“…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…God is not human …”
(Numbers 23:19 NIV). “…. [Yet], YOU THOUGHT I,
(God, the HOLY SPIRIT) was EXACTLY like you….” (Psalms 50:21 NIV).
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God distinctly SAYS that the
DIVINE nature is “NOT” human. The DIVINE NATURE is NOTHING like SINFUL NATURE. “…God (the holy spirit) is not human “…God is Spirit …Does he speak and then not act? Does he
promise and not fulfill…” (Numbers 23:19 NIV & John 4:24 KJV).
Mankind uses TITLES and LABELS to
understand God, and often end up trying to conform the DIVINE NATURE into an
image familiar to themselves, but he is NOTHING like SINFUL NATURE. “…God is not human …” (Numbers 23:19 NIV).
“…“My thoughts are nothing
like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are
far beyond anything you could imagine … my ways are higher … my thoughts higher…” (Isaiah 55:5-9 NLT).
Mankind did NOT create God. God CREATED
mankind and they were originally CREATED in the IMAGE of the DIVINE NATURE
which is HOLY! “….Let us make man in “our” image,
after our likeness…”
(Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…..God created man in his own image…..male and female created he
them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV). “….God formed man of the dust of the ground (BODY), and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life (SPIRIT); and man became a living soul (SOUL)…” (Genesis 2:7 KJV).
God sent JESUS, THE HOLY WORD of God, to
RESTORE mankind BACK to WHOLENESS, which MUST include the DIVINE NATURE. “… I
said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; Heal my
soul,
for I have sinned against You...” (Psalms 41:4 NASB). “… I will restore you to health (wholeness) And I will heal you
of your wounds,’
declares the Lord…”
(Jeremiah 30:17 NASB).
God, the
Holy Spirit, is a “…restorer of thy life…”
(Ruth 4:15 KJV). “…He restoreth my SOUL…” (Psalm 23
KJV). “…The law of the LORD (the WORD of
God) is perfect (MATURING), restoring
the SOUL…” (Psalm 19 NASB). “….He (the WORD OF GOD) restoreth
my soul….” (PSALM 23:1-3 NLT). “…I (God, the holy spirit) will restore…”
(Jeremiah 30:17 KJV). God is a “…restorer of thy life…”
(Ruth 4:15 KJV). “…the
Holy Spirit gives birth to (or restores)
SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT). “….Jesus Christ (the WORD of GOD) maketh thee WHOLE
(RESTORES)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).
It is important to NOTE, the DIVINE NATURE
is often described by using human anthropomorphisms, yet, the DIVINE NATURE is NOT
human, has NO real human characteristics, and NO human limitations. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…God is not human …” (Numbers 23:19 NIV). “….
[Yet], YOU THOUGHT I, (God, the HOLY SPIRIT) was EXACTLY like
you, [BUT I AM NOT]….” (Psalms 50:21 NIV).
God is NOT like HUMANS; he originally
created humans to be LIKE him. Thus, HUMANS were CREATED in the image of the
DIVINE NATURE “not” the other way around. “….Let us make man in “our” image,
after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…..God
created man in his “own” image…..male and female created he
them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV). “….God …breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life…”
(Genesis 2:7 KJV).
God introduces the DIVINE NATURE as SPIRIT
when he SAID: “…GOD
IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV).
God,
the Holy Spirit, clearly expresses the DIVINE nature and DIVINE power
through the things that are MADE. . “…Since
the creation of the world God’s INVISIBLE QUALITIES—have been CLEARLY SEEN, being UNDERSTOOD FROM WHAT HAS BEEN MADE …”
(Romans 1:20 NIV).
God being SPIRIT means that God is NOT
human and HE does NOT have a human body. However, “….God
formed man of the dust of the ground (BODY), and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (SPIRIT);
and man became a living soul (SOUL)…”
(Genesis 2:7 KJV). God made man in three parts. They had a body, his
Spirit, and a soul.
What was the ROLE of each part?
