Part
#5
The
Believer's Anatomical Makeup
The
Tri-part Anatomy of All Humans:
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.
If
I were to diagram the Believer's whole being ... In Christ; I would draw
3 concentric circles around a core circle.
- The
Outermost ring in our
diagram represents Christ.
·
The
Believer's life is "hidden
with Christ in God" (
Col
3:3)...
and as we will see, the believer also has Christ "in
Him" (cf.,
Col
1:27)
20
At
that day ye shall know that I am
in my Father,
and ye in me, and I in you. John
14:20
·
This
is Christ as we relate to Him "objectively"
– every believer is "in
Christ," to be our "righteousness"
(1Cor 1:30).
·
He
as Savior is available to as many as "receives
Him" (John 1:12),
as their substitutionary sin bearing sacrifice, saving us God's "wrath"
(1Thes 5:9)
and judgment. 1Corinthians
1:30 But by His (God's)
doing you
are IN CHRIST
JESUS, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification,
and redemption,
·
Romans
5:8 ... Christ died for us.
This establishes our "positional" status; we stand
sinless "IN
CHRIST," before
the Father. This is our grace standing that is not of our doing at all;
it comes to be ours simply by our believing and receiving the good news
of Christ's cross-work for
us. In this
position all believers are clothed "in
Christ," made
guiltless, and are without blame as we stand in God's love.
3Praise
be to the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. 4For he chose
us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
his sight. In love. Ephes. 1:3-5
- The
next ring within is
represents our "body"
that Paul calls the "outward
man" (2Cor
4:16). Our body contains our entire being with
our soul and our human spirit - all being
"hid with Christ in
God." However, it is dying
due to the infection of "Sin
in the flesh"
(Rom 7:18-23; 8:3, 1Cor 15:56),
...
though our outward
(body) man perish,
yet the inward (soul) man
is renewed day by day.
2 Cor. 4:16
- Next
ring inward represents our
"soul,"
hidden within our body as the
bone is hidden within the body. This is that which Paul
calls our "inward
man" (2Cor 4:16).
The soul is our soul/self, our ego, and our individual unique
creation. The soul consists of mind,
emotion, and will – that which makes us uniquely who we
are as oppose to anybody else. This is our subjective
personal being. Mankind's soul became twisted by "Sin
in the flesh" to become a self-seeking getter,
unlike God who is a giver.
Thus after regeneration every believer's soul needs renewal to a new
"mindset" (Philip 2:5,
Rom 12:2), needing to abide
subjectively in union with Christ Spirit indwelling
our human spirit.
16
...
Walk
IN
(accord with) the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the (sinful) flesh. Gal. 5:16
4.
The "innermost"
circle is
our "spirit
of man,"
as his core and the key to life.
Prov
20:27 The
spirit of man is
the candle (lamp oil holder) of the Lord ...
Jn
7:38 (AMP)
He
who believes in Me
[who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has
said, From his INNERMOST being shall flow [continuously] springs and
rivers of living water.
It's
needful for humans to be "in
Christ"
for two reasons… and in two ways.
a.
Objectively -
First we as believers gained our position
is "IN Christ"
when we were "saved by grace
through faith." We're saved from judgment and God's
wrath (1Thes 5:9), knowing we are sealed by the Spirit (Eph 1:13) and
thus secure "IN
Him."
13
For
by one Spirit are we all BAPTIZED
(IMMERSED) INTO one body
(of Christ), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to DRINK
INTO ONE SPIRIT. (1 Cor 12:13)
b.
Subjectively
- We as a individual soul then need also to abide
(stay) IN
UNION
WITH CHRIST in our spirit, personally.
This is for our practical daily salvation from our independent,
self-reliant self. This changes our disposition.
Romans
5:10 (NASB) For
if while we were enemies we were reconciled
to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been
reconciled, we shall be
saved by His life.
John
15:4 (AMP) Dwell
in Me,
and I will dwell in you.
[Live in Me, and I
will live in you.] Just
as no branch can bear fruit of itself without
abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither
can you bear fruit unless you
abide in Me.
We
need to Understand our Anatomy in order to be able to interpret the
Scriptures.
In
the Bible Man's Anatomy is Seen as the 3-Part
Temple
in which of God is to Dwell.
1
Cor. 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the
temple
of
God
, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you?
1
Cor. 6:19a
…know ye not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of God...
