Spiritual, Reasoning Christian with Faith

quotes Moses and says to you, be like him, be blind, be non-reasoning and go and do things blindly and that is faith – you will be a real non-reasoning fool (Eph. 5:15) to follow that kind of exhortation. But if you so decide to be that kind of fool, be considerate enough not to take others with you on that kind of foolhardy journey. Reason is simple, you and I, are not Moses and this is not a march in search of the promise land. The promise land (figurative) is already a reality through Christ our Lord.

What it means to be spiritual, reasoning Christian with Faith?

If you want to be a spiritual, reasoning Christian with faith, then you should be aware of the following points:

1. Spirituality is not being religious. One can be religious but not necessarily spiritual. But a person who is spiritual would be more than religious. I would cover spirituality in a future separate article.

2. A spiritual Christian is not to be considered an unintelligent or non-reasoning robot. A real spiritual Christian would exercise his/her full intellectual faculties to reason anything and everything without the fear of losing their faith. It is only the shallow, non-reasoning and non-spiritual Christians and leaders who worried about losing their faith because of reasoning.

3. Reasoning and our faith in Christ goes hand-in-hand. It is only the ignorant fool who promotes the idea that faith cannot involve reasoning. Usually the individuals or groups that promote this kind of cognitive thinking are suffering from psychological, intellectual and spiritual insecurity. They are also the type that seeks to keep Christians in an intellectual and spiritual limbo and passive state in order to have control over

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