Spirituality and the Bible

What does it mean to be a spiritual person?  Do they manifest specific observable behaviors?  And if so, what are they?  Galatians 5:16-25 does give us some of the answers to those questions.  The spiritual Christian is one who walks in or by the Spirit.  The Holy Spirit manifests His presence by the display of what Paul called the Fruit of the Spirit.  Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law (NKJV).  The fruit of the Spirit is basically a manifestation of His personality in the person who walks by the Spirit. 

I have one more question and that is do we know what the fruit of the Spirit looks like in a human being?  I ask that because I’m not sure we understand what God means by love or joy or any of those words He identifies as the Fruit of the Spirit.  For example, ask yourself what is love.  Then ask another believer and compare it to your answer.  Now compare it to 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.  If all three match then you may not need to read the rest of this post.  I’d appreciate it if you did anyway but that is only because I took the time to write this down. 

Here is the thing, no one can become a spiritual person without a renewed mindset.  Our natural way of reasoning won’t get us there.  I refer you my last post and Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (NKJV).  The natural mind we received at birth and have filled with extrabiblical information cannot discover or comprehend Spirit truth. 

1 Corinthians 2:9 & 10 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
The Holy Spirit guided the human authors of the Bible as they recorded what God wanted us to know. The Holy Spirit is also active in helping us understand what is recorded in the Bible. 

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (NKJV).  

That is why we have so many passages in the Bible stressing our need to read it and learn what God has revealed.  We are called to live by faith.  Faith is believing what God has said.  And you cannot believe what you do not know.  Being a spiritual person requires a growing knowledge of God’s word.