We all are Body Soul and Spirit!
The Spirit is eternal separated from God; until the sin issue is addressed -
while our other two (2) parts; Body, and Soul - needs to be controlled or directed into way of tHis Righteousness of Almighty God...
The Body everyone sees and knows - which is our limited shell of physical existence here on the earth!
The Soul {Will, Mind, and Thoughts} is our moral compass or direction, in our earthly existence! This is where we control our existence to succeed in a relationship with the Lord God or fail thru separation due to sin in your life...
Yet most people live their life in bondage and aimless drifting with no thought of where they will spend Eternity! They follow the destructive plans of Satan!
Your Soul is the key part of your existence which should be taught how to respond - then come to direct and control the Body! Do you actually understand and know how this should occur?
A prime example is where a person comes to learn and control their body! The most common and easy way is to FAST. Some people say - what are you crazy?
I say absolutely not; I have fasted for days with only occasional water...
During these times you can get the body to follow your desires in the Fast - this is just the start - the body will attempt to be a rebel, acting like a spoiled child... But you can thru the power of God learn to command the your body! I have done it several times over the years - it works...
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A perfect example of either the proper control or total wondering of the body is evident by our physical actions ... This can be seen in much of the everyday things which people do. It covers every action and/or desire. It must start with the Soul becoming aware of the Absolute Truth of God
{The Moral Standard of all universal existence}; which controls and/or directs the way each of us should live here.
Some will ask how?
Learn to Control your Soul!
Using the easy example of Fasting! Many people will say it is impossible.
Yet it is very real and millions of people from Christ have proven it's power and purpose!
It come down to the desire and control of the mind {Soul} to direct the Body!
Many people have some extreme and different reasons to Fast!
1) To lose or control weight.
2) To Enhance or improve their body.
3) To become a better person mentally.
4) To become the moral person which God created us to become!
** These exist in order from easy to most eternally necessary for a successful Eternal existence!
{Fasting is one of the best ways to learn how to control your body; which is the first step in moving away from the sin driven world and becoming able to direct yourself toward the Kingdom of God!}
Note on Psalms 88:2
Praise God we don’t have to plead with the Lord to hear us in this New Covenant. We have the guarantee that whatsoever we ask in faith, believing, we receive (Matthew 21:22).The Barren Fig Tree
…21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
22If you believe, you will receive” whatever you ask in prayer.
23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”…
Note on Psalms 88:3
As New Testament believers, it is only our souls that get full of troubles. Our born-again spirits are perfect (see my note at 2 Corinthians 5:17).
Note on 2 Corinthians 5:17
As Jesus said in John 6:63, “It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” It’s the spirit world and the spiritual man that is really important, not the flesh.
** Prior to salvation, a lost man has a dead spirit. It doesn’t matter if he attains great wealth or influence in the flesh, his spirit is dead and separated from God.
As Jesus said, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) Upon salvation, there is a total change that takes place–not in the flesh or soul, but in the spirit. They become totally new.
By observation you can see this is not speaking of the body or the soul. If you were fat before you get saved, you will still be fat after you get saved. You don’t instantly change and all things become new. It’s obvious too that this is not speaking about your soul. If you were stupid before you got saved, you will be stupid after you get saved until you renew your mind. But at salvation, our spirits get “born again.”
They become totally new and identical to Christ because it is the Spirit of Christ that has been shed abroad in our hearts
(Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:9).
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 7 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: One of the greatest differences between the saints in the Old Testament and those in the New Testament is the indwelling presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. Victorious N.T. believers are not living for the Lord, but it is actually the risen Christ living through them. Paul described this beautifully in Galatians 2:20 when he said, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”There are over a hundred scriptural references to the indwelling presence of the Lord in the life of the believer. The following is a list of just a few of these:
“And I will put my spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:27, emphasis mine). “Even the Spirit of truth...he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” (John 14:17, emphasis mine). “And ye in me, and I in you” (John 14:20, emphasis mine). “I in them” (John 17:23, emphasis mine). “But ye 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” (Romans 8:9, emphasis mine). “And if Christ be in you” (Romans 8:10, emphasis mine). “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16, emphasis mine). “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit”
(1 Corinthians 6:17, emphasis mine). “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19, emphasis mine). “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Galatians 2:20, emphasis mine). “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith” (Ephesians 3:17, emphasis mine). “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” (Colossians 1:27, emphasis mine). “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us”
(2 Timothy 1:14, emphasis mine). “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you” (1 John 2:27, emphasis mine). “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us”
(1 John 3:24, emphasis mine). “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20, emphasis mine).
Note 8 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: The New International Version translates this passage as “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” The new creation that Paul was speaking about is described in Scripture in the following ways: the new birth (John 1:13 and 3:3), the new creation (Galatians 6:15), His workmanship created in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10), newness of life (Romans 6:4), a spiritual quickening (Ephesians 2:1 and 5), a spiritual resurrection (Colossians 2:12 and 3:1), a new heart and spirit (Ezekiel 36:26 and Romans 7:6), the putting on of the new man (Ephesians 4:24), the inward man (Romans 7:22), the circumcised heart (Romans 2:29), the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), regeneration (Titus 3:5), etc.
The fruit of the new creation is righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24 and 1 John 2:29), being conformed to the image of God’s Son (Romans 8:29), a heart that knows God (Jeremiah 24:7 and Hebrews 8:11), God’s law written within the heart (Hebrews 8:10), a hatred of sin and a love for righteousness (1 John 3:7-10), works of faith (i.e., works produced as the byproduct of faith, James 2:18), good fruit borne unto God (Romans 7:4), brotherly love (1 John 4:7), an active faith in Christ (1 John 5:1), etc.
Note 9 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: This is a key passage of Scripture that explains many other passages of Scripture. The Bible presents salvation as a life-transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of true believers. Yet failure to understand that this change takes place in the spirit first and is then reflected in the outward thoughts and actions proportional to the way the mind is renewed (see note 9 at Romans 12:2) has caused much confusion.
This verse makes it very clear where this change takes place. It describes this change as total and complete (all things are become new, not just some things). Therefore this change has to take place in your born-again spirit (see note 2 at John 3:3). Why is that? If you were fat before you were saved, you will be fat after you become saved, unless you go on a weight-loss program. Your body doesn’t instantly change. Also, your soulish or mental realm doesn’t instantly change. If you were stupid before you were saved, you will be stupid after you become saved, until you start renewing your mind. The only part of you that is left is your spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23).
It is your spirit that is instantly changed at salvation. It is perfect (Hebrews 12:23). It cannot sin (1 John 3:9). Everything that is true of Jesus is true of your born-again spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 1:3, 15-23; Colossians 2:9-10; and 1 John 4:17). Your spiritual salvation is complete. At salvation, you receive the same spirit that you will have throughout all eternity. It will not have to be changed again or cleansed again. It has been sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) and is therefore sanctified and perfected forever (Hebrews 10:10, 14; and 12:23).
The rest of the Christian life is not trying to obtain faith, joy, love, etc., from God, but rather a release of what we already have in our spirits (Galatians 5:22-23) into our souls and bodies. Failure to understand this has caused some people to despair when they don’t see sufficient change in their lives after coming to the Lord for salvation. It must be understood that the change is internal in our spirits, and the outward change will take place as we renew our minds through God’s Word.
Our souls are the mental and emotional part of us, but in our spirits is only love, joy, peace, etc.
(Galatians 5:22-23).
Living by the Spirit
…21and envy; drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no Law.…
Praise the Lord. We need to walk in the Spirit.
Part is from: Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary.
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