Re: Who's God +the explanation of our human spirit

[Keithjmoon70@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/15/02 11:09:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rosebud905@hotmail.com writes:

> This may also be the Spirit that Jon is 
> talking about in his discussions. Do you mean the Holy Spirit of the 
> Trinity, Jon?
> 
Since I have said so much regarding the human spirit, I will give this post 
to show a bit of what I am talking about and  try to answer Mark and Kane (If 
I am Able) sorry. ;)

Kane, what I am referring to (Nice post by the way) is our human spirit with 
the small "s." John 4:24 says that "God is Spirit" (big "S") and those that 
worship him must worship in spirit (little s) and reality" The holy Spirit is 
the 3rd in the divine trinity, but not separate from the Father and the Son.  
The Father and Son reach us as The Spirit. 

There is also a verse that says The Spirit (big S) witnesses with our spirit 
(small 's') that we are the sons of God.  Rom 8:16. 

John 3:6  says ...."That which is born of the Spirit is spirit"

Ephesians, a book on the body of Christ has this mentioned in each chapter, 
since seeing this high revelation is totally dependent on the use of our 
human spirit. One verse says "Do not be drunk with wine, but be *filled* in 
spirit". (Meaning being filled with God the Spirit in our human spirit.)

In Revelation ch. 1 John wrote "I was in spirit on the Lord's day and behind 
me I heard a voice..."  When you are in spirit, you will always hear His 
voice.  (Not audibly, but inwardly by realization.)  Then you will get a 
revelation.

  In Proverbs it says "The spirit is the lamp of the Lord."  

Zechariah 12:1 is a crucial verse that says. "God, who stretches forth the 
heavens, lays the foundation of the earth and formed the spirit of man within 
him."  This shows the spirit of man being the purpose for the heavens and the 
earth.  It is of great importance to God.  

  In Genesis When God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, He breathed 
into him the "breath of life" (which in Hebrew means spirit) and then he 
became a living soul. Himself.  There we see the three parts. Body, soul, and 
spirit.

In Hebrews 4;12 it says-  For the word of God is living and operative and 
sharper than any two edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of the 
soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and able to discern the thoughts and 
intentions of the heart.
 

I Cor. 2:11 says For who among men knows the things of man except the spirit 
of man which is in him?  

And 2:24says: But a soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of 
God, for they are foolishness to him and he is not able to know them because 
they are discerned spiritually.

 1 Thessalonians 5:23 says: And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly 
and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at 
the coming of our lord Jesus Christ.

  We can see from these few verses that the spirit and the soul are not the 
same thing. I could go much forther and deeper with this to show how it works 
and what for, and how to use it, but these are just a few verses to prove 
that there is such a thing and to answer Marks request for a reference point.

Picture the Who target logo.  The Blue outside circle represents our body, to 
contact the physical world.  The white circle in the middle is our soul which 
is us.  It contacts the psychological world and is composed of the mind 
emotion and will.  Inside of this is the red dot which represents our spirit, 
the deepest, most hidden part of us, but the most important. Every human has 
one. This is what can see and understand the things of God.  This is also 
where God comes to reside when a believer is regenerated by the divine life. 
The parts of the spirit are the conscience, intuition and fellowship.  God 
the Spirit corresponds to our human spirit and is like the radio signal that 
is picked up by our receiver. The bible was given to us by God to explain 
this to us lest we become wild.  The living word of God is something in our 
hand that makes a balance. The word without The Spirit is dead.  The Spirit 
without the word is wild.  We need both just like a train needs two tracks. 
The Spirit of God is what gives us the divine Life.  It is just God coming 
into us. The word of God opens God's heart to us and testifies concerning 
Him.

 "But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit." Cor. 6:17 This is the 
human and divine spirit mingled as one. This is the normal condition in an 
abnormal world.

God's desire is to spread outward to our soul and gradually posses it until 
we match Him in life and nature.  Then we will be valuable enough for Him to 
come back and "steal" as a thief in the night.  This is His heart's desire 
and good pleasure. 




Jon in Mi.