1 Corinthians 12:3       New English Translation

3 So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

 

What about 

 

Looking at the “spiritual gifts” like speech and knowledge

Are not these an external factor, but what about deep within?

Is it here where reality measures the conditions for the Eternal?

And secures for you a place so secure to where others might have been

 

Does steady growth in spirit not measure real advancement?

Is it not intuition that gauges any progress at its best?

Is it not exercising issues of life’s appearance so measuring?

is that an intellectual mindset and the expansion of the flesh

 

Maturity in Christ is like a constant hunger.

It takes all of the Spirit to bring that to godliness

I cannot compare with what the soul produces

For that has been declared as total religiousness

 

I cannot help others unless I commune with God.

If I can’t have that ability, what would be the use?

I can have many ideas, but all would be futility.

For that would be abnormality and Spiritual abuse

 

Jan Wienen