Spiritual Thoughts with Spiritual Words

Getting the picture of what it means to live by the spirit is one thing, and living by it is another. Although it is only those in Christ who have the ability to enter and live in the realms of God`s Holy spirit, all humans are naturally spirit beings. We all have Spiritual Thoughts and Spiritual Words, but it all depends on what you know and understand about spirituality. Let us take a look at this to prove this assertion.

Genesis 1:26  "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

27 So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth". 

This verse tells us that God created man in his own image and commanded them to have dominion. If man is the image of God, and God is spirit, then His images are nothing more than spirits supposed to have spiritual thoughts, using spiritual words. That is why He gives us the ability to have dominion like He also have dominion. In another instance, bible says `` Genesis_2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul``. Here, we see that when God formed man, man could not move or react to any situation because man was just dust, a mere piece of clay. Until God breathed in him the breath of life which is the life-giving spirit of God, man could do nothing. This suggests that it is not actually our flesh which is that piece of clay that feels things but our spirit. Our spirit gives us the ability to live and react to the things of this world and therefore is the main person by whose principles we must live. Living by the principles of the flesh will be a mistake since the flesh in itself is dead.

However, at the fall of man in the Garden of Eden when Adam disobeyed God and released the sense of sin in this world, all men became flesh. They left the spiritual state of power and dominion given to them by God and were left in flesh doing the bidding of the devil since the devil took over their authority. It is a pity though, but God released a master plan by sending Jesus into this world to save us from the grips of sin and regain our dominion and authority for us. In this respect, anyone who turns from this world and believe in Jesus will not only be saved, but be granted full possession of his or her lost dominion, authority and power. In order for God to do this, He has so programmed that anyone who believes in Christ will be automatically changed from the flesh to the spirit.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it comes, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit". 

This scripture reveals that there are people born of the spirit and those of the flesh. In fact anyone who genuinely believes in Jesus is born of the spirit and so is a spiritual being. This suggests that anyone who believes in Jesus is a spirit being, possessing the mandate and authority of God. A carnal or earthly person is therefore anyone who does not believe in Jesus, but choses to remain in the fallen state of man. The gateway to living a spiritual lifestyle is belief in Christ Jesus. If you already believe, it is time you start living the spirit life given us freely by God in Christ Jesus.

What is the spirit life? The spirit life encompasses yearning for and desiring to do the things of God. Because your spirit is from God, its only desire is to please God and do the things of God in full. If you are one whose desire is to worship, pray, read the word of God and help in the house of God, it is your spirit that yearns for such things.

On the contrary, those who live by the flesh live by the detects of the flesh. Since the flesh is knit to this world, all the flesh desires is to fulfil the desires of this world. The fleshly person thus desires drinking, lust and everything that goes contrary to the word of God.