Our
Temple
" - Our body = the Outer court, our soul =
Holy Place
, our spirit = Holiest of All, where the Lord's "Spirit
of life" Dwells forever.
1
Thes. 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you (set you apart) wholly
(completely); and I pray God your whole
spirit (Zoë = is the spirit life in man) and soul (psuche
= soul life) and body (bios – physical life) be
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ex.;
Now we might note the two (2) kinds of
life is referred to here below?
John
12:25 He
that loveth his life (Greek, psuche, soul-self life) shall lose
it;
and he that hateth (or has no concern for) his
life (Gk., psuche,
soul-self life) in this
world shall keep it unto life eternal
(Greek, Zoë, God's spirit-life, which is).
Scripture
Records Three Parts of Man as Outward,
Inward or Inner, & Innermost. Our "innermost"
man is man's human spirit. It is to become completed by the Indwelling
Christ's Spirit.
John
7:38-39 (Amp)
He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as
the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall
flow [continuously] springs and
rivers of living water.
39But He was speaking
here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed
(trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy]
Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified
(raised to honor).
1
Cor. 15:45
… the last Adam (Christ) was made (became) a
quickening
(life-giving) spirit.
John
3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
Col.
2:10a
And ye are complete in him
… 2 Tim. 4:22 …Christ be with thy
spirit...
1
Cor. 6:17
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Col.
1:27
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory:
1)
The Body, is the Outward- Man; 5 senses give man his physical
"World Consciousness"
Rom
8:11b
…he that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in
you.
2Cor
3:6 ... the spirit giveth life... James 2:26b
For as the body without the spirit
is dead…
Consider
the current fallen condition of the physical body of every human,
including the Christians. While our spirit is located in "the
midst"
of our being (Dan 7:15)... there is the false
deity Sin-spirit in "the
flesh"
of the body
"members"
of every
human ever born physically - it is the
Sin-spirit of the Devil.
15
I
Daniel was grieved in My Spirit In The Midst
(center) Of My
Body...Daniel
7:15a
BUT...
12 ... sin
came into the world through one man (Adam), and death
as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [no
one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all
men sinned. Romans 5:12 (AMP)
2
Wherein
in time past ye (Gentiles)
walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, The Spirit That Now Worketh
In The Children Of Disobedience: Ephesians 2:2
18
For
I (Paul)
know that in me (that
is, in my flesh,) dwelleth
NO good thing:
for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I
find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil
which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would
not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law,
that, when I would do good, evil is
present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of
God after the inward man: 23 But I
see another law (principal at work) in my (body) members,
warring against the law of my mind
(the knowledge of good and evil), and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin (principal at work) which is
in my members. Romans
7:18-23
3
For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
Sin In The Flesh: Romans
8:3 (KJV)
Paul
tells us, factually, believers have a way of victory over "Sin
in the flesh."
3
For
what the law (of God) could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for
sin, condemned SIN
(DWELLING) IN THE FLESH: Romans 8:3 (KJV)
6
...
OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM,
(so) that The Body of Sin might be destroyed (<<
Gk., kartargeo, Made Of No Effect),
that henceforth we should not serve
sin.
7
For
(because) he that is dead is freed
from (the power of) sin. Romans
6:6-7 (KJV)
Experientially,
our "outward"
Body is "perishing"
&
our "inward"
Soul is being "renewed" daily.
1
Corinthians 15:56a The
sting of death is sin...
2 Cor. 4:16b though
our outward
(body) man
perish...
2)
The Soul is called
the "inward"
Man.
It is the seat of Man's
Self Being Consisting of three (3) Parts
In
Jer. 31:33 (below) "inward
parts" is REQUOTED In Heb 8:10 (below) as
the "mind & heart"
Jeremiah
31:33
…saith the Lord, I
will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews
8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their Mind,
and write them in their Hearts:
and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
The
Mind
- Intellect is part of the soul
Psalm
13:2
How long shall I take counsel in my
soul...
Psalm
139:14
... I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and
that my soul knoweth
right well.
Proverbs
2:10
… wisdom
entereth into thine heart, and knowledge
is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs
19:2
Also, that the soul be without
knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his
feet sinneth.
Proverbs
24:14
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be
unto thy soul...
Remembrance
is in the soul:
Lament.
3:20
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in
me.
The
Emotion
is part of the soul
for Enjoying, Loving & Hating.
Desire is the burning in
man that drives his willful choices.
