Being Spiritual

adapted from (How to become a Strong Christian)

1 Cor 3:1
 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

I read this verse and asked myself these questions,
Who then is a spiritual person?
Someone who got his mind on spiritual things.

What are those spiritual things?
uurmmm the things in the Bible, His word?

What things?, Where are they?
Its like saying there is gold under the earth. It is true there is gold under the earth but if I ask you to dig on any surface of the earth, there is an 85-90% chance that you will not find anything! Gold miners know which part of the earth the gold is.

That is the problem with us Christians of today. We know where the solution is. Most of our answers we give to people redirects back to the Bible but as to which part of the Bible... ?  It's almost our default answer to every problem.

How do you close to God?
Read His word!

How do you become a spiritual
Read His word!

How do you grow in Spirit
Read His word!

How do you his plan for you?
Read His word!

How do you pray?
Read His word!

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.... and wealth of other questions that has the same answer and Why Not?
The Bible has a wealth of solutions. It's our manual! The Bible has 66 books with 1,189 chapters and 31,102 verses. What combinations of these numbers will give you the gold you are looking for? 


okay So how do we fix it?
You need to know where the gold is in order to mine it.

urm How?
Learn the locations of the portion of the word that ministers to you, that solved your problem, that made a change in your life. The truth is if any portion of scripture really speaks to you, you will remember it without a shadow of doubt. The most memorable things in our lives are the things we cherished, we loved, we enjoyed etc and so we remember to relive those experiences. The same has to be with the word. Look at a scripture in Luke 4:17 .

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written.

My emphasis is on "He Opened the book and FOUND the PLACE where it was written... Jesus Opened the Book(the word/Bible) and he FOUND the PLACE. There was a specific place. and He found it. That place he found was what was needed at that moment for someone's problem to be solved. 

So a challenge is thrown at you. That every time you feel like redirecting someone to the bible as a solution to his/her problem, add the PLACE where the GOLD is.

Be Encouraged. 

Thank You Holy Spirit!