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SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY
DEFINITION:
Spirit- Greek pneuma,
meaning wind, breath
Soul- Greei psuche
meaning animal soul; natural life of the
body; invisible part of man; seat of mind, will and
emotions.
Body- Greek soma
meaning body as a whole; physical
Nature
SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY:
1)
I John 3:9 “Whosoever is born of God, His seed remaineth in
him.”
2)
Hebrews 4:12 “Dividing asunder of soul and spirit.”
3)
I Thessalonians 5:23 “The very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit, soul, body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
4)
I John 2:16 “Lust of flesh, lust of eyes and pride of life.”
NOTE:
Before
the Fall- spirit, soul, body
After
the Fall- soul, body, spirit
After
the New Birth- spirit, soul, body
Past
tense salvation is work of regeneration/justification
Present
tense salvation is work of sanctification
Future
tense salvation is work of glorification
Regeneration/Justification of the spirit
Sanctification of the soul
Glorification of the body
I. SCRIPTURES:
- Spirit:
- John
3:6 “That which is born of the Spirit is
spirit.”
- Romans
8:4 “Walk not after the flesh but after the
Spirit.”
- Romans
8:9 “Ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit.”
- Romans
8:13 “Through the Spirit mortify the deeds of
the flesh.”
- Romans
8:14 “Led by the Spirit of God.”
- Romans
8:16 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God.”
- I
Corinthians 3:16 “Ye are the temple of
God…Spirit of God dwelleth in you.”
- I
Corinthians 14:15 “Pray and sing with the
Spirit.”
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Galatians 5:16 “Walk in the Spirit and ye shall
not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
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Galatians 5:17 “Flesh lusteth against the Spirit
and the Spirit against the flesh.”
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Galatians 5:25 “Live in the Spirit…walk in the
Spirit.”
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Ephesians 3:16 “Strengthened with might by His
Spirit in the inner man.”
-
Ephesians 5:18 “Be filled with the Spirit.”
- I John
4:13 “He hath given us of His Spirit.”
- I John
5:6 “The Spirit beareth witness.”
B.
Soul:
- Mind
is Greek nous meaning the faculty of knowing; seat of the
understanding and consciousness; faculties of perception and
understanding, judging and determining. Greek dianoiameaning
thinking through or over; a meditation; reflecting.
a.
Psalms 1:2 “Meditate in His Word day and night.”
b.
Psalms 19:14 “Meditation of my heart be acceptable in they
sight…”
c.
Proverbs 23:7 “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.”
d.
Matthew 12:34-37 “Out of the abundance of the heart…”
e.
Romans 7:23 “Warring against the law of my mind and bringing me
into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
f.
Romans 7:25 “With the mind serve the law of God.”
g.
Romans 8:7 “Carnal mind is enmity against God.”
h.
Romans 12:2 “Transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
i.
Romans 12:3 “Not think of himself more highly than he ought to
think.”
j.
I Corinthians 2:16 “We have the mind of Christ.”
k.
I Corinthians 3:20 “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise,
that they are vain.”
l.
I Corinthians 10:12 “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest he fall.”
m.
II Corinthians 10:5 “Casting down imaginations and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
n.
Ephesians 2:3 “Desires of the mind.”
o.
Ephesians 4:23 “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”
p.
Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus.”
q.
Philippians 4:7 “Peace of God keep your hearts and minds.”
r.
Philippians 4:8 “Think on these things…”
s.
Colossians 1:21 “Enemies in your mind by wicked works.”
t.
I Timothy 4:15 “Meditate upon these things.”
u.
Hebrews 4:12 “Word…discerner of thoughts and intents of the
heart.”
v.
Hebrews 12:3 “Lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
w.
I Peter 4:1 “Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind.”
x.
II Peter 3:1 “Stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.”
- Will:
is the Greek word Thelma meaning design, desire, purpose, and
pleasure.
a.
Matthew 6:10 “Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.”
b.
Luke 22:42 “Not my will but thine be done.”
c.
John 4:34 “My meat is to dot the will of God.”
d.
John 5:30 “I can of mine own self do nothing. I see not mine own will
but the will of the Father.”
e.
John 6:39-40 “This is the Father’s will, that all which He hath given
me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”
f.
Romans 7:18-25 “For to will is present with me; but how to perform that
which is good I find not. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
g.
Romans 12:2 “Prove what is that good, acceptable, perfect will of God.”
h.
I Corinthians 7:37 “He that standeth stedfast in his heart, hath power
over his own will.”
i.
Philippians 2:13 “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and
to do of His good pleasure.”
j.
Colossians 1:9 “Be filled with the knowledge of His will.”
k.
I Thessalonians 4:3 “This is the will of God even your sanctification
and that ye should abstain from fornication.”
l.
