( THREE AS ONE ) - IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 WE FIND THAT ALL THREE - SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY - CAN BE SANCTIFIED. THE GREEK MIND-SET WOULD LOOK AT THESE THREE SEPARATELY. HOWEVER, FROM A HEBRAIC PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVELY APPROACHING THINGS FROM A WHOLE VIEW, THESE THREE FORM A SINGLE HUMAN REALITY. SO IN HEBREWS 4:12, THE WORD OF GOD [ PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT ], APPEARS TO MEAN SIMPLY THAT GODS WORD PROBES THE INMOST RECESSES OF THE TOTAL HUMAN BEING. THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PORTIONS OF A PERSONS ENTIRE MAKEUP. THE SPIRIT IS ETERNAL, AND THE SOUL EXPRESSES THE TYPE OF SPIRIT THAT WE CARRY IN LIFE. WHEN JOHN AND JAMES WANTED TO CALL DOWN FIRE ON THE PEOPLE IN A CITY, THE LORD [ TURNED AND REBUKED THEM, AND SAID, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YOU ARE OF. FOR THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO DESTROY MENS LIVES BUT TO SAVE THEM ( LUKE 9:55-56 ) ]. THIS IS WHY IN HEBREWS 4:12 WE FIND THE WORD: [ FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART ]. BECAUSE WE DONT KNOW WHAT SPIRIT WE ARE, THE WORD OF GOD AS AN ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IN OUR LIFE MUST DIVID OUR SOUL AND SPIRIT. THIS TYPE OF DIVISION PRODUCES WHOLENESS BECAUSE IT CUTS AWAY EVERY IMPURITY THAT IS COMPETING WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THIS ALLOWS HOLY SPIRIT TO FLOW THROUGH US AND STOPS ANY VEXATION FROM OPERATING WITHIN US. THE WORD DIVIDES. THIS TYPE OF DIVISION IS THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME A SCHISM OR DIVISION IN YOU. *
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:53:56 +0000
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