A “hyper spiritual” person spoke to me about training the spirit was enough to keep ‘fit’. Only the spirit was important, others were secondary. Then another friend barged in the conversation and chided on his comment by saying: “Oh, come on! Live in the real world.” They argued on and on. Me? I sat there and enjoyed the show. 😊

To the people who do not know Jesus Christ, even some who claims they do, the physical or secular world is the real world. The spiritual world, or the kingdom of God, is not real. It is too perfect, they say, thus it cannot be real. It is a world reserved for some ‘spiritual’ people. And if you ask why it is not for them; they will tell you that they like the ‘real’ world. Simply said, they do not want to acknowledge their failings. Somewhere inside they know of their sinfulness and cover it up by splitting it into the ‘real’ world and ‘spiritual’ world.

First, let me say that there is no dichotomy of the world into two. There is only one world. Either the secular or spiritual, it is one world, different aspects of the one world. The is our Father’s world, the one that God created. It is the human beings trying hard to split it into two to cover up for our sinfulness. It is so that we need not answer for our failures to live a good life. The argument about flesh and spirit had gone on for centuries. Just that it is getting less clear as the ability to think deep and clear becomes weaker. The instant gratification phenomena of today cause people to think less.

Jesus Christ came to make entering the “spiritual’ world way easier. He died for our sins so that we are righteous by faith. The physical and spiritual worlds become one. In Jesus there is no dichotomy. It goes back to the world that God created for us.

Brothers and sisters, reject Jesus and the world will fall apart for you. It’s only in Jesus Christ that all things will make sense. Time to regain your rightful place, believe in Jesus.

God bless,
In Christ’s service,

Barry Leong

一个“过度属灵”的人与我谈论操炼灵性就足以维持“强健”。只有灵性才是重要的，其他的都是次要的。另一位朋友介入我们的谈话并反对他的言论，“哦，醒醒吧！活在现实世界里吧。”他们继续的争辩。我？我就坐着欣赏演出。😊

对不认识耶稣基督的人，即使有些是自以为认识的，肉身和世俗的世界才是真实的世界。属灵的世界，或上帝的国度是不真实的。他们说这过于完美了，因此不会是真的。这是为“属灵”人所保留的世界。如果你问为什么这不是属于他们的；他们就会告诉你他们喜欢“真实”的世界。简单的说，他们不愿意承认自己的堕落。在他们心灵的某处，他们知道自己的罪性，却将之分隔成“真实”世界和“属灵”世界，以此作掩盖。

首先我要说，没有二等分法可以将世界一分为二，只有一个世界。世俗的或属灵的，只有一个世界，一个世界的不同层面。这是天父的世界，是上帝所创造的。也是人类为了要掩盖自己的罪性而极力要将之分割的。那么，我们就无需为自己无法过一个好生活的失败作交代。有关肉身及灵性的争论已经存在了几个世纪。只是已经逐渐变得不清晰，因为深思熟虑的能力变弱了。现今快速满足的现象也促使人减少思考。

耶稣基督来是要使进入“属灵”世界的道路更容易。祂为我们的罪死，使我们因信称义。肉身和灵性的世界合而为一。在耶稣里，没有二等分法。它回到了上帝为我们所创造的世界。

弟兄姐妹，拒绝耶稣，世界就会为你分割。只有在耶稣基督里，所有一切才会合情合理。是时候复原你的正确位置了，相信耶稣。

上帝赐福，
主里同工的，

Barry Leong