Building and forming
1 Peter 2:5
5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Building
To depend upon the soul to carry the spirit’s wishes
is depending on the natural to operate beyond itself.
The natural, the fully human side ... is flesh self-glorified
and in such petrified ... drying out within itself.
However supernatural in Christ ... is goodness personified
resting on what is right ... reaching within Himself.
God will not use the natural ... to share His Holy Glory
as love unconditional ... flows serenely from Himself.
Jan Wienen