To Be (Or Not To Be) "Spiritual"
Being “spiritual”
Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. (3:1)
- Introduction
- Being "spiritual"
- A slippery term
- Two different definitions
- What isn't "spiritual"?
- For you and me...
- Leading well, setting a good example
- Leaders are servants of one Lord (3:5-7)
- God will evaluate His servants by whether they build up the church (3:10-17)
- Good leaders live out Jesus' upside-down values (4:9-13)
- For you and me...
- Final thoughts