"I'm gonna get carnal on you", my friend used to say in jest when we were goofing on each other back in my teen years. It's a term, or a concept, that was once common in church circles. Today it sounds quaint.
For me, it is a term that had totally faded from my vocabulary and perception until recently. It used to be so normal, so expected. But somewhere through the years I had forgotten that it is a term that describes people, even Christian people. There is such a thing as a carnal Christian, a person whose heart is tuned somewhat God-ward, but a mind that has not been fully transformed is in the driver's seat.
I say all that to say that I require of the Holy Spirit the ability to see carnality not only in my own life, but in others. For my inability to remember this old school holiness term and recognize it in people who I thought were my friends, or at least on the up and up, has cost me dearly.
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