Today's Focus: Understanding the RELATIONSHIP between your human SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY in this World!
If you are genuinely born again:
1. Your human SPIRIT is recreated and regenerated with Jesus Christ's (NEW) nature from Heaven and is the Word of God oriented and inclined. True!
2. Your human BODY is still created and generated with fallen Adam's (OLD) nature of Satan from the Earth and is the World oriented and inclined. True! (2 Corinthians 5:17).
3. Your human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) is either the WORD of GOD or the WORLD oriented and inclined, depending on which (your human spirit or your human body) you allow par time to influence and lead it. True! (Romans 12:1,2).
Good to know and note is that:
1. Your human SPIRIT is designed and designated by God to relate with the spiritual World and receive spiritual information and instructions from it to manifest on Earth. True!
2. Your human BODY is designed and designated by God to relate with the physical World and receive physical information and instructions from it to manifest on Earth. True!
3. Your human SOUL is designed and designated by God to relate with your human SPIRIT and/or your human BODY by receiving spiritual information and instructions from your human SPIRIT or physical information and instructions from your human BODY par time, depending on which you allow to influence and lead it (your soul) to manifest on Earth. True!
Now, know and note that which (your human spirit or your human body) you allow to influence and lead your human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) par time matters, because it will determine the STATUS (position) and STATE (condition) of your spiritual and physical HEALTH and WEALTH in general in Christ par time in the World. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may PROSPER and be in HEALTH, even as your SOUL prospers. (3 John 1:2).
That is why Apostle Paul counselled us thus:
Beware lest any man SPOIL you through philosophy and vain deceit, AFTER the tradition of men, AFTER the rudiments of the World, and NOT after Christ. For in Him dwells ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And YOU are complete in Him, which is the Head of ALL principality and power: (Colossians 2:8-10).
Why?
Because, the Bible reveals to us thus:
For they that are AFTER the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are AFTER the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be CARNALLY (Worldly) MINDED is death; but to be SPIRITUALLY (Word of God) MINDED is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is NOT subject to the LAW of GOD, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh CANNOT please God. But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell IN you. Now if any man have NOT the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell IN you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also QUICKEN your mortal BODIES by His SPIRIT that dwells IN you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, NOT to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live AFTER the flesh, you shall die: but if you THROUGH the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. For as many as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:5-14; Philippians 4:8,9).
When you genuinely give your life to Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and Lord, your human SPIRIT is recreated and regenerated by God the Father with the Holy Spirit of Christ in ONENESS. True! (1 Corinthians 6:17-20).
The Bible reveals to us thus:
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, CREATED in Christ Jesus unto GOOD WORKS, which God has before ordained that we should walk IN them. (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Your human SPIRIT become ONE with the Holy SPIRIT of Christ after your genuinely born again experience on Earth. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
But he that is JOINED unto the Lord is ONE spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is WITHOUT the BODY; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. What? know you not that your body is the TEMPLE of the HOLY GHOST which is IN you, which you have of God, and you are NOT your own? For yeyou are bought with a price: therefore GLORIFY God in your BODY, and in your SPIRIT, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:17-20).
Therefore,
1. You must allow your recreated and regenerated human SPIRIT (by God with the Holy Spirit of Christ) to influence and lead your human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) par time, NOT your human BODY, to get your desired divine interventions and results in Christ in this World. True! (Romans 8:14; Galatians 5:18).
2. You must allow the inspired WORD of GOD to influence and lead your human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) par time, NOT your human BODY, to get your desired divine interventions and results at in Christ in this World. True! (Colossians 3:16,17; Philippians 4:8,9; Psalm 19:7-14; Psalm 1:1-3; Joshua 1:8).
Many genuine Christians are NOT aware that after their born again experience, only their human SPIRIT was supernaturally converted or transformed by God the Father with the Holy Spirit of Christ and their human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) was not. True!
This is because according to divine design, our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) is to be gradually and supernaturally converted or transformed par time as we continuously RENEW our human MIND with the WORD of GOD to know and do the WILL of GOD for us in Christ par time in this World. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you PRESENT your BODIES a living sacrifice, HOLY, acceptable unto God, which is your REASONABLE service. And be NOT conformed to this World: BUT be you transformed by the RENEWING of your MIND, that you may PROVE what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, WILL of GOD. (Romans 12:1,2; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16).
Our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) is only converted or transformed par time by the WORD of GOD that we humbly heard, accepted and obeyed (live out) par time in Christ in this World. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
The LAWof the LORD is perfect, CONVERTING the SOUL: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. (Psalm 19:7-14).
Interesting to know and note is that:
1. Our human BODY (eyes) will yield or follow par time wherever our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) has righteously or lustfully decided to influence and lead it to SEE in this World. True!