1. The body is given to YOU by God to
ENGAGE with natural LIFE. The body is a CONDUIT for INTERACTING WITH everything
in the natural world.
2. God’s Spirit enables you to ENGAGE with and PARTAKE in
spiritual LIFE. His indwelling Holy Spirit
WORKS “IN” AND “THROUGH” the human body to DISPLAY God’s power, reveal his
PRESENCE, and to CONFIRM his Word.
3. THE SOUL
is YOU. The soul is the authentic self. The authentic self includes the heart,
emotions, affections, appetites, conscience, personality, WILL, and THOUGHTS.
The thoughts are the command center of the
SOUL. The soul’s THOUGHTS are affected by, influenced by, informed by, or is
directed by the Spirit or the sinful
nature to carry out certain behaviors and actions. “…...the [ indwelling Holy] Spirit gives us desires that are the
opposite of what the sinful nature (body) desires. These TWO FORCES are constantly fighting
each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. … …” (Galatians 5 NLT). “…If
two (soul & Spirit or soul & Flesh) … shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven…” (Matthew 18:19 KJV).
“....Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3 KJV).
The THOUGHTS, which commands
the soul’s behaviors or actions, have been totally dominated by the sinful
nature; they have to be TRANSFORMED. “…Who will free me from this life that is dominated by SIN
(sinful thoughts)? Thank God! The answer is in
Jesus Christ our Lord (or in the WORD OF GOD)…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). Jesus had
another name. “… His name is called The Word of God…” (Revelation
19:12-13 NASB). “…THE WORDS ... they ARE SPIRIT,…” (John 6:63 KJV). “If the Son (the Word, the Spirit) therefore shall make you free, you SHALL be free indeed…” (John
8:36 KJV). Therefore, “…Choose you this day whom ye will serve….”
(Joshua 24:15 KJV). HOW?
“…[By being]... transformed by the renewing of
your mind (The command center of YOUR SOUL)….” (Romans 12:2 KJV).
The body, soul, and God’s Holy
Spirit were once UNITED together or in a SPIRITUAL union, or a covenant
relationship.
In the beginning, man’s
thoughts were influenced by God’s Holy Spirit. Their thoughts were HOLY (set
apart and FREED from the influence of ANY sin).
They had the FREEDOM to choose
to remain in the UNION with God or follow another path.
The man or woman, who has been
restored and reunited with God, the Holy Spirit, they have that SAME freedom
today.
The freedom to choose
was first witnessed when God gave Adam and Eve ONE instruction to follow. He
said: “…of every tree of
the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou SHALT NOT EAT of it; for in the
day that thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY “DIE” …” (Genesis 2:16-17
KJV).
Adam and Eve CHOSE not LISTEN to God’s
instruction. Their CHOICE separated them FROM God’s Holy Spirit, which CAUSED absolute and complete Spiritual DEATH. “…Every man is tempted, when he (or she) is drawn away
of his (or her) own lust, and enticed. Then
when lust hath conceived, it BRINGETH FORTH SIN: and sin, when it is finished,
BRINGETH FORTH DEATH (Spiritual death)…”
(James 1:13-15 NLT).
“…Through one man SIN
entered into the world, and DEATH
(Spiritual death) THROUGH SIN, and so DEATH (Spiritual death) passed to all
men—“(Romans 5:12 KJV). “…Everyone who sins is breaking God’s [HOLY] …law, for all sin is
contrary to the...[HOLY] ... law of God….”
(1 John 3:4 NLT).
Adam and Eve became “…separated
from the [Spiritual] LIFE of God…” (Ephesians 4:18 NIV). “…It is the [Holy] SPIRIT who gives [Spiritual] LIFE…”
(John 6:63 NASB). “… [their] … iniquities (sin) …SEPARATED
[them]… from [the Holy life of] God… …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…All
have sinned (been born with ONLY a sin nature) and fallen SHORT of the GLORY of God (the indwelling Holy Spirit)…”
(Romans 3:23). “…The wages of sin is death (spiritual death)…”
(Romans 6:23 KJV). “…and SIN, when it is finished, BRINGETH FORTH
DEATH (Spiritual death)…” (James 1:13-15
NLT).
