“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
(Gal. 5:25)
There is no secular and sacred to one whose life is lived in the Spirit. All ground is holy ground to them, whether it is at church, play, or work. Those who live a life in the Spirit are characterized as being filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, praying in the Spirit, etc. Such people are not religious oddities, who try to impress by flamboyant externals. You can decorate a Christmas tree, but it has no life. The thing that marks a spiritual person is their inward disposition. They are under Divine control in a world that is out of control.
These types of believers are not bound and shackled by a list of legalistic do’s and don’ts, dictated by someone who has appointed himself both judge and jury. They are not actors upon life’s stage, living by a script written for them by the hand of man. But rather, they are free men living by the Scriptures, written by the finger of God. These need no prompter behind the scenes, giving them their lines and dictating their every move. They have them written and engraved in their hearts, and an inward prompting directs all the right moves for them.
"We would rather live by a set of standards than live in the Spirit."
(Salle Jo Sandlin)
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