We were made for so much more. Fearfully and wonderfully made, we were created a little lower than the angels in the image of God. God has gone to extraordinary lengths—even the death of His Son—to conform you to His image. And there is much to do.

The great tragedy of life would be to live below your birthright, to miss the highest and best use of your existence. Sadly, most humans do.

The Corinthian Example

In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul gives a stunning passage on the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. If we are believers, God lives in us! We can understand things that only He understands. We can communicate them in Spirit-driven ways. We can literally have the mind of Christ because of His presence in us.

He follows this with a strong rebuke of the Corinthians.

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? (1 Corinthians 3:1-3)

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