Christ, Out Life Ministries’ Scriptural Basis pt25 by Sylvia Pearce Programs 25 & |بیشتر

Christ, Out Life Ministries’ Scriptural Basis pt25 by Sylvia Pearce Programs 25 & 26 Spirit/Soul Differences 1Thes. 5:23—“Sanctify spirit, soul and body. Matt. 11:28-29—“There is a rest for our souls.” Heb. 4:13—“Sabbath rest for the people of God.” Heb. 4:13—“Dividing soul from Spirit, joints and marrow, thoughts and intents of heart.” Rom. 7:25—“I myself with my mind am serving the law of God.” Matt. 26:39—“Not my will, but thine.” The Human is Tripartite (I Thessalonians. 5:23) Body Outer bodily expression Soul Emotions, feelings, likes/dislikes personality, intellectual, Reason and logic Spirit Heart-(Love/Agapa) Mind-(Knowing)-We know that we know Will-Receiving faculty on a believing level How do you Identify Yourself? We are Spirit beings clothed in soul and body! The human being is God’s top created being, he is marvelously constructed, created in God’s image, and he is wonderfully gifted. But like we have previously stated, man fell into sin, darkness, and blindness. Therefore, man doesn’t understand himself. Man is tripartite, with three levels of existence. The three circles above are only a crude picture of mankind. Man is much more complex than this can illustrate. But it does give us some understanding about man. I Thes. 5:23 says, “The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” So man is a spirit, and a soul and a body. Our spirit is our “I,” our soul is how we express that “I.” It is what we think—our logic and reasonings; how we feel emotionally-- our likes and dislikes; and our particular personality. Our body is obviously the outer expression of soul and spirit. Let’s look again at our spirit—we are created in God’s image as a spirit being. We are spirit beings, wrapped in fleshly soul and body clothing. Most of us don’t even know that we are a spirit being. We most of the time think of ourselves as our souls. How I feel is who I am.? How I think is who I am, and so on. Some of us identify ourselves as my body: “I am my body”--my appearance is who I am. Either I am beautiful and that is who I am, or I am average, or I am ugly and that is who I am. I am my hair, my eyes, my skin, my figure, my physique, my legs, my face, etc. I am what I wear whether designer clothes or Wal-Mart specials. If I am well, physically, then that is who I am, or if I am sick, that is who I am. I think that I am my physical endeavors and accomplishments—swimmer, golfer, dancer etc. Then most of us draw my identity from the soul realm. “I am how I feel—I am depressed, so that is who I am. I am feeling happy, so therefore I am happy today. I am my emotions. One day, I’m high, the next day I’m low. When I am high, then I am Spiritual, but when I am low I am not so Spiritual. I am my likes or my dislikes. This soul-life is the treadmill life. I liken it the gerbil’s wheel--always spinning but never getting anywhere. The way I mentally think is who I am—whether I have an IQ of 160 or 70, my intellect is me. My thoughts, my idea’s, my understanding and my imaginations are who I am. I am smart, or average, or I am just plain stupid. I maser by my own thought processes, or I can’t seem to figure life out. Either way I am my intellect. I may identify myself with my personality--I am my personality type, I am even tempered, I am short fused, I am shy, I am fiery, I am quiet, I am talkative. I am my personality. Then we can draw our identity from our possessions. “I am my possessions, my money, my things, and my family bloodline. I am my status in life. I am successful, or I am a failure. My car, my house, or boat or my job security makes me who I am. Maybe, my security and identity comes from where I attend church. —I say, I am charismatic, I am a Baptist, I am from the Vineyard, I am a Presbyterian, a Catholic, or I am non-denominational. Therefore, I am my Spiritual affiliation. I might think that who I am is what I accomplish and perform spiritually, or I am my ministry. I get inner brownie points from doing good works. I identity myself with my good works, I even boast about them. We could identify ourselves with my relationships—my husband, my wife, or my children. “What I could not accomplish myself, I will do it through my children. I have validity because my husband is successful, or I am not valid because my wife is fat and not so beautiful. My children are smar

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