What happens when material things become the first priority in life?
When material things become the first priority, they blind a person to spiritual truths. Such a person will be sorry someday and wish their priorities had been straightened out. To be carnally minded is death—spiritual death and eternal doom without end—while to be spiritually minded is life and peace, even eternal life.
Les explains that material possessions—salary, big homes, cars, boats, and so forth—are not wrong in their rightful place. The problem is when they become the first priority and blind people to spiritual truths. He warns that such people will be awfully sorry someday and will wish they had straightened out their priorities. He contrasts being carnally minded, which is spiritual death and eternal doom without end, with being spiritually minded, which brings life and peace, eternal life.