Post by pitbull on Sept 8, 2008 4:53:53 GMT -5
DAILY WISDOM
“The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” [Proverbs 8:13]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A TALE OF THREE MEN
1 Corinthians 2:14-3:3; Hebrews 5:11-6:2
THE NATURAL MAN
He is lost or unsaved. He cannot understand spiritual matters at all.
THE SPIRITUAL MAN
He is saved and living for Christ.
A. Discerning or judgeth all things – understands and applies wisdom to life
B. Handles “meet” or doctrines of the Bible – wants to grow in knowledge
C. Mature spiritually or “of full age” – doesn’t pout or make mountains out of molehills
D. Exercises senses – knows what is going on around him or her
E. Teacher – teaching the Gospel to the lost
THE CARNAL MAN [A.K.A. “BABE”]
He is saved but lives for himself or the world.
A. Walks by sight rather than by faith – only trusts what he can see
B. Makes decisions without praying [e.g. Jonah]
C. Comfortable around worldly and wicked people [e.g. Peter during the trials of Christ]
D. Continual a burden on God’s people [e.g. Lot to Abraham]
E. Seeks to honor men rather than God – “brown-noser” or flatterer
F. Experience compromise in moral standards
G. Testimony is not taken seriously by the lost
H. Not a soul winner – cannot remember the last time he or she went soul winning, let alone actually winning someone to Christ
RELIGIOUS AWARENESS
Buddhism
Buddhism is often described as a religion and a collection of various philosophies, based initially on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha. To many, however, Buddhism is not a religion, nor a philosophy or a set of doctrines, but rather teachings to guide one to directly experiencing reality. Buddhism is also known as Buddha Dharma or Dhamma, which means roughly the "teachings of the Awakened One" in Sanskrit and Pali, languages of ancient Buddhist texts. Buddhism began around 5th century BCE with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who was born in what is now Nepal and taught primarily in northern India, and is hereafter referred to as "the Buddha."