.
12:1,2 – God’s mercy is the basis for our responding to His will.
Reasonable service.
(2)         1 Cor.
2:14 – “The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them for they are spiritually discerned.”
(3)         The mercy of God */ought/* to cause us to */tune-in/* (i.e.
reject the natural man and accept spiritual).
*DISCUSSION*: The mercy of God */ought/* to cause us to */tune-in/* (i.e.
reject the natural man and accept spiritual) in regards to --
I.            self control.
1.
A natural ~/ unspiritual man can’t “tune-in.”
Places little or no restraint.
(1)           Consumes himself with excesses of life (physical pleasure over-rides).
(2)           This is */obviously/* the problem with drug addicts, adulterers, gluttons.
(3)           Now I will meddle a bit.
Isn’t this our problem on occasion.
A.         We know that certain habits are not good for our health, but…
B.         We know that our tongue can possibly set the world on fire, but…
C.         We know that we personally are servants of Christ, but wait to be served.
2.      A /spiritual man/, tunes in!
He ~/ She is able to exercise */control/* of self!
(1)           Sometimes he~/she avoids behavior “because God’s word */forbids/* it!”
A.         Cf.
Prov.
23:29-35; Eph.
5:17-18; Rom.
6:16; 1 Pet.
2:11; James 3.
(2)           Sometimes he avoids behavior because it is not */profitable/* (1 Thess.
5:21; Col. 3:2).
3.      The /natural/ man fails to see the value and places little restraint upon lifestyle.
A /spiritual/ man understands that /restraint/ is not a bad thing.
II.
introspection (“To look inward.
To examine one’s mind…”
1.
The natural man sees a */strong/* self and */relies/* upon own devices ~/ wisdom.
(1)           We might say */egotistic/* or */egocentric/* (Cf.
Pharaoh in Egypt; Saul; Judas).
(2)           Natural man thinks he has ability to overcome every obstacle of life.
A.         World when listening to Noah’s preaching.
B.         Naaman’s attitude at first.
C.         Peter’s actions in garden.
D.         Pharisees.
(3)           Natural man, sees himself as the standard for everyone else’s behavior.
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A.         Cf.
David and Nathan (2 Sam.
12).
B.         Pharisees and all Jews to a degree (cf.
Crucifixion).
C.         Us when we are quicker to see another man’s shortcomings than see own.
2.      The /spiritual man~/woman/ sees first and */foremost/* all his ~/ her weaknesses.
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