For this session I want to go to Hebrews 5:13-14 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
In the first session, I referred to our spiritual eyes and ears. The spiritual man has all the senses that the natural man has. The natural senses are what we use to function in our everyday life and without them you would not be able to function. These natural senses are not going to help you in the spiritual realm. You are going to have to begin exercising your spiritual senses to grow spiritually.
We can practice religion with the natural senses but we cannot practice spirituality with the natural senses.
I cannot emphasize this strong enough!
Many people; Baptist, Catholic, Pentecostal and on and on think they are being spiritual because they are religious; go to church every day and pray all the time, no! We are spiritual when we are born of the spirit and begin to use our spiritual senses!
A scripture that many of you are familiar with; The conservation between Jesus and Nicodemus; John 3:3-6:
Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born again when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mothers womb and be born can he?”
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you unless one is born of the water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
This being born again of the Spirit is a stumbling stone to many, many people of all kinds of religions all around the world. I have heard Christian people; Pastors, Priest and ministers, ridiculing the born again experience. They had no idea what they were doing and what an important issue this is, if they did they would be on their knees asking God to forgive them.
Got a note from my friend Logan.
When the soul rules (will, intellect, and emotions) discernment about good and evil get blindsided. Unfortunately if we are ruled by the soul, the realm of the spiritual gets closed and choices get made which often lead to eating from the wrong tree. We then reap bad fruit from bad seeds.
I encourage you to pray and ask Jesus and the Holy Spirit to give you clear understanding of these scriptures. Hebrews 5:11-14 and John 3:1-12.
If any of you have a question or insight drop me a note at rnault@thenewlife.us
God bless,
Ralph Nault