Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
CONSIDER THIS
A wise man once remarked to me to beware of people who profess special revelation from God. He said the more “spiritual” things get, the more dangerous they become and even demonic. Today’s text reminds me of that conversation so many years ago.
The mark of a spiritual person, in the tradition of Jesus, is not in some kind of super spirituality but in the holiness of their humanity. Jesus did not become a human being so that we could become something other than or more than human beings. He became a human being so that we could embody the holiness of humanity.
The hallmark of real Christianity is not elevation but descent. It is not revealed through people who venture “higher up,” aspiring for more spiritual experiences but those who journey downward, ever increasing their experience of loving and serving others.
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
What we need is Jesus, our head.
Jesus our head or Jesus IN our head?
ReplyDeleteYeah this is definitely some far out stuff but I'm grooving it. You actually got some wisdom.
ReplyDeleteRight on
ReplyDelete"The mark of a spiritual person, in the tradition of Jesus, is not in some kind of super spirituality but in the holiness of their humanity."
ReplyDeleteYes.
"A wise man once remarked to me to beware of people who profess special revelation from God." I went to a church once and the pastor started getting lots of revelations. At first everyone was eating it up, but then he was busted for coke.
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