How can we be better people? Most people seek their own improvement through indulgence or intelligence, or both. Indulgence promises satisfaction but leads to dependence and moral weakness. Intelligence promises mastery but increases power without guaranteeing goodness. History shows that both paths can fail to produce integrity, restraint, or love, and can even amplify harm when left without moral direction.
There is a third way: the life of the spirit. This is the human capacity to rise above appetite and cleverness and to live by what is worthy and true. It requires more than willpower; it requires right direction. Jesus taught this way not as a system of rules, but as a call to inward transformation—a kind of rebirth that shifts what drives a person’s life.
When life is led by the spirit, love becomes sincere rather than self-serving, integrity replaces impulse, and stability replaces chaos. This way of life prepares a person to stand honestly when judgment comes—not perfect, but aligned with what is truly good. It is not escape from life, but the deepest way to live it. In short, it saves.
