I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU
THE SOUL LEFT TO ITSELF
. “…Abide in Me, and I in you. …apart from Me you (apart from God’s Spirit the lost and spiritually dead soul) can do nothing …” (John 15:4-6 NASB).
“…the body (and lost Soul) without (apart from) the spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV).
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Mankind is MORE likely to experience and grieve over the physical lives that are GONE or have separated from them than the separation of God’s Holy Spirit.
Physical companionship is ALL that most people know and once those people are GONE they will experience profound LONELINESS, being LEFT ALONE, and being LONELY.
Without, God, the Holy Spirit, the body and soul can ONLY experience companionship through natural/physical life.
It is normal to MISS the physical presence and interactive companionships we share with family, friends, or spouses. It is hurtful and heartbreaking.
During times of physical LOSSES God’s people are COMFORTED and guided by the indwelling Holy Spirit who NEVER leaves or forsakes them. God will “…never leave nor forsake you (his people)… …” (Hebrews 13:5).
God’s Holy Spirit is their immutable SOURCE for companionship during times of grief. "… I am the Alpha and the Omega…" (Revelation 1:8 NASB). “… I..[AM]… the first, and with the last...'" (Isaiah 41:4 NASB). “…All things (including God’s people’s need for consistent companionship) ...[COME] into being through Him (GOD, the Holy Spirit), and apart from [his WORD] nothing [COMES] into being that [has or WILL] come into being … (John 1:1-4 NASB). God is the ORIGIN of companionship. “… “I AM WHO I AM …” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).
People we LOSE, along life’s journey, were ALWAYS going to be temporary. In the following scriptures the ravens were temporary resources too. “…the Lord said to Elijah, “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I (God, the Holy Spirit has) ...commanded them to bring you food.” So Elijah did as the Lord told him and …The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook ...” (1 KINGS 17:1-7 NLT).
“...But after a while the brook dried up…” (1 KINGS 17:1-7 NLT).
Nobody else may understand your emotions or feelings during periods of loss of any kind, but God, the Holy Spirit, your immutably companion knows and will be there for you. “…Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things…” (Matthew 6 KJV).
During times of LOSS it may feel as if you are LEFT ALONE, LONELY, and experiencing extreme LONELINESS, but God, the Holy Spirit, PROMISES he’ll help you get through it. “… [Your heavenly Father] ... will supply all your [need]… according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB).
God, the Holy Spirit is a faithful companion, but you must be reconciled to him, so that your soul is made WHOLE by reconnecting with the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ. “…the Holy Spirit gives birth to (or restores) SPIRITUAL LIFE…” (John 3:6 NLT). 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). “….Jesus Christ (the WORD of GOD) maketh thee WHOLE (AGAIN)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). “... and man (woman) became a living soul …” (Genesis 2:7 KJV).
The REUNION between the SOUL and HOLY SPIRIT restores the ORIGINAL companionship with God that’s forever bonded by HOLY love, connected by the HOLY Spirit, fortified by HOLY, covenant intimacy, drawn by HOLY attraction, and empowered by the HOLY indwelling. “... You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...” (Psalms 63:1 NLT).
When the soul is RESTORED to God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus, it is NO LONGER left alone.
The SOUL becomes enlightened by God’s truths, enriched by the indwelling Christ, gifted with untold spiritual blessings, and endowed with God’s glorious presence, goodness, and working power. “… those (souls) who were once enlightened—those (souls) who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the power of the age to come …” (Hebrews 6:4-8 NLT).
No matter what God’s people experience, including the losses ALL will remain WELL with their soul. “….Jesus Christ (the WORD of GOD) maketh thee WHOLE (AGAIN)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). “... and man(woman) became a living soul …” (Genesis 2:7 KJV).
God sent Jesus, the atoning sacrifice, to make it possible for every soul to return to the companionship or “covenant unity” with HIM, but some of his own people will depart. “... IN LATTER TIMES “SOME” SHALL [CHOOSE OR DECIDE TO] ...DEPART FROM the FAITH ...” (1 Timothy 4:1-3 KJV). “... who then ..[CHOSE TO] ... turn away from God …” (Hebrews 6:4-8 NLT). “...Take heed, BRETHREN (citizens of Heaven or ambassadors of Christ), lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God...” (Hebrews 3:12 KJV). “...If ye ...[CHOOSE TO] .... continue in the faith (OR continue TO DEPEND upon god) ... and be not moved away (BE NOT DEPARTED) from the hope of the gospel ...” (Colossians 1:22-23 KJV).
