Nursery Department Christians

“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.” (I Corinthians 3:1-2)

Paul was in Corinth eighteen months, teaching, preaching and witnessing. Some of those who were truly saved did not grow or become maturing Christians. Billy Graham said that he knew no spiritually mature Christians, including himself. He knew some who were more nearly mature than others. Some in Corinth were babes in Christ when Paul was there and when he wrote back to them they had not grown.

He fed them, but they were still on baby food. They could not eat at the “grown-ups” table. Their spiritual digestive system could not tolerate the meat of the word. They were carnal or fleshly not spiritual.

Corinth is not the last place carnal or fleshly Christians may be found. One of the proofs of their carnality is found in the next verse where we discover envy, strife and divisions. A church where there is ill will, gossip, envy, strife and un-forgiveness is a carnal church.