Without God, the Holy Spirit, mankind only has their body and their soul. They
have become a DEAD soul. “…the body without (apart from) the spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV) The
SOUL is “…DEAD in trespasses and sin” (Ephesians 2:1 KJV). “…when [you (your soul)] were DEAD in
sins …” (Ephesians 2:1-5 KJV). “…YOU (your soul)… were DEAD in your transgressions
and sins…” (Ephesians 2:1 NIV). Like the prodigal son, “… [YOU (your soul) were]…. DEAD and [you (your soul) have been made]… ALIVE AGAIN; [you (your soul) were]…
lost and [have been]… found…” (Luke 15:24 NIV). “…Instead, give yourselves completely to
God, for you
(your soul) were DEAD …” (Romans 6 NLT).
The SOUL, after
the fall, was no longer UNITED with God’s
Spirit. The SOUL that is SEPARATED from God’s Holy Spirit is NO LONGER
influenced by the HOLY SPIRIT. All the behaviors or
actions that men and women display outwardly originate from the [thoughts,
which are housed in the heart of the] DEAD SOUL, and are dominated by the
sinful nature. It is“… from within, out of the heart (command center
of the SOUL) of man, proceed evil
thoughts…these … come from within,
and defile a person.” (Mark 7:21-23 KJV). The heart
(command center of the SOUL) “…is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked…who
can know it…” (Jeremiah 17:9 KJV). "…Offspring
of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart (command center of the
SOUL) the mouth speaks. The good man, out of his good treasure, brings
forth good things, and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, brings forth
evil things." (Matthew 12:34-35).
“…So I say, let the Holy Spirit (IF
you have the indwelling Holy Spirit) guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature
(body) craves. The sinful nature (body) wants
to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the [Holy] Spirit wants. And the [Holy] Spirit gives us desires that are
the opposite of what the sinful nature (body) desires. These TWO FORCES are constantly fighting
each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. …When you follow the desires of your sinful nature (body), the RESULTS
are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
envy, drunkenness, wild
parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you
again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit
the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self-control. There is no law against
these things! Those who belong to Christ
Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of
their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there…”
(Galatians 5 NLT).
THE DEAD SOUL has “NO”
spiritual ability, spiritual influence, spiritual connection, or SPIRITUAL
LIFE. The BODY, without God’s HOLY
SPIRIT is DEAD. “…the body without (apart from) the spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV) “…[YOU
ARE] DEAD
in [your] trespasses and sin” (Ephesians 2:1 KJV). “…When
you [are a DEAD SOUL]… the RESULTS are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity,
lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
envy, drunkenness, wild
parties, and other sins like these…” (Galatians
5 NLT).
Without God, the HOLY SPIRIT, all MANKIND has is a
DEAD SOUL or SINFUL NATURE, which NOW creates a BARRIER or CHASM between them
and God, the HOLY SPIRIT. “…The trouble is with me, for I am all too human,
a slave to sin … I want
to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. So I am
not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do
what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
“…The
sinful nature
is always hostile to God (therefore, the old mindset, dominated
by the sinful nature, is also hostile to God). It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
That’s why those who
are still under the control of their sinful nature (through the old mindset)
can never please God. …” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “… the whole world lies under the power (domination)
of the evil one” (1 John 5:19 RSV).
God is naturally the Holy SPIRIT and
humans are naturally SINFUL flesh. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…I am all too
human, a slave to sin…” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT).
God, the HOLY SPIRIT
could NOT unite or bond himself to SINFUL man any more. Further, God, the Holy Spirit, could NOT have a united,
covenant relationship with SINFUL man, even though he DESIRED too.
WHY? Like OIL and WATER; HOLINESS and SIN
“DON’T,” CAN’T, and WON’T EVER unite together. Thus, the Holy Spirit
naturally separates from sinful man. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “… [SINFUL humanity’s] … iniquities …separated
[them]… from God… …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV).
