"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?" 1 Corinthians 3:3
Dictionary.com defines carnal as "pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures."
I think dictionary man hit it right on the money with that definition. Our carnal nature is all about our flesh and what our flesh desires.
Have you ever had a big appetite for something and you knew you just had to eat it or die? I've been there lots of times. Half the time I have an appetite for a pastrami sandwich, but for some reason in the south, they are hard to come by.
When we have an appetite for something, we want it so bad that we will go to all extremes to get it. It's the same with our carnal nature.
Our carnal nature makes us crave the things of this world that seek to destroy us. It may be something as simple as television or something even more serious as lusting after another human being.
Yet God has the answer to our carnal nature. He asks us to be in the word daily. And if we walk extremely close with Him everyday, He will protect us from our carnal nature.
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