What manner of man are you? Such a great question in light of the message Pastor Datha gave Sunday. The spirit man is the real you — a spirit alive unto God or dead.
God only has 3 ethnic groups: Jew, Gentile (any outside of Jesus that is not Jewish), and the church. If you are in Christ you are the church. That means you are also now a spiritual man. Without God (natural man) you cannot understand the Word or the things of God. God speaks to us spirit to spirit.
Natural Man (without God)
motivated by the flesh
cannot please God
cannot understand spiritual things
lives according to the world
“But don’t take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God’s covenants and promises in Israel, hadn’t a clue about what God was doing in the world at large.” - Ephesians 2:11-12 MSG
The natural man operates outside of God’s covenants and promises. When we are operating in the natural we walk by how we feel, we walk according to the world’s view. We base all decisions on how we feel or think and without God these thoughts and feelings take us in the wrong direction. BUT GOD! God prepared a way out, a better way! Because of Jesus we are no longer out — we are in! WE are in on everything God has including all of His promises and all of His gifts. How amazing is this? Let’s endeavor to live as a spirit alive unto God and be led only by the spirit.
Make sure to spend time recapping Sunday’s message and get this on the inside of you this week. What are you doing to train yourself to live according to the spirit of God? Share with us in the group this week!