How to see religion in ourselves and what is Spirit

In reference to the book we have been working on:-

First, let me say that I am impressed.  Your point about The Law and the inevitability of man’s failure in the face of The Law is flat out brilliant.  

Nothing you say ‘offends’ me, but man, you do keep me working!  I was up reading well into the wee hours of the morning for the last 2 days.  I PLANNED to just correct the grammar and send it back.  Instead, I spent hours checking and reading and researching and thinking (which always makes my head hurt.)

I don't get what it is that BOTHERS the churchitarians so much.  There is nothing contentious in what you've written.  It's a great message.  It SHOULD leave them feeling relieved and excited and hopeful.   I have to wonder what they're seeing that I can't.

Email from reader

I was talking with someone after receiving the above email and raised a few points. Now for sure people have varied responses. But this email helps strengthen a point we are finding. This person at one time many years ago was working to be in full time ministry. Now they are not religious and have been outside organized religion for a long time. We begin to understand these “out called” often are more open and subtle than we the religious. An army of sleeping spiritual giants awaiting the infusion of the Holy Spirit. They, like us have been caught up in organized religion at one time and somewhere along the line fell, stepped, walked out. Now living in carnality they are often more righteous than the folks they left behind. Maybe honesty arrives in such as they stop fooling themselves and making excuses for the contradictions they once called church. It may be of offense but we begin to realize these people many times are living more honest than those still inside the system. They see the contradictions of carnality in religion, have been disheartened and continued searching.

Funny that these “out called” are being enraptured in His love and lighting up. Others in religion seek manifestations and knowledge, that same knowledge that puffs up and has one thinking they are pregnant when as the bible says all they brought forth was wind. The same manifestations that feed their knowledge and self righteousness. Yes the manifestations may be beautiful but they in no way should be a validation.

The “out called” seem to be the type of person being touched the most. They are ecclesia or the “out called” they have been inside the organization and just could not lay down their spiritual principles and stepped out. As they stepped out they have been ostracized as backsliders and misfits. But here comes the Holy Spirit to gather His bride and the responses are amazing.

What is of concern is that the religious read to make knowledge but someone with no position reads for life. The religious read to correct or find fault and ecclesia reads for life. The self righteous read to see if they agree, ecclesia reads for life. It is evident that in religion that is organized we become so self righteous we read with a reason, we read from a place of superiority or false humility. How refreshing when the “out called” read just to be life and read to enjoy spiritual life together with the author. If there is no life they simply put it down and move on. The parts that are of spirit will stay with us but the parts that are not fall away. It is in reading we can discover if we are self righteous knowledge based or spiritually discerning. In spiritually discerning I may have no knowledge just the enjoyment of life and the relaxation of being.