MAN - SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY Part I
63It is of paramount importance for a biblical believer to understand who they really are.
As we know God formed man –Adam from the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and Adam became a living soul.
The body of Adam was dead, or not living, just a material like a sculptor making something out of clay, before God breathed His spirit from Himself and man became a living person. Nobody in the world wise or unwise can describe the beginning of man’s life as the Bible did.
God created Adam’s body from the earth and gave to Adam spirit from Himself.
Here is the scripture, indicating the man is triune.
Man is created to the God’s image.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And 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.
Man is a spirit, lives in a body (or house) and has a soul. The soul is the living function.
Without the spirit, man is dead. The soul stops to function and leaves with the spirit. Death is the separation from life. Spiritual death is separation from “zoe” Gods’ kind of life.
The separation from the life of God (zoe) occurred after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Man stopped having contact and communication with God and was suddenly on his own. From revelation knowledge he came to a lower level of knowledge – reasoning. He was no longer full of knowledge as he used to be. He was dependent only on his five physical senses. Since he depended on sensing of his outside environment he was very limited, since all that we can see is subject to constant changes. Limitation also is based only on our visual field.
Still after sin Adam was much more intelligent as we are now.
Even though we have gained knowledge in the generations, since we still do not know even 1% of what actually exists. It is astronomical number what we do not know. We are very much dependant on theories and presumptions.
Man is a spirit; lives in the physical body and possesses a soul. The real man is the spirit man, not the body or the soul. Body without a spirit and a soul is dead and a spirit without a body is a disembodied spirit and leaves one way or another (to heaven or hell).
Jesus was one who lived and died and was raised. He is worthy and to be trusted and believed.
We are a spirit, not a soul or a body. We are not a body and then a spirit or a soul. We must keep the priority straight. We must remember this.
The spirit of a man is a component of God, part of God. The spirit after sin is like a spirit encased in a cement block until the Spirit of God quickens him at the same time of being born again. Man cannot be saved without that process. There is no other way to receive eternal life. It cannot be done by joining a church, having a good life or by baptism or anything else but by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
Man spirit is in our entire body, but the headquarters is the heart. It is not the anatomical heart but a place between the chest and the stomach.
The soul is a living function. The headquarters is in the head, but even the soul is everywhere where blood can reach.
The soul is part of the blood.
The soul is a computer. It is the best computer made by best creator – the Almighty God.
The soul has a thinking processor, a mind, a memory bank, and a decision-making will. The soul has emotions. It is also the switchboard between the external and internal world. It controls a huge amount of organs and functions we are not even aware of. The soul in brain has central nervous system and is connected with peripheral nervous system. Peripheral nervous system is system of five physical senses.
Please do not mix man’s spirit with the soul.
The soul is serving the one who is the boss. The soul is our servant. If the spirit is the boss then the soul obeys the spirit. If we let the flesh rule, then the soul follows the flesh.
We are a trinity of man in one. We may be separated from God. To return to Him is not on our terms but His. It is God who controls it. We just make the decision, by free will.
No. 82609-1
© 2009 Vladimir Uhri
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Thank you and I appreciate your visit. I am just sending out second and third part.
These are brilliant definitions, Vladimir.
Hi, it has been a while since I came by to comment, though I have been reading regularly. I want to let you know that I am bookmarking this hub, and wish I had had it when I taught Sunday School for six years. It would have helped explain a few things to some of my searching students.
God bless you, and I look forward to your articles.
ButterflyWings, I am glad you are here. Thanks you for good comment. Bless you.
Joy At Home, nice to hear from you again. I love it when you come and say hello this way. Jesus is Lord!
I am thankful for your explanation. I've seen so many diagrams online, trying to figure out the capacity of the spirit, soul and flesh. We know the flesh wars against the spirit, so yes, the soul would succumb to either/or. Therefore, it makes sense that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds (soul), and we take every thought captive into obedience to the Spirit of God! Thank you for this! I will be more aware of the warfare, and checking up on my mind (will, emotions) and the Spirit/flesh.
Thank you for your visit Judah's Daughter. Recently I was invited by one pastor to discuss the matter, who mentioned that Lord said about “love the Lord God” and added mind, and strength to it. It is true, but Lord Jesus was talking about love and not about definition of man. Ref. Mat 22:37, Mark 12:30. We resolved the matter.
Thank you much again.
I wonder if heart and spirit then are the same? He renews our hearts and creates an upright or steadfast spirit in us, so perhaps they are connected. The soul and mind are separated in Matt 22:37 and Mark 12:30, but that doesn't mean they are separate? I know when I wrote my hub, it was difficult to figure this out based on scripture, but instead, I found out how very much we are created in His image and that Word of God discerns and ministers to each and every part of us perfectly and completely. Amen!
Hello and good morning.
Heart as a core of man is "human spirit". This is part He gave us. I do not like the term "human". Bible under term "heart" always means that invisible heart (spirit). It is not anatomical heart, we know and able to see. People in Lord Jesus time did not have idea about anatomical heart. The autopsies were forbidden.