God, the HOLY Spirit
and SINFUL mankind are SO DIFFERENT, by NATURE, there is an impenetrable CHASM
between THEM. “…between us (the spiritual world) and you (the natural world) [there is] a great chasm (barrier) [that] has been set in
place…” (Luke 16:22-25
NASB). “… [Their] … iniquities (sin) …SEPARATED
[them]… from God… …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…and SIN, when it is finished,
BRINGETH FORTH DEATH…” (James 1:13-15
NLT). “…The wages of sin is death…”
(Romans 6:23 KJV).
Without the HOLY SPIRIT mankind “IS” “…SEPARATED from the [HOLY] LIFE of God…”
(Ephesians 4:18 NIV). “…It is the [Holy]
SPIRIT who gives LIFE…” (John 6:63 NASB).
Before you are SAVED and RESTORED, “…YOU (your soul)… [are] DEAD in your … sins…”
(Ephesians 2:1 NIV). “…YOU [are] dead in your sins and ... [IT IS]…God [the Holy Spirit] [that
MAKES] you ALIVE
[through] Christ (the WORD OF GOD). [God, the Holy Spirit forgives and cleanses
you from]… all [your]… sins…” (Colossians 2:13 NIV). God,
the HOLY SPIRIT, makes “… [you]… ALIVE! … [You]…
were DEAD in transgressions…” (Ephesians 2:5 NIV). Like the prodigal
son, “… [YOU were]…. DEAD and [you have been MADE]… ALIVE
AGAIN; [you were]… lost and [have been]… found…” (Luke 15:24 NIV).
“….YOU (the SINFUL nature YOU or your DEAD SOUL you) USED TO
LIVE in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying (dominated by)
the devil—the commander of the [sinful] powers (influences) in the unseen
world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts (where the thoughts of
the soul are housed) of those who refuse to obey God (or follow his instructions
and guidelines). All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and
inclinations of our sinful nature. ….just
like everyone else…” (Ephesian 2:2-3 NLT).
God is the Holy SPIRIT.
God is a SPIRITUAL being. God, the Holy SPIRIT is TOTALLY separated and SET
APART from SIN and the SINFUL humanity.
His HOLINESS means God
is TOTALLY set apart and FREE from SIN of ANY kind!! Thus, THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAN’T – not by CHOICE- JOIN or have FELLOWSHIP with SIN at ALL!!
“…what fellowship (UNION) hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? And what communion (UNION)
hath light with darkness? And what concord (UNION) hath Christ (the Word of
TRUTH) with Belial (the DEVIL or Father of LIES)? Or what part (UNION) hath he
that believeth (depends upon God) with an infidel (one who doesn’t depend upon
God)?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15
KJV).
The LOVE, GRACE, and
MERCY of God, the HOLY SPIRIT is
revealed when he communicates to mankind through Jesus, his Word. He
communicates his DESIRE to RESTORE them back into covenant RELATIONSHIP with
him and informs them he has CREATED a WAY to DO IT. “…God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son…” (John 3:16 KJV).
God “…spared not his own Son, [in order to
express DIVINE LOVE] but delivered him up for us all?” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “….God SHOWED HIS GREAT
LOVE FOR US by sending
Christ to die for us while we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).). “…not
that we loved God,
but that [god] loved us...”
(1 John 4:10 KJV).
“…herein is love,
not that we loved God, but that [God] loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (substitute, intervention) for our
sins.” (1 John 4:10
KJV). “…There is
no greater LOVE …” (John 15:13 NLT).
God sent JESUS, THE HOLY WORD of God, to
RESTORE mankind BACK to WHOLENESS, which MUST include a REUNITING of the SOUL
to the HOLY SPIRIT. “… I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; Heal my soul,
for I have sinned against You...” (Psalms 41:4 NASB). “… I will restore you to health And I will heal you
of your wounds,’
declares the Lord…”
(Jeremiah 30:17 NASB).
