People are always confusing "spirituality" with "morality". Unbelievers can be very moral people, often more moral and ethical than believers (I forget how many times a believer has given me his word, then broken it; of gossiped; or lied to me). Morality is the action of any man who follows his conscience. Spirituality is the action of any BELIEVER who follows the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. A spiritual believer is also a moral believer; but a moral unbeliever can never be spiritual: he has not the Spirit of God! Morality is an offshoot of spirituality, but is not spirituality. Anything an unbeliever can do cannot be the Christian way of life.

1 JOHN 1.5-10 "THIS THEN IS (EIMI, PRES INDIC ACT, KEEPS ON BEING)

THE MESSAGE WHICH WE HAVE HEARD OF HIM (APO + ABLATIVE OF SOURCE AUTOS, FROM HIM),

AND DECLARE (PRES ACT INDIC ANAGGELLO, KEEP ON REPORTING, ANNOUNCING, TEACHING)

UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS (HO THEOS + PRES ACT INDIC EIMI, THE GOD KEEPS ON BEING)

LIGHT (PHOS, A SHINING FORTH, A FIRE, LIGHT),

AND IN HIM IS (PRES INDIC ACT EIMI, KEEPS ON BEING)

NO DARKNESS AT ALL (SKOTIA OUDEIS, NOT ONE BIT OF DARKNESS).

IF (EAN + SUBJUNCTIVE, THIRD CLASS CONDITION)

WE SAY (GNOMIC AORIST ACT SUBJUNCTIVE, WE MAINTAIN)

THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, AND WALK (PRES ACT SUBJUNCTIVE PERIPATEO, KEEP ON WALKING, CONTINUE LIVING IN)

IN DARKNESS, WE LIE (PRES MID INDIC PSEUDOMAI, WE KEEP ON LYING OR DECEIVING) ,

AND DO NOT (PRES ACT INDIC POIEO + OU, ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LIVE)

THE TRUTH. BUT IF (EAN + SUBJUNCTIVE, 3RD CLASS CONDITION)

WE WALK (PRES ACT SUBJUNCTIVE PERIPATEO, WE KEEP ON WALKING)

IN THE LIGHT (EN + LOCATIVE PHOS, WITHIN THE SPHERE OF THE LIGHT),

AS HE IS (PRES ACT INDIC EIMI)

IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE (PRES ACT INDIC ECHO, KEEP ON HAVING AND HOLDING)

FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER (META + GENITIVE ALLELON, WITH EACH OTHER)

AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSETH (PRES ACT INDIC KATHARIZO, KEEPS ON CLEANSING OR PURIFYING US)

FROM ALL SIN (APO + ABLATIVE PAS + HARMARTIA, FROM THE SOURCE OF ALL SIN)

IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. IF (EAN + SUBJUNCTIVE, 3RD CLASS)

WE CONFESS (HOMOLOGEO, SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT)

OUR SINS, HE IS (PRES ACT INDIC EIMI)

FAITHFUL (PISTOS, TRUSTWORTHY, DEPENDABLE, FAITHFUL)

AND JUST (DIKAIOS, RIGHTEOUS)

TO FORGIVE (AOR ACT SUBJUNCTIVE APHIEMI, TO CANCEL ONCE FOR ALL)

US OUR SINS, AND TO CLEANSE (AOR ACT SUBJUNCT KATHARIZO, PURIFY OR DECLARE CLEAN)

US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (APO + PAS + ABLATIVE ADIKIA, FROM THE SOURCE OF ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS)

IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US."

SEE ALSO:

• 1 JO 2.10-11 (MENTAL ATTITUDE HATRED = LOSS FELLOWSHIP)


EPH 5.1 (COMMAND OF SPIRITUALITY)

1PETER 1.13-15 (COMMAND OF SPIRITUALITY)

1 CO 3.1-3 (FAILURE OF SPIRITUALITY)

GAL 5.18-26 (SPIRITUAL BELIEVERS NOT UNDER THE LAW)

RO 8.2-4 (SPIRITUAL BELIEVERS NOT UNDER THE LAW)

GAL 4.19 (SPIRITUALITY LEADS TO CHRIST'S CHARACTER IN US)

2 PETER 1.4 (SPIRITUALITY LEADS TO CHRIST'S CHARACTER IN US)

JOHN 16.14 (SPIRITUALITY GLORIFIES CHRIST)

PROV 1.23 (SPIRITUALITY RENEWED AT CONFESSION OF SIN)

2 CO 6.11-12 (EMOTIONAL REVOLT DESTROYS SPIRITUALITY)