chvia/wicd According to II Peter 1:5-9, there are two types of Christians: good ones and bad ones! The New Tes tament terminology is spiritual and carnal. They share the same salva tion, but what a difference there is between the two life styles. This is what the paragraph in verses 5-11 is all about — the Christian life!
by Dr. David D. Allen
We are commanded in verses 5-7 to build upon the substructure of faith, these principal parts of Christian character that are listed for us. These are the basic building blocks of our Christian lives. It is the Holy Spirit inside a believer who reproduces the life of Christ. In order for these basic principles to overflow, they must be in us such measure that we are completely filled with them—enabling us to abound or overflow. "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18). Being filled with the Spirit is not possible until first coming to Christ. He is the One who can rearrange a life. He is the One who has the solution to life's perplexing problems. The items in verses 5-7 are beautiful things. However, in verses 8-9 we are presented with the other side of the coin. The characteristics of the carnal Christian are found in verses eight and nine. "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 Page 8
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