God is a “…restorer of thy life…”
(Ruth 4:15 KJV). “…He restoreth my SOUL…” (Psalm 23
KJV). “…The law of the LORD (the WORD of
God) is perfect, restoring the SOUL…”
(Psalm 19 NASB). “….He (the WORD OF GOD) restoreth
my soul….” (PSALM 23:1-3 NLT). “…I (God, the holy spirit) will restore…”
(Jeremiah 30:17 KJV). God is a “…restorer of thy life…”
(Ruth 4:15 KJV). “…the
Holy Spirit gives birth to (or restores)
SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT). “….Jesus Christ (the WORD of GOD) maketh thee WHOLE
(RESTORES)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).
“…If
any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature: old things are passed away;
behold, ALL
THINGS are become NEW…” (2
Corinthians 5:17 KJV). “…God
has given [you] HIS Spirit as PROOF that … he [dwells]…in [you]…” (1 John 4:13 NLT “…God … SENT
forth the Spirit of His Son (THE WORD) “INTO”
[Y]OUR… HEARTS (WHERE THE THOUGHTS OR COMMAND CENTER OF THE SOUL “ALSO” RESIDE)…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…The
Holy Spirit gives birth to [every aspect of] SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT).
“…The invisible [Holy Spirit]…from the creation of the world is …clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are MADE
(MAKING mankind whole again or MAKING them into new creations) …”
(Romans 1:20 KJV). “…he (the invisible holy spirit)
doeth the works (making “new” creations)…” (John 14:10 KJV). “…What we now SEE (humans MADE into NEW
CREATIONS) did not come from anything that can be SEEN (the miraculous UNITING, again, of the SOUL and SPIRIT)…” (Hebrews
11 NLT).
“…God
is not human …” (Numbers 23:19 NIV).
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “… [Yet], YOU THOUGHt i, (God, the HOLY SPIRIT) was EXACTLY like
you….”
(Psalms 50:21 NIV).
God is SPIRIT. God is “NOT” human. God REVEALS
his DIVINE nature and DEMONSTRATES or DISPLAYS his DIVINE power through the MAKING of NEW CREATIONS by REUNITING
the SOUL with his SPIRIT. “…The
invisible [Holy Spirit]…from the creation of the world is …clearly seen, being understood by the things that are MADE (MAKING them into
new creations) …” (Romans 1:20 KJV).
God SPEAKS to his people through Jesus,
HIS WORD and confirms HIS WORD through signs, wonders, and miracles, such as
SALVATION and the REUNITING of the SOUL and SPIRIT. “…If any man be in Christ, he is a NEW
creature: old things are passed away; behold, ALL THINGS are become (MADE) NEW…”
(2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).
The indwelling
HOLY SPIRIT is God’s WAY of REUNITING to his people once they are SAVED by
the POWER of his WORD. “… [The WORD
of GOD]... is the power of God at work (through the CONFIRMING work of the HOLY SPIRIT), saving (REUNITING SOUL and
SPIRIT) everyone who believes
(depends upon the word)…”
(Romans 1:16 NLT “…God has given [you] HIS [Holy] Spirit
as PROOF that … he [dwells]…in
[you] (is joined to you)…” (1 John 4:13 NLT “…God … SENT
forth the [Holy} Spirit
of His Son “INTO”
[Y]OUR… HEARTS (where the command center of the SOUL reside)…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB).
God’s indwelling Holy
Spirit RETURNS to UNITE mankind’s SOUL to God’s HOLY SPIRIT again. God
“….made [you]…
ALIVE with
Christ (the WORD)… …” (Ephesians 2:5 NIV). “…May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together [again]—[His HOLY] spirit, [your]
soul, and body …” (1
Thessalonians 5:23-24 MSG).
God, the HOLY SPIRIT dwells in YOU or is UNITED
to you again. “…The
[Holy] Spirit of God dwell in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people…” (2
Corinthians 6:16 KJV).
However, GOD IS “NOT” HUMAN AND THUS, IT THE
SOUL AND SPIRIT THAT IS UNITED TOGETHER. “…God
is not human …” (Numbers 23:19 NIV).
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV).
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