Babies in the Church

1 Cor 3:1-3—"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"

The longer a person is saved, the more spiritually mature he should become. A carnal Christian is a baby spiritually. Spiritual maturity is de­pendent upon a spiritual diet (1 Pet. 2:2; Matt. 4:4; Acts 20:32).
Five years had passed since Paul founded the Corinthian church, yet they were still spiritual infants.
TRAITS OF BABIES:
1) Cannot control their temper.
2) Cannot digest meat (v. 2; Heb. 5:12-6:2).
3) Cannot be content (envy— v. 3)
4) Fighting amongst themselves (v. 3)
5) No sense of value—time; money; souls
6) Impatience
7) No sense of danger or harm
8) Self-centered (inconsiderate of others needs)
9) Personality focus—"Who is better?" "My preacher is better than yours."

...are ye not carnal, and walk as MEN," meaning as unsaved men.
3:4-5—"For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"