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REVIEW
- Worldview: Ultimate Intention (Pradeepan)
- Our Responsibility: Disciple Nations – Revival is Not Enough (Pradeepan)
- The Earth Cries out – (Dan)
- Understanding the Kingdom (Dan)
THE PROBLEM
The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last 80 years or so, in regard to society
and in regard to government, is that they have seen things in bits and pieces instead of totals.1
IMPROPER BELIEF # 1: Those things are spiritual only that we deem spiritual.
- We have wrongly defined spiritual.
o Relating to the soul or spirit, usually in contrast to material things.
o Relating to religious or sacred things rather than worldly things.
- We categorize the spiritual from the material, the secular, the practical.
o Material: substance and matter
money, business, private property, homes, musical instruments, etc.
o Secular: not religious or spiritual in nature.
Secular jobs, music,
o Practical: concerned with actual facts and experience, not theory. Sensible or useful,
and likely to be effective. Plain, functional, and suitable for everyday use.
Skills, common knowledge, everyday activity, relevance, and use.
Assumption:
- We assume that we can determine what is spiritual and what is not.
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Schaeffer, Francis, “A Christian Manifesto,” p. 17.
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Why are you Looking into the Sky part 5 – The Comprehensive Kingdom
SPIRITUAL NOT-SPIRITUAL
- Church - Family
- Worship (Rom 12:1,2) - Government
- Prayer - Business
- The Word of God - Education
- Supernatural - Arts and Entertainment
- Quiet times, devotion - Media
- Evangelism - Relationships, intimacy, sexuality
- Work, money, responsibility
- Recreation
Problem:
- To label one part of our lives as spiritual is to imply that other parts of our lives are not
spiritual. And if we wrap concepts and principles such as faith, values, worship, integrity,
righteousness and many others into the category of spiritual, then we will only abide by these
standards in the arenas that we deem spiritual. Which means that in the parts of our lives that
are not spiritual (or that we do not recognize) then we are free to operate by different
standards, namely the standards of our own souls or of society and culture.
- When we don’t have a unifying set of beliefs and standards to approach and measure these
categories, we create different rules and different sets of behavior for each. Based on:
pleasure, comfort, emotion, ease, etc.
Colossians 3:17 – And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it ALL in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Romans 12:1 – Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as
living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your SPIRITUAL act of worship.
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Why are you Looking into the Sky part 5 – The Comprehensive Kingdom
Assumption:
- To follow this line of thinking would assume that everything that we deem not spiritual does
not belong to God’s government. And if it does not belong to God’s government then it does
not need His authority (wisdom, will, or ways).
o Example: Music, Education, Entertainment, Business, etc.
Problem:
- If the kingdom of God is limited to what we deem spiritual then his authority, his
government, and rule do not extend to EVERY area of our lives.
- Furthermore – if His kingdom does not extend to EVERY area of our lives, then it does not
extend to EVERY area of society.