The companionship or “covenant unity” with God is NOT simply about being LEFT ALONE, but it is about being SEPARTED from God, the Holy Spirit, now and for all eternity. “…I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that … [will] ...cut you off from God…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT). . “…Your INIQUITIES … separated … you and your God…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ (the Word of TRUTH) with Belial (the DEVIL or Father of LIES)? Or what part hath he that believeth (depends upon God) with an infidel (one who doesn’t depend upon God)?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).
“... Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God...” (Galatians 5:19-21 NASB).
“…You have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s GRACE…” (Galatians 5:4 NLT). “…Your INIQUITIES … separated … you and your God…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV).
The soul LEFT ALONE without God, the Holy Spirit is in a WORST condition than being LEFT ALONE without the physical presence of a significant loved one. “... Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV).
“…SALVATION is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved…” (Acts 4:12 NIV). “…And there is SALVATION in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved…” (Acts 4:12 NASB).
God “….is ... NOT WILLING that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance…” (2 Peter 3:9 KJV).
“... This is the will (CHOICE, or HEART’S DESIRE) of Him who sent Me (Jesus, his WORD), that of all that He has given Me I (CHOOSE, DON’T WANT TO) lose nothing, but (want to or desire to) raise it (the saved soul) up on the last day. For this is the will (CHOICE or HEART’S DESIRE) of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son (Jesus, the WORD) and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day...” (John 6:39-40 NASB). “... Now unto HIM (Jesus Christ) that is ABLE to KEEP you from falling (away), and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy...” (Jude 1:24 KJV).
God is FAITHFUL to EVERY promise he makes to his people, but some will not listen, don’t care, will follow their own ways, or will voluntarily depart from him. “… [YOU CHOOSE]... this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV). “…He that believeth on him is not condemned: but HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, because HE HATH NOT BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, that light is come into the world, and MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, because THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved…” (John 3:18-20 KJV). “... The judgment ... [will be]... based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil...” (John 3:19 NLT). “... everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed...” (John 3:20 NASB).
The SOUL that is LEFT ALONE is not simply experiencing a period of LONELINESS or being LONELY, but without God, the indwelling Holy Spirit the condition is eternal.
“…And the LORD 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 said: “…in his OWN image…..male and female created he (God, the Holy Spirit) them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV).
“...and ...[God, the Holy Spirit]....breathed into his(her) nostrils the breath of life (His “own” Spirit)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
“...and man (woman) became a living soul…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
Our bodies were DESIGNED to be temples of the LIVING God and the place where the SOUL and SPIRIT share companionship or “covenant unity” together. The spiritual seed is planted within the heart and produces spiritual fruit. “… God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son (Jesus, HIS TRUTH) into [y]our hearts...” (Galatians 4:6 NASB).
“…The sower SOWETH THE WORD …The (spiritual) seed (Jesus) is the WORD OF GOD ... THE WORD …was sown in [THE] HEARTS [of God’s people]…” (Mark 4:14-15 & Luke 8:11 KJV).
“...the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, [FAITH], gentleness, and self-control…” (Galatians 5 NLT). “...This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves…” (2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT).
God said: “…in his OWN image…..male and female created he them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV).
Male and female were uniquely designed to become LIVING SOULS where God was the LIVING part and mankind was the SOUL. “...and man (woman) became a living soul (soul)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
A “LIVING SOUL” is reconciled with God, restored to God’s Holy Spirit, and MADE WHOLE.
It had nothing to do with gender or the marital relationship, at this point, because Adam was NOT alone.
Thus, when God put the soul and Spirit together it was the ULTIMATE intimacy.
However, God KNEW the loneliness Adam would EXPERIENCE once his Holy Spirit separated from THEM.