2. Our human BODY (ears) will yield or follow par time wherever our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) has righteously or lustfully decided to influence and lead it to HEAR in this World. True!
3. Our human BODY (mouth) will yield or follow par time wherever our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) has righteously or lustfully decided to influence and lead it to TASTE or SPEAK in this World. True!
4. Our human BODY (noses) will yield or follow par time wherever our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) has righteously or lustfully decided to influence and lead it to SMELL in this World. True!
5. Our human BODY (skin) will yield or follow par time wherever our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) has righteously or lustfully decided to influence and lead it to FEEL in this World. True!
It is our RESPONSIBILITY with the help of the Holy Spirit of Christ that is within us to manage and mature our five (5) senses that we use to relates and receive information and instructions from the physical World, to be obedient to the Word, Ways and Will of God in Christ for us par time par our situation in this World. True!
Jesus Christ counselled us thus:
You have heard that it was said by them of OLD time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, that whosoever LOOKS on a woman to LUST after her has COMMITTED adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right EYE offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for thee that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right HAND offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that ONE of your members should perish, and not that thy WHOLE body should be cast into hell. (Matthew 5:27-30; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16; Mark 4:3-20).
If Job of the Old Testament (Covenant) can say thus, we in Christ of the New Testament (Covenant) should be able to do much more better with the Holy Spirit of Christ that is within us:
I made a COVENANT with mine EYES; why then should I think upon a maid? (Job 31:1).
You and I in Christ in this World must make conscious and consistent COVENANT (agreement) with our five (5) senses never to go against the Word, Ways and Will of God for us in Christ for any reason or in any season of our WALK (relationship) and WORK (responsibility) with God in Christ in this World. True!
We must master our MIND, EMOTIONS and WILL pattern of choice making and decision taking par time and consciously and consistently compel them to submit and obey the WORD, WAYS and WILL of God for us in Christ in this World, in other for us to manage our LUSTS (Self) alright and away to please God and defeat the DEVIL (Satan) anytime, any day he shows up to ENTICE us in the areas of our lust against the Word, Ways and Will of God in Christ for us in this World. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you in due time: Casting ALL your care upon Him; for he CARES for you. Be sober, be VIGILANT; because your ADVERSARY the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom RESIST stedfast in the FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the World. But the God of all grace, who has called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, AFTER that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. (1 Peter 5:6-10; John 10:10).
How do the Devil seek to DEVOUR (kill, steal and destroy) us in Christ in this World?
The Bible reveals to us thus:
Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love Him. Let NO man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is DRAWN away of his OWN lust, and ENTICED. Then when lust has conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and SIN, when it is finished, bringeth forth DEATH. (James 1:12-15; 1 John 2:15-17).
You handle your LUSTS better, when you understand the relationship between your human SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY and humbly allow your recreated and regenerated human SPIRIT by God with the HOLY SPIRIT of Christ that is within you and the WORD, WAYS and WILL of God you have heard, learnt and accepted to influence and lead you in all of your daily CHOICES and DECISIONS in Christ in this World. (Hebrews 5:12-14).
God's CHASTISEMENT and Spiritual DISCIPLINES, such as studying the Word of God, fasting, prayer, giving, forgiveness, living by love, faith and hope, etc are to MANAGE and MATURE our human SOUL (mind, emotions and will) to yield to the Word, Ways and Will of God for us in Christ par time par our situation in this World. True! (Hebrews 12:1-14; Hebrews 5:6-9).
Spiritually and physically our human BODY DIES (get weakens and finally separates from our human SPIRIT and SOUL) when we live and continue in SIN unto unholiness and spiritually and Physically COMES ALIVE (get strengthens and connected to our human SPIRIT and SOUL) when we live and continue in RIGHTEOUSNESS unto holiness in Christ in this World. True!
The Bible reveals to us thus:
Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be DEAD indeed unto sin, but ALIVE unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let NOT sin therefore REIGN in your mortal BODY, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but YIELD yourselves unto GOD, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For SIN shall NOT have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.... (Romans 6:11-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-26; 1 John 5:16-21).
Think about the truth I am sent to share with you today and do something urgently with it to your own advantage and advancement in Christ in this World.
Today's Focus from Scripture:
Quench NOT the Spirit. Despise NOT prophesyings. PROVE all things; HOLD fast that which is good. ABSTAIN from all appearance of EVIL. And the very God of peace SANCTIFY you wholly; and I pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL (mind, emotions and will) and BODY be preserved BLAMELESS unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. FFAITHFUL is He that calls you, who also will DO it. (1 Thessalonians 5:19-24; Romans 12:1,2).
Take note, take heed!
Prayer Direction: According to today's revealed truth, pray as you are led by the Spirit of God.
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
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