SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES

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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis
Glendale Baptist Church Houston,
Texas quicknotes.org 2007
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CARNALITY AND CARNAL CHRISTIANS
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Problem(1) inherent sin (the sin
nature)Among them we too all formerly lived in
the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of
the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
children of wrath, even as the rest (Ephesians
23).(2) personal sins (mental, verbal, and
overt)
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DEFINITION OF CARNALITY

• carnal Christians are true believers who
  unknowingly or knowingly persist in sin, are
  continually quenching the Holy Spirit, and have
  no fellowship with God

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carnal Christians are controlled by the flesh,
not by the Holy Spirit(1 Corinthians 31, 3)
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carnal Christians may be jealous and cause
strife in the local church (1 Corinthians 33)
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carnal Christians may cause divisions in the
local church (1 Corinthians 34 cf. 11112
111819)
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carnal Christians walk like unbelievers (1
Corinthians 33, 4 cf. Ezekiel 1824)
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INCEST AT CORINTH
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continuing incest with his step-mothernot a
one night stand (1 Corinthians 51)
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he is saveda "brother" (511)
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he is a member of the church (52, 12, 13)
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his behavior is not like but worse than
non-Christians (51)
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apply social separation to him (511)
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he is wicked and should be excommunicated from
the church (52, 13)
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the sin unto deathwill not cancel his
salvation (55)
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STILL CARNAL AT CORINTH

• 2 CORINTHIANS 12

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only six or seven months have passed since Paul
wrote his first epistle to the Corinthians
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many are still immoral and refuse to repent(2
Corinthians 1221)
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they are Christians"beloved" (2 Corinthians
1219)
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they are capable of being "built up(2
Corinthians 1219)
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IN THE MINISTRY OF JESUS
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there were believers Jesus could not
trustNow when He was in Jerusalem at the
Passover, during the feast, many believed in His
name, beholding His signs which He was doing. But
Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to
them, for He knew all men(John 22324).
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many believers were afraid to confess their
belief in Jesus because they put man's approval
above God'sNevertheless many even of the
rulers believed in Him, but because of the
Pharisees they were not confessing Him, lest they
should be put out of the synagogue for they
loved the approval of men rather than the
approval of God (John 124243).
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SIMON MAGUS

• Acts 8924

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he was saved and baptized (Acts 813)
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his heart was not right before God (Acts 821)
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he was full of bitter envy and bound by sin
(Acts 823)
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he was under the sin unto death ("perish with
you" Acts 820)
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forgiveness of his wickedness was possible
(Acts 822, 24)
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NO PART WITH CHRIST

• John 13311

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to wash means to wash in parta part of the
body (nipto)to bathe means to wash all
overthe whole body (louo)
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to be bathed and completely clean is to be
regenerate (John 1310)
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bathed (regenerate) people often need to wash
their feet (John 1310),e.g., after walking to
a banquet in sandals
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washing is cleansing from daily sin by
confession (cf. 1 John 19)
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a refusal to wash is to have no part
(inheritance) with Christ (John 138)meros is
a "part" in contrast to the whole,echein meros
meta means "to share with be a partner
with,meros is used in the LXX to translate
heleqthe inheritance of a portion of land in
Canaan (Numbers 1820 Deuteronomy 1212 1427)
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each tribe except Levi was to have its portion
or share of the Promised Land
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meros may be a "share" of an inheritance(Prover
bs 172 LXX Luke 1512)
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carnal Christians will have no share of the
Kingdom(cf. 1 Corinthians 6910)
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all of the disciples are bathed and completely
clean except Judas (John 13910)
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each will have a portion of land to rule with
Jesus in the millennial Kingdom (cf. Matthew
1928 Luke 222830)
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footwashing is an ordinance symbolizing
confession of sin and temporal cleansingin
Brethren churches
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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis
Glendale Baptist Church Houston,
Texas quicknotes.org 2007