When God, the Holy Spirit, said it was NOT GOOD for man to be alone, his omniscient made a plan to create a suitable helpmeet for Adam for the journey ahead. “…The plans [God has]…for you…. [are]…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future..” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
It is NOT GOOD that man should be SEPARTED, first and foremost, from God, the Holy Spirit. It is not good that the man should be SEGREGATED from God, the Holy Spirit. It is not good that the man should be ISOLATED from God, the Holy Spirit. “…It is not good that the man should be alone…” (Genesis 2:18 KJV).
God MADE a helpmeet, for Adam, that would be right, appropriate, or fitting for the situation that God KNEW was coming. A SEPARATION from God, the Holy Spirit was COMING and Adam would be LEFT ALONE, so Eve was created. “…I will make …a helpmeet (suitable) for him”…” (Genesis 2:18 KJV).
God, the Holy Spirit, put Adam in “…a deep sleep... [took] one of his ribs...[made him] a [physical] woman, and … [bought] her [to him]” (Genesis 2:21-22 KJV). “…So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place…” (Genesis 2:21 NASB). “…The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man…” (Genesis 2:22 NASB).
“...And Adam said, This is now bone (self) of my bones (self), and flesh of my flesh (likeness): she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man...” (Genesis 2:23 KJV).
“...Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh...” (Genesis 2:24 KJV).
“...And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?...” (Matthew 19:5 KJV).
“... For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).
“...For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh...” (Ephesians 5:31 KJV).
Notice God didn’t SAY that when the male and female are joined together they would become “ONE SPIRIT,” but ONE FLESH. However, when individuals are JOINED to Christ they become “ONE SPIRIT.” “…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
“... a man...[shall]....cleave to his wife (woman); And they twain shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).
We BECOME “ONE SPIRIT” when we are JOINED soul and Holy Spirit. We BECOME “ONE FLESH” when we are JOINED soul to soul. “...This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one...” (Ephesians 5:32 KJV).
The first man, Adam, was created “in” HIS IMAGE “after” his LIKENESS! “….LET US MAKE man … after our likeness (to resemble us) …” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…in his OWN image (A representation)…..male and female created he them …” (Genesis 1:27 KJV). “…And the LORD 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).
In order to understand what that likeness IS; you must first understand GOD’S IMAGE. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV).
God’s image was breathed into Adam, which made Adam a representative of his image. “…And the LORD God ...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (His Spirit or image)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
“….let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…God is not human (he is not a body, he is not a self, or the flesh, or a soul)…” (Numbers 23:19 NIV).
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…the Spirit of God dwell in you (and dwelt in Adam and Eve)…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). Adam and Eve were originally, created representatives of HIS IMAGE (SPIRIT).
When God created the physical Eve or her fleshly body HE “… caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place…” (Genesis 2:21 NASB). “…The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man…” (Genesis 2:22 NASB).
There was a philosophical term prevalent during the Old Testament era, called “emanations,” which means “emerges from.”
This term also suggests that created things are subject to and weaker than the thing from which it was originated from.
Adam was created by God, thus subject to God and weaker than God.
Eve was created by God also, but from Adam and thus was subject to Adam and weaker (vessel) than Adam.
This simply means Adam’s fleshly body emanated directly from God in the Genesis creation order and Eve’s fleshly body, though created by God too, emanated from Adam.
Adam’s fleshly body EMERGED more directly from God’s creation of mankind into HIS image. Gender is not the issue here, but creation ORDER is. “…Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man…” (1 Corinthians 11:9 KJV). “…For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man…” (1 Corinthians 11:8 KJV). “…For Adam was first formed, then Eve…” (1 Timothy 2:13 KJV).
What is outstanding is Adam, who initially represented male and female, had an “oneness” with God. God literally breathed into their nostrils. “….LET US MAKE man (or mankind) … after our likeness (to resemble us) …” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…in his OWN image (A representation)…..male and female created he them …” (Genesis 1:27 KJV). “…And the LORD 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 and Adam (Eve) came into the human vessel together. God, the Holy Spirit and Adam (Eve), the soul was “in” a “covenant unity” with God, the Holy Spirit. Adam (Eve) was called a “LIVING” soul. “….God ....breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (SPIRIT); and man became a living soul (SOUL)…” (Genesis 2:7 KJV).
