3 Elements of Biblical Spirituality
Spirituality is a person’s lived beliefs. It's part passion, pursuit, and practice of a creed, "I believe ___." If you think crystals impart spiritual cleansing, like we see trending in what is simply modern paganism, you will trust and clutch a rock. But if you think Jesus paid for your sins, you will trust him, knowing you are in his grip. We can think of spirituality as beliefs + behaviors, or inputs and outputs. Information.
The Three Areas
For Christians, our spirituality is an initial and ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. It entails our knowledge of God, how we pursue knowing him, and how we live for him. As we live in response to our union with the risen Christ—and all that has been revealed in him, with him, through him, for him, and from him in the Scriptures—a biblical spirituality involves three areas:
Doctrinal: What we believe about God, humans, sin, salvation, grace, and more. Our knowledge of God, his word, his ways. Simply: Our Learning of him.
Affectional: Our emotional, …
