The Shepherds Way (TSW) ~ Eric W. King: Christian response to Spirituality

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The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.

Christian response to Spirituality

By Eric William King

Today many seek spiritual answers in occult knowledge and philosophical knowledge. It makes sense to explain spiritual things using human wisdom. Metaphysical science always tries to dissect spirituality and comes up with new terms to segment spiritual truths. It uses manmade words such as “karma”, ether or “etheric”, exaggerations about Ancient Atlantis, and teach the false doctrine of reincarnation, etc.

This is man using his or her over active intellectualism to try and make sense of his spiritual reality. Modern psychologists also try and categorize things by making up names such as “ego”, Higher Self, Inner Self, etc.

The fact is we as fallen humans cannot truly understand spiritual things using materialistic understandings and trying to label experiences or ideas. One thing all humans should begin to understand is the fact that there is “good” and there is “evil”, there is death and there is life. Humans struggle within themselves to choose good over evil. This proves what the Bible calls the “sinful-nature”.

How do we deal with sin? When we do what we know is wrong and then regret it…that is being conscious of sin. Humans have always struggled with questions such as “What happens when you die? Is there a spirit?” Religion seems to be a natural response to such questions. The fact that we recognize spiritual things shows that we have a spirit to sense such things.

Creation Reveals God

When we look at the kosmos, all of creation, we cannot help but wonder about an Ultimate Creator. The Bible says that we are without excuse regarding this issue (Romans 1:20). King David marveled that God would even take out time to think about “little man” (Psalm 8:3-4).

Ancient Job was completely humbled when he contemplated the universe and all of creation (Job 42:2-5). From creation we learn that He exists and that He is a God of relationship. When we watch animals take care of each other and their young we see the caring Spirit in all living things. God has mirrored much of His character through creation. We also see law and order in the design of creation.

Design implies a Designer. Natural law means that there is a Law Giver. What sustains all things? What holds all things together? Who decided to give life and take life? Life itself means to be “alive”. Who created life?

The Creator Reveals Himself

We really cannot compare the Almighty God to anything. He loves us so He has given us terms and language through which He can communicate to us. Humans have described God anthropomorphically, using human anatomy and explanations to express [describe] God and His character. The most important object that we have is the Written Word of God, the Holy Bible. The Bible should become the study of your life. God talks through His word and starts a personal relationship with all those who truly seek Heavenly Father through His Word.

Some things that the Bible reveals about God for us are;

-God is self-existing

-God is not bound to time

-God can be everywhere at once

-God has unlimited power

-God creates knowledge and is never bound by it

-God is transcendent

-God is immanent

These are just some of the ultimate and almighty aspects of the Person of God.

What is God?

According to the Bible God is definitely a “person”, He has personality. To us God is invisible yet discerned spiritually and comprehended as a person. God makes promises through His word and then keeps them. We serve a covenantial God. The Bible describes God using human language so that we can grasp His reality. The Bible describes God like a “Rock”, “a fortress”, “a consuming fire”, etc.

God is also a “Family”. God is ONE GOD yet manifested in THREE PERSONS. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through Jesus Christ we are invited to become legitimate children of God and thus a member of the God Family.

God calls us into a family relationship with Him. In this life we will never fully understand our Heavenly Father but we are promised that as we grow in our faith and ultimately when we receive our glorified bodies we will have a much greater understanding than we do now (1^st Corinthians 13:12).

When we look at Jesus Christ, listen to Jesus Christ, obey and love Jesus Christ we have most certainly met God. Jesus Christ is God manifest for us in “the flesh”.

It is my hope that you begin to study with us here at “The Shepherds Way” & “Nugget of Truth” and become a true child of God. God’s word is uplifted here above all else (Sola Scriptura).

Resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ - my Lord, God & Savior.

Eric William King (September 2^nd 2020)