Theology Of Paul

THEOLOGY OF PAUL
M.M.NINAN
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2Co 4:16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed
every day.
Until the whole person is under the control of the Spirit, law will be binding in those areas of life. where we do not
let the Spirit to take control.
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave
you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly.
For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4
For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
It is this realization that the community of believers are still carnal in nature that led to laws and regulations and
the institutional structure of the church with its order. Church itself needed a Hierarchical Structure, Priesthood,
Priestly dresses, order of worships, liturgies etc during the period of transformation.
The Standard representation of the Natural, Carnal and Spiritual Man.
Natural Man
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