Thank God for Carnal Christians!

Thank God for carnal Christians. Don't thank God they are carnal- thank God that He's saved them and will change them!

The Lord promised Paul that He had many people in Corinth (Acts 18:9-10). The church in Corinth was made up of saints being sanctified as they were set apart for God. Unfortunately, the church remained immature and carnal (1 Corinthians 3:1-3).

Paul began First Corinthians by thanking God for these carnal Christians. He thanks God for giving them grace by saving them. He thanks God for equipping them with the Holy Spirit's gifts. He thanks God that He will present the church to Himself complete when Christ returns.

Let us thank God for carnal saints that God is still working on! Let us pray that He will mature us and conform us to the image of Christ as we serve Him. Let us praise God that He will complete the good work He's begun in us!