Spirituality
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What do u understand about this? I will discuss about this topic based on Christian point of view. Other views can also share here.
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gd question.. is someone's spirituality (christian based view) is based on works or wat, does praying more, or doing QT more or serving in church more, means tt u more spiritual? or are u just like the pharasee of old (religious leaders of isreal of old) only putting a front act.
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true christian growth is growth in the spirit. the christian teaching on human is that he is a tripartite being: body, soul and spirit
Body : Physical form (tangible)
Soul : Intelligence, character, emotions, will (intangible)
Spirit : The invisible that can relate to the spirit world (God or devil)
To nourish our spirit, we need to constantly feed it and cultivate it. When we talk abt spiritual cultivation, christian DO NOT practise meditations, yoga and other new age stuffs because such occult exercise opens out spirits to demonic spirits influences!
Instead, we feed it with spiritual food that is the Word of God itself, through spending time meditating(thinking) on His word and in prayer. We also need to starve to death those things that are unhealthy for instance pornography, lust, greed and other sins that prevent us from getting closer to Him. We also need to be in tune with the Holy Spirit inorder that we can walk in the Spirit for physical body do not allow us to get in touch with God, who Himself is Spirit.
So, doing QT etc do help us to mature in spirit and grow in likeness of Christ but we need to do it for the true purpose and not for empty shows. Works alone cannot provide salvation as we know that salvation is solely from Christ but these are some actions we do so that our way of life is right before God and we are not influenced by the world. In fact without faith it is impossible to please Him! Hope that helps.... -
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Sianz... my sword has been very blunt these days...
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sharpen it then. fight with the sword of the Spirit...the word of God