THE HEART THE MIND AND THE SOUL

PART III

April 13.2013

The Heart the Mind and the SoulPart III

The Soul

The third component is the

soul. What is the soul? The

soul is your living self. It is

your soul that performs either

acts of righteousness or acts

of sin. The soul is composed

of two layers; the outer man or

flesh, and the inner man. The

soul is made alive by the spirit

of life that comes from God.

The life that is given to all flesh on this earth is common

life. It is temporary, leant to us

for a given set life span

determined by the Father. The

immortal Spirit of life also

KEY POINTS

•The soul is our living true self

•There are two layers to the soul: the physical flesh and the inner man

•The inner man is not destroyed by death but goes to sleep

•We must renew our inner man daily by communing with the Holy spirit of God

comes from God and is everlasting. It is held in store for all of God’s children that are born on this earth at the time of

deliverance.

When God created Adam he formed him out of the dust of

the earth. He created man in his own image. When he

breathed into him the breath of life he became a living

soul. He took a rib from Adam’s side and created the first

woman, Eve. And Adam said, “This is now bone of my bone

and flesh of my flesh.” God warned Adam and Eve not to

eat of the fruit of the tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou

shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof

thou shalt surely die.” But Adam and

Eve disobeyed God. When they ate the

poisonous fruit it contaminated their

minds and their flesh. Their minds

were now open to the voice of the

devil, and the root of evil took hold in

their flesh. Death and suffering came

upon them and all of their descendants. The root of evil

became an inherited condition that affected all flesh born

of man in every generation. God also punished woman by

increasing her conception. But he did not increase the

number of the sons of God. The number of righteous was

set before the foundation of the earth. Most of those born

would be children of the devil. Therefore sin multiplied

greatly in the earth. Yet God also said that he would not

lose one of his own. He promised to save his children.

Though we die, if we die in Christ, then we will also live. He

will preserve our soul until his coming.

The soul is our own true selves. The outer man perishes

day by day until he dies, but the inner man is renewed

every day and grows brighter to the all seeing eye of God.

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward

man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” II

Corinthians 4:16. At the death of the soul, the outer man

decays, and the inner man that cannot be seen by the eyes

of man, but is ever witnessed by the Father falls asleep, awaiting the resurrection. The soul is not destroyed

whether of saint or sinner until the second resurrection. At

that time the children of the devil will be burned in the lake

of fire, killing both soul and flesh.

Within the flesh of man is the knowledge of sin. A law is

written in the flesh that opposes point by point each of the

laws of God. These deeds or motions of the flesh are sin.

Romans 7:5, “For when we were in the flesh, the motion of

sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to

bring forth fruit unto death.” Christ brought salvation to

us at his coming. He pointed the way to us. His death and

resurrection freed us from the body of sin and death. He

also taught us how to keep the law in perfection. He taught

us that through the spirit, the inner man is renewed. We

can mortify the deeds of the flesh by resisting temptation

and we can walk in obedience and perfection. Colossians

3:5-7, “Mortify therefore your members which are upon

the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

For which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the

children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked

some time, when ye lived in them.” When we obey God and

keep his commandments we are part of him, part of his

body. He becomes the second Adam to us. We become

spiritual, not carnal. We all become new in Christ.

We do not want to always live in this flesh, suffering and

dying, even though we walk with Christ. Our bodies groan

for the adoption. We want to be changed and to be in the

image of our heavenly father. In a moment and a twinkling

of an eye at the last trump, we shall all be changed.

Summary

In summary, we must love God with all of our heart, mind

and soul and with all of our strength. Our heart is the seat

of God, the center or core of a man. It is the place where

our treasure or things most important to us is found. It is

the place of the good conscience and the will to obey. The

law of God is written in our hearts and the desire of the

heart is acted out through the flesh. The mind is the battle

ground. God comes first to the mind to teach you of his

ways. It is seat of the wisdom of God, the place that she

comes to call you. Satan enters easily into the mind but if

you put on the full armor of God you can resist him. The

soul is a combination of the physical flesh and the inner

man. The physical flesh has death and sin in it. But if you

resist evil you will mortify the flesh and become a new

person in Christ. The inner man grows stronger and

brighter and is renewed every day. The outer man ages

and eventually succumbs to death. For those of us who

overcome at the time of Christ’s coming our flesh will be

changed to the image of his flesh, and we will be forever

with the Lord.

Please read

Colossians 3:1-25, Philippians 3:13-21, I Corinthians

15:39-58