I Thessalonians 5:18 “In everything give thanks: for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
m.
II Peter 3:9 “God is not willing that any should perish.”
n.
I Timothy 2:4 “Who will have all men to be saved.”
- Emotions
in the Greek is equated with the heart kardia meaning the seat of
the emotion.
a.
Nehemiah 8:10 “The joy of the Lord is my strength.”
b.
Mark 12:30-33 “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all they strength:”
c.
John 13:34-35 “Love one another.”
d.
John 14:15 “If ye love me keep my commandments.”
e.
Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church.”
f.
Romans 14:17 “Joy in the Holy Ghost.”
g.
Galatians 5:22 “Fruit of the spirit is joy…”
h.
Hebrews 1:9 “Thou has loved righteousness and hated iniquity.”
i.
I John 1:4 “These things are written that you joy may be full.”
j.
I John 4:18 “There is no fear in love for love casteth out fear because
fear hath torment. He that feareth is no made perfect in love.”
k.
Revelations 2:6 “Thou hatest the deeds which I hate.”
l.
Matthew 6:25-34 “Take no thought for your life.”
m.
Philippians 4:6 “Be anxious for nothing.”
n.
I Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.”
- Body:
- Body is
the Greek word soma meaning our physical body.
a.
Romans 6:11 “Reckon ye yourselves to be dead in deed unto sin but alive
unto God.”
b.
Romans 6:12 “Let not sin reign in your body that ye should obey it in
the lusts thereof.”
c.
Romans 7:18 “In my flesh dwelleth no good thing.”
d.
Romans 8:8 “They that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
e.
Romans 13:14 “Make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts
thereof.”
f.
Romans 12:1 “Present your bodies a living sacrifice.”
g.
I Corinthians 6:13 “The body is for the Lord; and the Lord for the
body.”
h.
I Corinthians 6:19 “The body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.”
i.
I Corinthians 6:20 “Glorify God in your body.”
j.
I Corinthians 9:27 “I keep under my body and bring it into subjection.”
k.
I Corinthians 15:50 “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God.”
l.
Galatians 5:19f “The works of the flesh are manifest…”
m.
Galatians 5:24 “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh,
affections and lusts…”
n.
Philippians 3:3”Have no confidence in the flesh.”
- Eyes:
a.
Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with mine eyes.”
b.
Proverbs 4:25 “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look
straight before thee.”
c.
Proverbs 4:21-22 “Let them (sayings of the Word) not depart from thine
eyes for they are life unto thee that find them, and health to all their
flesh.”
d.
Proverbs 27:20 “The eyes of man are never satisfied.”
e.
Matthew 4:29-30 “Peter walked on the water to go to Jesus, but when he
saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid and began to sink.”
f.
Matthew 6:22-23 “Light of the body is the eye.”
g.
Matthew 18:9 “If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out.”
h.
John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God.”
i.
II Peter 2:14 “Having eyes full of adultery.”
j.
I John 2:16 “Lust of the eyes.”
- Ears:
a.
Matthew 13:43 “Who
hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
b.
Acts 28:26-27
“Ears are dull.”
c.
Romans 10:17
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
d.
II Timothy 4:4 “They shall turn away their ears from the truth.”
- Mouth:
a.
Psalms 19:14 “Let
the words of my mouth be acceptable in thy sight.”
b.
Matthew 12:34-36 “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
c.
Romans 10:8-10 “The word is night thee, even in thy mouth.”
d.
Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth
but that which is good to the use of edifying.”
e.
James 3:10 “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing.
These things ought not be so.”
- Hands:
a.
Psalms 24:3-4 “He that hath clean hands.”
b.
Psalms 47:1 “Lift up your hands.”
c.
I Corinthians 4:12 “Working with your hands.”
d.
James 4:8 “Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;”
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Members:
a.
Romans 6:13-19 “Yield your members to righteousness.”
b.
Colossians 3:5 “Mortify your members: adultery, fornication…”
c.
James 4:1 “Lusts that are at war in your members.”
d.
Jude 7 “Going after strange flesh.”
- Feet:
a.
Psalms 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh, standeth, sitteth…”
b.
Psalms 119:105 “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet.”
c.
John 13:5 “Jesus began to wash the disciples feet.”
d.
Ephesians 6:15 “Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel.”
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Stomach:
a.
Proverbs 23:21 “Glutton shall come to poverty.”
b.
Romans 14:14-21 “It is good neither to eat flesh or to drink wine nor
anything whereby thy brother is offended or made weak.”
c.
I Corinthians 10:28-31 “Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatever
you do, do all for the glory of God.”
d.
Philippians 3:19 “Whose god is their belly.”
‘Let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God.” (II Corinthians 7:1)
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