SpiritualMeans The Life of God
...God is Light and in him is no darkness at all...
For various walks in life, please use the word EnergySource, Universe or TheGreatSpirit
for God. We are ...Living Stones... a Spiritual House...the Temple of God...
~ 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Cor 3:16. All truth goes through three stages ...ridiculed...violently rejected...third, accepted as self-evident.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer.
...head knowledge will tell us about God, but only heart knowledge will give us God....Spiritual knowledge is love. Love is life, and with this love we are able to discern what is of God and what is not of God.
~ Stephen Kaung
Our ego must be regulated. This is a conscious denial of our me-me-me-impulse.
What is wisdom? Is wisdom or spiritual knowledge inside of me? Is it outside of me? Is it a set of legal rules? How do I know what is from God?
Is spiritual knowledge just a methodology, or process, policy or institution?...is God an intellectual concept? How do I become part of the Family of God?...Is spiritual life and knowledge a Person? How does meditation fit in? Do my thoughts matter?
When we met our Redeemer, who bought our soul back from the evil one, we enrolled in a new training program.
This training program is the school of wisdom from Above.
The objective is maturity and patience to win the purposes of God. Our objective? In our patience, we shall win our soul for the purposes of God and not our own purposes.
Spiritual Knowledge Excerpt [PDF] by Stephen Kaung
Stephen Kaung explains the difference between ego-knowledge, our old nature, the selfish ego
in Adam, vs real spiritual knowledge, this is our new nature, our new life source in Christ Messiah).
We desperately need wisdom and spiritual knowledge to understand our life, ourselves, other people and God. Spiritual knowledge puts all other important knowledge categories and resources into proper function and perspective.
What is the Washing of Regeneration and the New Nature in Christ?
What is Spirit Directed self-control? What provision is there in Christ Messiah for the renewing of our mind? What about spirituality and money? Where is the balance?
Money and resources are very important, but money is not everything [an ultimate objective].
Our mind can be energized by the life and creativity of God.
Read the following excellent excerpts from Devern Fromke's Unto Full Stature. Note: this is a wonderful book in many ways but dated in terms of gender relations and cultural assumptions.
Also read about discerning between soul and re-born spirit by TA Sparks.