Being Spiritual

“…But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one…” 1 Corinthians 2:14-15 CEN [italics & emphasis mine]

When we were what I consider young and naïve spiritually, we had eccentric definition of ‘being spiritual’ which was mainly based on outward appearance. We judged ourselves and other people on the ‘spiritual-meter’ exclusively based on what we/they wore, spoke, walk e.t.c. The inward man had little or nothing to do with what we considered to be spiritual—while we thought we were spiritual, all the while we were simply religious. Obviously when you are spiritual (by God’s definition), it will affect the way you talk, walk, dress e.t.c.

I can not think of one definition for being spiritual, but I believe it entails being sensitive and obedient to the Holy Spirit. Being spiritual also means being spirit conscious/minded as opposed to carnal minded. It means that our intellect and emotions/feelings do not make decisions for us in lieu of our spirit. This is what Galatians 5:16 says that we should walk in the spirit and in doing so we shall not gratify the desire of the flesh.

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# 911 abuse!

“…if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God…” Hebrews 6:26-27 NIV [italics & emphasis mine]

After broadcasting last week’s script, someone asked me that since we have unlimited access to the father for forgiveness, does it mean that we can afford to be less sensitive to sin for we have abundance of Grace? I replied with the scripture from Romans 6:15 “…What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!…” The 911 call in most countries is free, but if you abuse it you may be punished in one way or another.


Hebrews 6:26-27 clearly says that if we ‘deliberately keep on sinning’ after we have known the truth, then we no longer have access to God’s forgiveness. The words ‘deliberately’ and ‘keep on’ are crucial as they give us a clue of what sins are likely to usher us into a zone where we may not be forgiven. It is therefore not the sin in and by itself but rather the attitude of the heart. Brethren, let us then stop abusing this Grace as it was purchased by a higher price than anyone of us could ever pay.

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#911

“…and call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me…” Psalm 50:15 AMP [italics & emphasis mine]

Sometimes we mess up so bad and being human we fear going back to God for help for, He had forewarned us yet we disobeyed and fell into problems. We have ‘the prodigal son’ mentality, when the prodigal son realized that he was in trouble, he decided to go back home ‘as a slave’. Yet, his father received him joyously and threw him a party-his son was re-born [Luke 15].

The writer of Hebrews [4:15] says we have a high priest who can sympathize and understand our weakness; we can therefore come back to God when in trouble and expect to have a warm reception-and if we have sinned, we will be forgiven. When in trouble, your first stop should be ‘on your knees’ for if we can kneel before God, we can stand up to anything.

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copyright ©2007 Light to my path _† † _† by TJM Kyara