Carnallv Minded People Focus on selfish interests that concentrates only on their own individual concerns at the exclusion of the needs of others They are habitually jealous of what others have. They are suspicious of others or inclined to believe the worst of everyone and everything. They are angry at self, others and circumstances They are immoral in one’s thoughts, actions and feelings Given to idol worship of various types. They tend to create strife, divisions and tribal favorites due to prejudicial thinking
Use the following check list of criterion to evaluate your own spiritual progress in putting away the old sinful nature and putting on Christ’s characteristics into all areas of your heart, soul, emotions, mind and behavior:
1. Stubbornly holds to one’s own opinion
2. Envious of others who have more or who possess Resists the temptation to feel envious of those who have received greater blessings
3. Practices self-control over appetites and desires controls to the Lord
4. Only associates with people who are on one’s level of thinking, social-status and class greater abilities and enjoy more privileges
5. Impulsively led by one’s appetites
6. Obsessed with control
7. Led by fear
8. Habitually compares self with others
9. Frustrations cause one to feel bitter and resentful
10. Discouraged most of the time
11. Rejects opportunities for service as something that is too much sacrifice
12. Influenced by the opinions of others
13. Becomes intoxicated with one’s desires Easily gives into to wild carousing
14. Unwilling to give away money for God’s purposes
15. Distrustful of most people
16. Unwise in the use of one’s time, talents and resources
17. Refuses to grow up and become mature
18. Occasionally acts and speaks indecently
19. Habitually shows up late
20. Tribalistic, nepotistic and cliqueish
21. Impure in one’s thoughts attitudes and actions
22. RelationshiPs lack the fruits of the Holy Spirit
23. Perspectives are clouded by subjective feelings of anger, irritability and self interests
24. Unable to Personal sPend time worshipping God
Spiritually Minded People
1. Concentrates on Christ’s interests above those of everyone and everything else
2. Habitually are thankful for whatever God gives
3. Trusting of God and believing the best in every person and every situation
4. At peace with self, others and circumstances
5. Moral in one’s thou~hts, actions and feelings
6. Worships only the Lord God and His will
7. Practices love to all those who are willing to do the will of the Father.
8. Loves the sinner, but hates the sin
9. Associates with all men as Jesus related freely to people without bias
10. Stays humbly open to be taught by anyone
11. Led by faith
12. Follows God’s plan regardless of what others have or think about one’s situation
13. Motivated by frustrations to cast all of one’s cares upon the Lord
14. Encouraged most of the time
15. Welcomes opportunities to serve as a way of becoming more like Jesus Christ
16. Listens to the word of God as taught by the Spirit of God to obey the Lord in all things
17. Refuses to surrender control to personal desires
18. Diligently practices self-discipline
19. Willing to freely give money and resources to the Lord’s purposes as an expression of submission
20. Trusting in those who God’s hand is on Wise in the use of one’ s time, talents and resources reflecting good stewardship
21. Willing to grow up into all aspects in Christ
22. Acts and speaks with decorum and tact
23. Practices punctuality
24. Loves all men freely without prejudice
25. Purity in one’s thoughts, attitudes and actions
26. Wise in the way one can get the greatest return for God given investments
27. Relationships are characterized by the fruits of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control
28. Perspectives are objectives led by the word of God controlled through the power of the Spirit
29. Spends much personal time worshipping God
