We Are Spirit

We tend to think in a material, physical sense.  We are born physical, live physical lives, think about our bodies a lot, watch our diet, exercise, health, medicines, doctors, sleep.  We tend to think in a physical sense.  And yet we are spiritual beings.  There is a spiritual sense to us all that needs to be recognized, exercised, and fully utilized. 

I will have to say that I do not feel fully qualified to discuss this subject.  I don't know all about this.  But I know that this is true because of what I read in the Bible.  God knows all about this and has given some specific direction to us.

We hear people say, "I am not religious, but I am spiritual."  The answer to this is that we are all spiritual.  There are a few people who fight this concept by saying that they don't believe in such.  But looking at the world in total, at all peoples in all societies, we see that people are basically spiritual.

So the Bible speaks a massive amount on this subject, but we will look at some excerpts from a passage in John 3 for purposes here.  Jesus was speaking with Nicodemus, a prominent Jew:
 
"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' "  His point here is that we are actually spiritual beings.  But if we want to further that by being followers of God...and recipients of all that He offers we must take on His Spirit...by being "born again."

The writer then goes on to explain the role that God, Jesus and we must play in this process.  "even so must the Son of Man (Jesus) be lifted up (die on the cross), that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

We are spiritual beings not matter what we believe.  But when we are born of the water and the Spirit as we read in the book of John, when we are born again, we take on the Spirit of God.  And now we are really living!

Thank you for reading....again.  May God bless you.