Carnal Mindedness

 1. Carnal-mindedness is allowing your mind to be dominated by what you can see, taste, hear, smell, and feel.

“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom. 8:6).

A. “Carnal” literally means “of the five senses,” or “sensual.”

B. Carnal-mindedness doesn’t necessarily mean “sinful”-mindedness.

C. You are carnally minded when your thoughts center primarily on the physical realm.

2. Spiritual-mindedness releases the flow of God’s life in you, but carnal-mindedness shuts it off.

A. Carnal-mindedness = death, and spiritual-mindedness = life and peace.

B. “Death” means “anything that’s a result of sin.”

C. In this fallen world, being dominated by your natural senses produces death.