There is much confusion today as to what constitutes a spiritual person, or what true spirituality actually is. You have no doubt heard someone spoken of as being "really a spiritual person." But what is a spiritual person? What does it mean in the biblical sense to be a spiritual person?
Many things today are looked upon by different groups and individuals as denoting spirituality. There is the solemn looking pickle-face who is opposed to all worldliness (any kind of amusement or recreation); there are those who dress a particular way; those who seem to be such "Bible readers"; and those who are extraordinarily punctual and precise in their religious forms; those who have put on religious morality and generosity (they keep you informed); and currently, those who swing and sway, wave and shout, and speak in tongues. But what is a spiritual person?
One who is born of God the Holy Spirit. "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (spiritual) (John 3:6).
One who has spiritual understanding and discernment. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit" (I Cor. 2:9, 10).
One who minds spiritual things. "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit" (Rom. 8:5).
One who is led by the Spirit of God. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:14).
One who is engaged in spiritual conflict with the flesh. "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would" (Gal. 5:17).
One who manifests the fruit of the Spirit. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance" (Gal. 5:22,23).