How do those who are spiritual do justice?

The question as to whether saints in Christ have an obligation to engage and promote social action in the world has often been resisted and even refuted by the church on the basis that the she is not called either to change culture or the world. Of course, the reaction to this self-imposed seemingly uncomfortable and awkward stance has exposed Christians to the charge they are detached, removed and uncaring about the world. This is not quite accurate and I would like to examine the reason for the saints' awkwardness towards the call to do justice. Also, I would like to propose what is the saint's obligation towards doing justice with this question: How does spirituality relate to justice? First, it is necessary to understand what the saints have on hand before stepping out to do justice.

Christianity & spirituality: a dilution of terms
I have long stated saints in the faith that is in Christ Jesus have accepted and embraced the dilution of our own faith. Saints thoughtlessly use the term Christianity as a substitute for the faith that is in Jesus. Despite my mention of this it is not a matter of doctrine or reason to break fellowship with the saints, but the reality is this watered-down dilution has had the effect of de-personalizing faith in Jesus, the Christ. It's become so much more acceptable and palatable for saints to speak about the amorphous Christianity than the person Jesus, the Son of God.

Similarly, saints in Christ find it much more comfortable to speak of and about spirituality. This too is a watered-down dilution of the call and expectation to be spiritual. Yet, it was "you who are spiritual" whom the apostle Paul exhorted to restore the brother who has fallen in sin. What this means is that when the saints in Christ took up the world's banner slogan of spirituality and justice they did so not exactly blind, but with diminished confidence in the biblical teaching to the spiritual. This was the effect of the watered-down dilution of all saints called to be spiritual in favor of the amorphous, spirituality. Although the aforementioned "uncomfortable and awkward stance" is as it seems primarily for the saints more so than the world, the stance is on firm biblical ground.

the things that make for spirituality
I am reminded of David when king Saul had his men dress him up in full armor before stepping out to take on the giant Goliath. David, young and inexperienced as he was, had the sense, or better yet, the confidence, to put a stop to it by removing the armor before going up against with nothing more than the his sling, some choice smooth stones, and the name of the Lord God of Israel.

What are the vestments with which saints equip themselves before going out into the world to do justice? They pour out their hearts in prayer, sing, brush up on important Bible verses and coin some new, catchy phrases to sound the alert their's is a spiritual quest. Of course, none of these are wrong in themselves, but these are hardly items on a spirituality checklist.

Notably, spirituality in the New Testament (NT) is not something unto ourselves. Jesus, as our ultimate example of a spiritual demonstrated characteristics of a spiritual which were emulated by the apostle Paul. Two prime examples where they exhibited these characteristics are found in the gospel of John chapter eight and I Corinthians chapter five.

Here is the article for a bit more elaboration on these characteristics, or marks, which I will only list here. I added the Marks of a Spiritual as an appendix to my book The Indwelling of Deity in the Believer precisely because the subject of spirituality often emerges in a discussion on the Holy Spirit. Those marks exhibited by Jesus, and later Paul, were: 1) the wisdom to discern, 2) the confidence to judge, and 3) the authority to speak. One can view these as progressing from one's innermost (a thought) to outer (a decision) to the outermost (an action). A disciple who has grown in the maturity of his faith and walk in the Spirit to where these things in him or her are evident to others is also one of whom they would attest he or she is spiritual. It is no more a claim or a boast to be made by those who are spiritual than if they were carnal of mind and in the flesh. If there's a claim or attestation of one's spirituality is is for others to make and for the humbleness of the one about whom they testify. If there's a charge to be made of one's carnality it too would be for others to testify for the shame of the one about whom they testify.