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Being spiritual, you perceive that God doeth all things, that also the dreadful events of this day proceed from His counsel and, as His doings, are the expression of perfect wisdom, thus doings through which He achieves His purpose, which is the salvation of His people to His everlasting glory. Bein
When assigned this topic a few weeks ago, my first thoughts dealt with the term itself. What, in general at least, is spiritual sensitivity? Obviously, it would mean being sensitive about spiritual things. Therefore, it naturally follows that it is a quality we should desire to possess. Lets look a
Now let us turn our attention to the term "spirit" in the text. This spirit has been interpreted as being man's intellect, his rational mind, while the term "soul" then is called man's will, his volitional faculty. We feel that this interpretation is not only an over-simplification, but that it does
Now when we say that the spiritual must be involved, we are not saying that there is not something about the total person that attracts us to one more strongly than another. There is of course. Personality is involved. But the point is, if we do not perceive the spiritual, the person does not displa
The Spirituality of God (1) The problem with the Samaritan woman, at least in the first half of John 4, is that she has not grasped the spirituality of God. The Lord Jesus speaks to her about “living water” (10), but she thinks He needs a bucket to reach the bottom of the well (11). She misses the
The Spirit will tell us in our heart. And those about us will tell us because they will see it in our actions. Nothing is more precious to us than to know that we belong to Jesus. Thus we walk in thankfulness before our God, happy that we can serve him in his kingdom.
1:27) “Stand fast in one spirit, with one soul (mind) striving for the faith of the gospel”. However, even though it be true that soul and spirit are essentially the same, and that these terms are used interchangeably in Scripture to denote the inner life of man, nevertheless they are not identical
The Spirituality of God (2) God’s spirituality (John 4:24) not only very obviously accords with especially some of His other attributes (unity, invisibility, omnipresence and omnipotence); it is also necessary for the truth of the Holy Trinity. If God were not pure spirit, if God were even in part
Spiritual growth is a lifelong and never ending process. We do good to examine ourselves in this area of spiritual growth, because especially in our younger years it ought to be apparent that we are maturing spiritually. In fact, it would be quite unnatural if our spiritual development did not progr
Just what does this mean? In Hoeksema’s words it is a “spiritual act, not a mere natural deed. It is an act that proceeds from the heart, whence are the issues of life; not from the superficial and quickly changing emotions.” Further, he writes, “It is an act, not of the natural man, but of the spir