in the church of Christ we preach to people who are carnal, deep spiritual truths; we clothe our thoughts in beautiful words and illustrations; they say “What a beautiful sermon” and practically it does them very little good. Was not the sermon true? Was not the truth of the Bible in it? Yes, but you preached spiritual truth to carnal people. Friends, as long as the Christian is carnal don’t give him spiritual truth. You must bring him to the point where he recognizes that he is carnal. The carnal
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