Defining Spiritual Persons...
1 Cor 3: 1-9; Lk 4: 38-44
Paul feels bad about the fact that he is not able to speak to the Corinthians as to Spiritual people, because of jealousy, rivalry and division among them. He presents those predicaments as directly opposed to being spiritual people. Jesus in the Gospel shines as a role model in being a Spiritual person or a person of the Spirit. He heals, casts out demons and refuses to gain any popularity mileage out of it. He rebukes the demons even, not to announce his Christ image, as he wants himself to be experienced in the depths of their hearts, by each one hearing him or following him.
Are jealousy, rivalry and other divisive mentalities totally absent today in faith communities? Leave alone the communities, what about my heart, is it totally free of it? If not, I still am an immature believer. St. Paul, in a way, defines who a spiritually mature person is: one who is integral in his or her outlook, unifying in his or her relationships, loving in his or her consideration of the other and God centered in his or her understanding of one's own identity vis-a-vis the faith community.
Spiritual Persons are persons of the Spirit, and what matters to them is the action of the Spirit within themselves and within their communities.
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