Judgments without the Holy Spirit

When I did my QT this afternoon, I stumbled upon the verse which I was trying to search from my mind yesterday, after having encountered that probing & questioning session with the two business executives from Venture Era Pte Ltd.

And this is the verse which confirms my conviction about yesterday's incident -

"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him & he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned." - 1 Corinthians 2:14

The book of 1 Corinthians, written by Paul, revolves around the theme of problems in Christian conduct. It thus has to do with progressive sanctification, the continuing development of holiness of character.

When I read this, I had unknowingly began to ponder about this for awhile. It suddenly dawned upon me that people do regard character as something important & to a certain extent; it looks to be of something worth to work on & develop. Yet this understanding of character is often shallow in the minds of Man, as many think of character in more commonly referred attributes such as honesty, trustworthy, diligent, etc.

In short, the value & definition of character is largely & often viewed from the human perspective. But sometimes, we fail to realize that character isn't just about such human attributes... but character should also be viewed from the perspective of God. And thus, this is where other attributes such as holiness come into the picture.

If everyone were to talk about & develop character based on human perspective, then how does that differentiate Christlike character from mere human character? Of course, all good attributes come from our Heavenly Father, but missing out on this Godly perspective, wouldn't make us any difference from people from other religions striving to develop their moral character as well. Or even for a free thinker who just wants to be a good person.