The undeniable Laws of Life

The Law of Spirituality

True spirituality is spirit answering to spirit, not spirit to mind.

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to... Bring the good news of salvation to the poor... Heal the broken-hearted... Proclaim liberty to sin’s captives... Set free those who are bound...” [Isaiah 61:1]. Jesus quoted this verse in the synagogue (Luke 4:17-20), and in doing so, affirmed that it depicts the essence of His ministry. But it also describes the process by which every believer has the ability to do exactly as He has done, and even greater things than these they would do (John 14:12).

Observe, the sole purpose of the Holy Spirit being on Jesus was to anoint (equip) Him for ministry - to use Him as a channel through which people’s needs are met. And as you can see, the ministry of Jesus was very specific. The Law of Spirituality is centred around this one truth, “The Holy Spirit comes on believers in order to equip them to meet a specific need at any given time.” Acts 1:8, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.”

There are many distinct views and various different beliefs regarding what true spirituality is and how it can manifest. Religions outside of Christianity, philosophical convictions and intellectual assumptions all work on the premise that you can attain a degree of spirituality by your own efforts - through meditation, visualisation, ritualism or human willpower. However, true spirituality has to do exclusively and entirely with the person of the Holy Spirit. Without Him your spirituality, however appealing and impressive it may seem, is totally futile. “For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance” [1 Thessalonians 1:5]. When you got saved - placed into the body of Christ by faith in His redeeming work on the cross - you became spiritual. The newness of life you received was a truly spiritual experience. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” [2 Corinthians 5:17].

This new creature in Christ has a totally new nature, a nature that responds to “truth.” The old heart of stone was replaced with a sensitive and tender heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19). This is the divine nature that the Holy Spirit imparts to you and then uses to glorify Jesus here on earth. But with your new nature come spiritual attributes and these unique qualities produce distinctive spiritual fruit. “For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” [Galatians 5:22, 23].

Chris Demetriou, 10/03/2010