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This work will address the issue of how a believer can trace the life of Christ. What’s more, it will examine the ramifications of spiritual life—on a person, a family and a nation. The spiritual life is not about joining a church and attend-ing services on a regular basis; it is living the life of Christ.
The Pauline view of the spiritual life can best be summarized by the statement in 2 Cor 3:17b, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The key concepts in the thought of Paul regarding the Chris- tian life are here expressed: the Spirit, lordship and liberty.
Table of Contents. “In Search of Spiritual Life & Maturity as a Christian”. LESSONS TOPICS. 1 -- “Are You Satisfied with Your Life?”. 2 -- “Why Should I Want to Live a Spiritual Life?”. 3 -- “How Can a Spiritual Life be Started?”.
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Our essay will develop in three phases: The first will explore the traditional paradigm of the three stages of spiritual development, that of the beginners, the proficient, and the perfected, often expressed in terms of purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages. This paradigm has become classical and has endured through the centuries.
However, it’s still mostly others first – being doers of the able. self-‐centered to more others-‐. giver, rather than a taker – ministering to others, putting. understanding of God’s Word and a deep, abiding relationship with the Father.
These 7 stages of Spiritual Growth focuses upon personal Spiritual Formation and mapping one’s own Spiritual Journey. It represents the “Lifelong Transformation of the whole person into the Image of Christ [Imago Christi]” in the context of a deep relationship with God. 1. Dead-end Roads to Spiritual Growth:
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Christian spirituality is underpinned by the understanding that God is immanent – involved in the world, and acting through people. 6 He is immanent in all relationships. 7 By contrast, the older view experienced God as remote, outside of the world, and acting over