Man is created by God with three parts: He is a spirit, he lives in a body and possess a soul.
Human beings are complicated because they are created uniquely by God. Each one of us is different; we come from various backgrounds and have different personalities. But we’ve actually all the blood. The Tri-part of man ids described cleared in 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 “And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Bible is telling us here in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 that we were all created with three parts—a spirit, a soul, and a body:
- The spirit as our inmost part is the inner organ, possessing God-consciousness, that we may contact God (John 4:24; Rom. 1:9).
The human spirit is the deepest part of a person. By means of this innermost part, we can contact God in the spiritual realm. No other creature was created by God with this third part.
- The soul is our very self (Matt. 16:26; Luke 9:25), a medium between our spirit and our body, possessing self-consciousness, that we may have our personality.
Our soul perceives things in the psychological realm. In fact, in Greek—the original language of the New Testament—the word for soul is psuche, which is also the root word of psychology.
Our soul is our personality, who we are. With our soul we think, reason, consider, remember, and wonder. We experience emotions like happiness, love, sorrow, anger, relief, and compassion. And we’re able to resolve, choose, and make decisions.
Now let’s read the next section about our body and how our three parts are related:
- The body as our external part is the outer organ, possessing world-consciousness, that we may contact the material world. The body contains the soul, and the soul is the vessel that contains the spirit.
Our body exists in and contacts the tangible things of the material world using our five physical senses. The body is the visible, external part of our being, and it contains the soul. Our soul is the vessel containing our spirit.
The natural man verses the spirit man (Read Galatians chapter 5)
1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned”
This verse does not define the natural man, as such; rather, it uses the term to describe one who does not understand God’s words and thoughts. The one who can understand God’s words is a “spiritual” man (verse 15 says).
In 1 Corinthians 2:14, the Scripture we just read, Apostle Paul uses the word natural to refer to someone still in his original (sinful) state.
Natural men are those who are occupied with the things of this material world to the exclusion of the things of God. They are led by instinct rather than by the Spirit of God. They intuitively choose sin over righteousness. They are the “pagans” Jesus refers to in Matthew 6:32 who only seek after the things of this world.
The supernatural work of God is to change the natural man into a spiritual one. When a person trusts Christ, God exchanges what is natural (received from Adam) for what is spiritual (received from Christ). “As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).
The Christian life is a supernatural one. We no longer walk according to the dictates of the flesh but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:14).
As believers in Christ Jesus, God is able to speak to us through either of the following ways.
- through His Word, the Bible: Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
- through His Spirit (Holy Spirit)
- through Trusted Advisors including His Prophets
The Biblical distinction between the soulical man and the natural man
The natural man verses the spirit man
1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned”
This verse does not define the natural man, as such; rather, it uses the term to describe one who does not understand God’s words and thoughts. The one who can understand God’s words is a “spiritual” man (verse 15 says).
In 1 Corinthians 2:14, the Scripture we just read, Apostle Paul uses the word natural to refer to someone still in his original (sinful) state.
Natural men are those who are occupied with the things of this material world to the exclusion of the things of God. They are led by instinct rather than by the Spirit of God. They intuitively choose sin over righteousness. They are the “pagans” Jesus refers to in Matthew 6:32 who only seek after the things of this world.
The supernatural work of God is to change the natural man into a spiritual one. When a person trusts Christ, God exchanges what is natural (received from Adam) for what is spiritual (received from Christ). “As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).
The Christian life is a supernatural one. We no longer walk according to the dictates of the flesh but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:14).
Let us look at John 5:18-20
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
As believers in Christ Jesus, God is able to speak to us through either of the following ways.
- through His Word, the Bible: Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” …
- through His Spirit (Holy Spirit)
- through Trusted Advisors including His Prophets
Matthew 10:28
“And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
In that passage, a clear distinction is drawn between the body and the soul. In the Matthew passage, although the word for “soul” (psuche) can be translated in a number of ways, the most reasonable reference here is that Apostle Paul’s use of the word to describe our dual nature as physical beings with immaterial, everlasting, “souls”. These souls cannot be destroyed by the death of the body. Paul calls the soul our “house” made by God; as soon as we are away from the body we are at home with the Lord.
Let us now together look at 1 Peter 2:9-10
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
When you gave your life to Jesus Christ and you invited Him to become your personal savior, your life became His. When you give Him full access to your life, He takes full dominance over your life to communicate with you according to His plan. God is ambitious to show you how to live your life to the fullest as in accordance with Jeremiah 29:11. He wants to reveal to you the mysteries of His Kingdom to which you have been called (1 Corinthians 1:9-10).
1 John 5:1-5 reminds us of the powerful truth that we are “overcomers” with Christ. You can only live as an overcomer by the power of the Holy Spirit who is now available to help you 24/7.
Luke 6:45 declares,
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaketh.
What you put in your heart will eventually comes out. If you allow good staff like the Word of God in your heart, you will be amazed how blessed you become even as you declare what He says about you!
Proverbs 18:20-21
“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”.
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