When one get scared, she put hand on the chest, not on the head. Fear is "opossum" of faith. When someone forgets something she put hand on forehead (soul) memory bank.
Spirit (heart) is real man. Soul is our mental realm, where is mind, memory, will, decision making, central and peripheral nervous system, blood, they all are part and of course connected.
To know the truth and see what is from us or what is from God, only sword (scalpel) WORD can separate, then we know the truth. It is more for understanding what is the will of God.
Many ask me, should I move to other city? "I guess I should know will of God" they say. My answer is usual, if you take Lord with you go where you are comfortable. You will be blessed anywhere. But it is only little example. There are more serious decisions we have to make.
I love you muchie, sis.
Love you, too, brother :-)
Very nice description. Soul is real man, me, Spirit is Gods breath, Holy Spirit is God. God speaks to mans Spirit, and the Sprit speaks to the Soul, Heart is the part of the soul,the heart is what Glorifies God. Love the Lord with your Heart Mind and Soul. When you die your Spirit returns to God, who gave it. Spirit is not judged,it belongs to God. Souls judged or set free, in resurrection. You say the same as http://hubpages.com/hub/Death-What-now.
Nice
Grim Reaper, thank you for stopping by. I try to get your reference article but is our of order.
In your response there is one misspelling. In the first line: Instead of soul should be spirit (spirit of man).
Thanks again.
Vladimir Uhri
Soul is real man, me, spirit is Gods breath, spirit is not spirit man, no such thing as spirit man, its a soul man. we became a "a living soul" see in verse.
Gen:2:7: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Spirit man is false teaching we will never be a spirit man the closest will be, when we will be like angels but still man a new man.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Death-What-now
You hub is good and teaching is good
I am not teaching denomination but Word of God. We are the spirit and live in the body. We possess the soul - living function. When God breathe to the nostril of Adam “neshamah” he became living soul. It is true that the word “neshamah” has many meaning, which includes spirit, soul, breath and more. But guess who is making dictionary? Man does. It was made before we understood difference between spirit and soul.
Soul is troublemaker. Our thinking is wrong, negative, connected to the flesh; this is why God gave us Word – sword to make discernment between spirit and soul. Heart is synonym of spirit. Intention of heart, spirit is important. It does not say intention of soul. We know what soul thinks.
When man dies disembodied spirits is released (plus soul). I never heard that evil spirits, demons are disembodied purely only souls. We have information about only evils spirits, since saved are in heaven and not floating around. God made the body from earth and gave us spirit from Himself. This is why we are alike Him or crated to His (Their) likeness (image). We are triune.
I would like to know your credentials to say I am wrong. I live the Word.
Naaah your words are all mixed up.
Man is a Soul
Gen:2:7: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
3Jo:1:2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
M't:11:29: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
M'r:8:37: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
The man is the spirit (small “s”) and has a soul and lives in the body. Why then we are His image?
3John 1:2 Yes, prosperity is result of soul and body, intellect, success etc. For body is health. But soul prospers only when spirit is OK.
Mt 11:29 In that time was not available new birth. It was in fame of an Old Covenant. It is all about flesh and soul. Spirit of man was still dead (spiritually dead). See spirit never get tired. Only body and soul does. When God breath to the nostril of Adam He breath not only air and Adam’s lungs expanded and man started to breath. God is very practical, He has a dual system. He put the breath in but the same time spirit, something from Himself. Without the breath of spirit man cannot “become” to be living soul. God is Spirit and only by mechanical breath the man could not live. Also Bible never said walk in the soul but walk in the spirit (human spirit). I understand that soul is very important, but man mainly is the spirit. Please read my hub about new birth.
Remember, that in the Jesus ministry New Covenant started only after resurrection. That time soul and body was functioning. Man's spirit was yet spiritually dead. This is why Jesus use language appropriate to existing man. Man's spirit existed, but was dead, in-cased.
When man - Adam sin he did not died physically. His spirit died. Death is separation from zoe life. His soul did not died, since he did not stop thinking. I use to think as you do, but I change the mind. It solved now many problem and I understand the scripture. I am not religious but believe.
Thanks for making clear distinction between Soul and Spirit. I believe that Soul is the seat of intellect and emotion. It gives us ability to reason, think, feel.
Thank you, Vladimir, for your brilliant description of the soul. I love your analogies! I also believe, with you, that Adam's intelligence was functioning higher than ours today. I think we are digressing, rather than evolving, because of sin. I attribute the world's advancements in science, and technology to the ability to 'build off of' what has already been discovered, and established by our forefathers.
I enjoy you visit greatly. Thank you and great comment.
He is our provider.
Bibleseo, thank you for visit. Yes soul has emotion, intelect, memory, decision making (will), all.
Shalini Kagal says:
4 months ago
That's a great distinction you have there between the spirit and the soul!