“… HE Himself GIVES to all people LIFE (spiritual life) and BREATH (existence) and all things…” (Acts 17:25 NASB). “… In Him we (souls)...exist…” (Acts 17:28 NASB). “… in him we (souls)... have our being… “ (Acts 17:28 KJV).
“…the Spirit of God dwell in you (and dwelt in Adam and Eve, the LIVING soul)…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).
God gave THEM the requirements for KEEPING the “covenant unity” between them. “…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 …[or] … thou shalt surely die…” (Genesis 2:16-17 KJV).
A serpent (Satan) gave THEM instructions that contradicted those of God’s and THEY chose to follow them instead. The serpent said “…ye shall not surely die.…” (Genesis 3:4-5 KJV).
“…The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. …” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
The “covenant unity” with God, the Holy Spirit was immediately SEPARATED. “… ONE sinner destroy[ed]… MUCH GOOD…” (Ecclesiastes 9:18 NASB).
God’s Word is TRUTH and NEVER fails on any occasion. God, the Holy Spirit is ALWAYS “…watching over [his]… Word to perform it…” (Jeremiah 1:12 NASB).
“…[God’s Word] shall prosper in the thing whereto [God]… sent it…” (Isaiah 55:11 KJV).
HE SAID, “…the body without (apart from) the spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV). “….Apart from Me, you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).
“.… Thou shalt surely die…” (Genesis 2:16-17 KJV). AND THEY DID and their souls were LEFT ALONE, without God, the Holy Spirit.
“… [Their] (Eve’s and Adam’s) … iniquities (violation of God’s instructions) … [immediately] … separated [them]… from God…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV).
“…Every man (or woman) is tempted, when … [they are] … 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, SEPARATION from God, the Holy Spirit)…” (James 1:13-15 NLT).
THAT day “…Sin (the violation of God’s instructions) entered into the world, and (spiritual) DEATH through sin, and so (spiritual) DEATH passed to all men(women)—“(Romans 5:12 KJV).
“…SIN IS the transgression of the law (violation of God’s instruction)….” (1 John 3:4 KJV). “…The wages of sin is death (spiritual death, SEPARATION from God)…” (Romans 6:23 KJV).
“…God asked the woman, “What have you done?” (Genesis 3:7-13 NLT). “… ONE sinner destroy[ed] … MUCH GOOD…” (Ecclesiastes 9:18 NASB).
“… [They were] …separated … from God… …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). They were NOW “…DEAD in … sin (imprisoned within the fleshly body)…” (Ephesians 2:1 KJV). “…Through one man… [or Adam and Eve] … sin entered into the world, and (spiritual) DEATH through sin, and so (spiritual or SEPARATION from God, the Holy Spirit) DEATH passed to all men(women)—“(Romans 5:12 KJV).
NOW “…All have sinned (been born with ONLY the fleshly body or sinful nature) and fallen short of the glory (they do not have the PRESENCE of the indwelling Holy Spirit within them)…” (Romans 3:23).
“…The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’” “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her …” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
“…So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
IMMEDIATELY, Adam, Eve, and ALL of mankind became “…separated from the [Holy Spirit or the spiritual] LIFE of God…” (Ephesians 4:18 NIV).
God distinctly told them: “…in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die…” (Genesis 2:16-17 KJV).
“…At that moment their eyes were opened (to an existence without the indwelling PRESENCE of the Holy Spirit of God)…” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT). “… [They immediately became] … separated from the [spiritual] LIFE of God…” (Ephesians 4:18 NIV).
The Holy Spirit separated from mankind. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “… [Their] … iniquities …separated [them]… from God… …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV).
“…between us and you a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place…” (Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
“…God asked the woman, “What have you done?” (Genesis 3:7-13 NLT). “… ONE sinner destroy[ed]… MUCH GOOD…” (Ecclesiastes 9:18 NASB).
THE SOUL SEPARATED FROM GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT & WAS “LEFT ALONE!”
Godspeed,
Dr. Pensacola
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