Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

the carnal Christian, as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 3, verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Let's turn now to 1 Corinthians chapter 3.

Beginning with the 14th verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates men into three classifications.

Starting in chapter 2 with the natural man,

the unregenerate man,

the man who knows not Jesus Christ.

And concerning him,

he said he cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.

Neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned.

So the natural man in darkness, not able to see, not able to know the things of God.

In realizing this, in praying for those who are not saved, it is important to realize that Satan, as Paul said, the God of this world has blinded their eyes that they cannot see the truth.

So they cannot receive, neither can they know, because Satan has blinded them to the truth of God.

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