Romans
7:22
For I delight
(rejoice) in the law of God after the inward
man:
2
Cor. 7:15
And his inward affection
(an emotion) is more abundant toward you…
Deut.
14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
(desirest) after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong
drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desirest: and thou shalt eat
there before the Lord thy
God...
1
Samuel 20:4
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul
desirest, I will even do it for thee.
Loving
Desire
as a soul function
1
Samuel 18:1
... the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and
Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Psalm
42:1
... As the hart (deer) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth
my soul after thee, O God.
Song
1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,...
Hatred
is of the soul: 2
Samuel 5:8 ...
Whosoever ... and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's
soul...
Psalm
107:18
Their soul abhorreth
…
Joy
of the soul:
Psalm
86:4
Rejoice the soul of
thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Isaiah
61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God...
Grief
of the
soul
Judges
10:16
... and his soul was grieved for the misery of
Israel
. 1 Sam 30:6 David was
greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the
soul of all the people was grieved,
The
Will
is part of the soul, for choosing and refusing.
Philippians
2:13
For
it is God Which Worketh In You Both To Will and to do of his
good pleasure.
Job
7:15
So that my soul chooseth
strangling, and death rather than my life.
Job
6:7
The things that my soul refused
to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
1
Chron. 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul
to seek the Lord your
God...
The
Three Parts of the Soul Provide (3) Three faculties that may express the
Will of the Spirit.
3)
The Human Spirit
is Man's "innermost"
being,
as Man Spirit & God-Consciousness
Zech.
12:1
The burden of the word of the Lord
for Israel, saith the Lord,
which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the
earth, and formeth the spirit
of man within him.
Daniel
7:15a
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,
Ephes.
3:16b
be strengthened with might by his
Spirit
in the inner ("innermost") man;
Proverbs
20:27
The spirit of man is
the candle (lamp
reservoir)
of
the Lord,
searching all the
inward parts (the
soul)
Hebrews
4:12
For the word (Christ as the word in us is spirit & life) of God is
quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even
to the Dividing Asunder
Of Soul And Spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
There
are (3) Three Faculties
of the "spirit of man."
Christ's
Spirit flow within and one with The Believer's spirit
1
Corinthians 6:17 But
he that is joined unto the Lord is
One Spirit.
John
7:38 (AMP) He
who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me,
Jesus)] as the Scripture has said, From his Innermost
Being shall flow
[continuously] springs and
rivers of living water.
39 But He was speaking here
of the Spirit...
1)
The CONSCIENCE
Romans
9:1 ...,
I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in
the Holy Ghost (in our
spirit),
Psalm
34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them
that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
2)
Capacity for FELLOWSHIP or COMMUNION WITH GOD
John
4:24
God is a Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship
him in spirit (human
spirit)
and in truth.
1
Cor. 6:17
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one
spirit.
Romans
1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve
(I minister) with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without
ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans
7:6
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were
held; that we should serve in
newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans
8:16
The Spirit itself beareth witness
(fellowships) with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Ephes.
6:18
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit (human spirit), and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Luke
1:47
And my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour.
3)
THE INTUITION is the spontaneous
"innate knowing" by "the
spirit of man" after rebirth.
The
definitions of the word "know" from the various Greek words in the New Testament of the
Bible are several. Here now I am addressing one in particular. In the
following verse we see the word "know," as the Greek word "eido", or "oida," meaning "to
see, or perceive, by any of the senses" (Louw & Nida Greek Lexicon). This is a spontaneous sense knowing, not learned.
1
John 5:20
we know (Gk.,
eido, innately know) that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know (Gk.,
ginosko, come to know by experience)
him that is true, and we
are in him that is true, even
in his Son Jesus Christ.
These
words; "know, perceive, knoweth" are "eido, the "innate
"sense-knowing in spirit."
Rom
8:16 (AMP)
The
Spirit
Himself testifies together with our
own spirit,
[assuring us] that we are children of God. 1
Cor. 2:12
we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is of (Gk.,
ek, out from and with) God; that we might KNOW
("eido", to know
intuitively by an inner sense) the things that are freely given to us of
God.
1
Cor. 2:11
For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit
of man …
Mark
2:8
... when Jesus PERCEIVED in his
spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he
said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
1Jn
2:20
...ye have an unction (anointing) from the Holy One, and ye
KNOW
(eido, innately)
all
things.
1Jn 2:27 the anointing
which ye have received of him (Christ) abideth in you, ye need
not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.