Spiritual Understanding

In my view, comprehending the Word of God is not the grasping of an intellectual concept nor is it an emotional response. Rather it is life.

“The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.” (John 6:63, NIV)

To me, this means that the Word of God is, first and foremost, something to be experienced. It is the power of an endless life.

The Scriptures tell us that we are being transformed day by day by the Holy Spirit into the likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). We can be confident that we have some understanding of this eternal truth when we see evidence of this transformation, small or large, in the daily practicalities of our life.

We are told that we have been made to “participate in the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). What a breathtakingly glorious truth this is. Yet it is not just something to be wondered at but is to be experienced out there in the rough and tumble of real life. It is here that we can prove the power of his love as it starts to manifest itself in our own attitude and behaviour.

Perhaps we will see this as the increasingly calm and controlled manner we find ourselves able to deal with difficult people and situations. We find, perhaps to our own surprise, some bitterness or resentment that we have harboured in our hearts, evaporating and being replaced with an attitude of love and forgiveness. We learn that “perfect love casts out fear” as we find ourselves more and more comfortable in situations which once caused us nervousness and tension. The list of possibilities is endless.

Thus “spiritual revelation” is about recognising the reality of what has been written in the Word of God as it works its way into our experience, our life being progressively replaced with his.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20, NIV)

It is only then that we can say that we have some knowledge of his Word “in all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.”

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, (Colossians 1:9‑10, NIV)

The result of this is that it provides direct access to this understanding to each child of God.

No longer will they teach their neighbour,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:11, NIV)

The Holy Spirit through Peter and Paul tells us how good it is to fellowship with those of "like precious faith" (2 Peter 1:1), "with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel" (Phil. 1:27). Which is Christ Crucified-The Preaching (Message) of the Cross (1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Cor. 1:18)

The Word of God outside of its Righteous context is a perverted word. Proverbs 8:7-9

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Romans 1:18

The Righteousness of God is only revealed in the gospel. God wants us to understand the Word of God. But the understanding He imparts is to those who are looking through Faith in the Blood onto the pages of His Word. Outside of that He will not impart understanding. That is why my Faith must ever be at the Work of Christ at Calvary or my Faith is not and cannot be in the Word of God. Remember, all of His Words are in Truth and Righteousness where Jesus did ALL the Righteous Work at Calvary. The only thing God is please with is Jesus, The Son of God became the Lamb of God. (By use of the word “Lamb,” we are taken back to the Cross, which has made all of this possible.)

By embracing spiritual prosperity first, the believer is less likely to be thrown off course by temporal blessings. Earthly possessions should always matter less to us than heavenly passions. Physical blessings are not to be our focus.

The word of God is so simple the youngest child can understand it. It is simply that God created us and wants us to live with Him forever in a perfect world, but sin entered in that means we can't unless we go to Him to have our sins washed away.

The world of the Lord is also so different from the secular world we are born into that we can spend every day of a lifetime studying it, and each day learn something new about it.

"WalkerAllan, posted
In my view, comprehending the Word of God is not the grasping of an intellectual concept nor is it an emotional response. Rather it is life.

“The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.” (John 6:63, NIV)

To me, this means that the Word of God is, first and foremost, something to be experienced. It is the power of an endless life.

The Scriptures tell us that we are being transformed day by day by the Holy Spirit into the likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). We can be confident that we have some understanding of this eternal truth when we see evidence of this transformation, small or large, in the daily practicalities of our life.

We are told that we have been made to “participate in the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). What a breathtakingly glorious truth this is. Yet it is not just something to be wondered at but is to be experienced out there in the rough and tumble of real life. It is here that we can prove the power of his love as it starts to manifest itself in our own attitude and behaviour.

Perhaps we will see this as the increasingly calm and controlled manner we find ourselves able to deal with difficult people and situations. We find, perhaps to our own surprise, some bitterness or resentment that we have harboured in our hearts, evaporating and being replaced with an attitude of love and forgiveness. We learn that “perfect love casts out fear” as we find ourselves more and more comfortable in situations which once caused us nervousness and tension. The list of possibilities is endless.

Thus “spiritual revelation” is about recognising the reality of what has been written in the Word of God as it works its way into our experience, our life being progressively replaced with his.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20, NIV)

It is only then that we can say that we have some knowledge of his Word “in all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.”

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, (Colossians 1:9‑10, NIV)

The result of this is that it provides direct access to this understanding to each child of God.

No longer will they teach their neighbour,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:11, NIV)




Wonderful post. I agree with you wholly.

I believe the word of God is a way of life which must be seen in our thoughts, attitude, character and behaviour. We must reflect the character of God in our life. Our faith is being tried often to prove ourselves just as our Lord Jesus Christ did and exemplified the way for us.

Spiritual understanding of the scripture is key because it brings us into oneness with God and opens us up to the healing power of the life giving Word. As you quoted , Christ Jesus said, “The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.” The flesh profits nothing. The Word of God is truly eternal life.

Also, the Scripture in many instances line up Truth in symbolic languages. ( allegory, parable etc). These treasures of Truth are hidden in these earthen vessels so that the excellence of the power of knowledge may be of God and not of us. Therefore, we need spiritual understanding to unveil the Truth.

"MessageOfTheCross, posted.

The Holy Spirit through Peter and Paul tells us how good it is to fellowship with those of "like precious faith" (2 Peter 1:1), "with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel" (Phil. 1:27). Which is Christ Crucified-The Preaching (Message) of the Cross (1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Cor. 1:18)

The Word of God outside of its Righteous context is a perverted word. Proverbs 8:7-9

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Romans 1:18

The Righteousness of God is only revealed in the gospel. God wants us to understand the Word of God. But the understanding He imparts is to those who are looking through Faith in the Blood onto the pages of His Word. Outside of that He will not impart understanding. That is why my Faith must ever be at the Work of Christ at Calvary or my Faith is not and cannot be in the Word of God. Remember, all of His Words are in Truth and Righteousness where Jesus did ALL the Righteous Work at Calvary. The only thing God is please with is Jesus, The Son of God became the Lamb of God. (By use of the word “Lamb,” we are taken back to the Cross, which has made all of this possible.)

By embracing spiritual prosperity first, the believer is less likely to be thrown off course by temporal blessings. Earthly possessions should always matter less to us than heavenly passions. Physical blessings are not to be our focus. [/QUOTE]


The word of God tells us that Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. And, before the Word was made flesh, the Word was with God and the Word was God. If you say you do not have faith in the word of God but you have faith in the Lord Jesus, is there no contradiction here, unless I do not understand your meaning.


By embracing spiritual prosperity first, the believer is less likely to be thrown off course by temporal blessings. Earthly possessions should always matter less to us than heavenly passions. Physical blessings are not to be our focus

By saying the above, it seems to me you do not understand the original post.

Weii written, God bless.
if we arent living in the spirit, we are living in the flesh.
so when we are still stuck in the word and only the word
there is really no avenue to the Spirit. We need To surrender
completely to God. as paul says in Corinthians, we become
one with God. He is in us and we are in Him. So once God is in us
there is no longer searching with words. We are onein Him.

It is called spiritual understanding, but it is understanding the true facts of life. Those who live in only the secular life, blind to our creation, are living a walking death.