READ: 1THESSALONIANS
5:21-23
“And the
very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:23).
Man is a trinity comprising spirit, soul and body. Put another way, man is a spirit with a soul, living inside a body. The body is the house we live in. The soul is the mind, the seat of emotions where we have our reasoning faculties. The spirit is the real you.
If you follow the order in our text, we have the spirit, soul, body. The spirit comes first because that is the real person; also because the spiritual controls the physical. Whatever you see manifesting physically has already been settled in the spirit realm. Job’s case is one example. In Job 1:6-19, a discussion took place in the spirit realm between God and the devil. God boasted of Job to Satan. But Satan attributed Job’s perfection to a life free from troubles and challenged God by saying if God allowed Job’s blessings to be withdrawn, Job would curse him to his face. God gave Satan permission. Then followed the lightning and the raiders and walls began to fall.
Saints of God, nothing can happen to you without God’s permission. Satan cannot kill you. If you lose that job, it is only because God has given the go-ahead, as long as you are pleasing him and doing your part. This is why you can trust in the Lord.
Similarly, anyone whose life reflects the Biblical order of the human trinity of spirit, soul, and body will always succeed. If your spirit is in control, you will subdue your flesh, please God and be prepared for heaven. But anyone who allows his reason or mind to rule or allow his body to be in control, like unbelievers, will find that things will not go well. And such a person cannot receive from God or even make heaven. In your life, who rules?
Man is a trinity comprising spirit, soul and body. Put another way, man is a spirit with a soul, living inside a body. The body is the house we live in. The soul is the mind, the seat of emotions where we have our reasoning faculties. The spirit is the real you.
If you follow the order in our text, we have the spirit, soul, body. The spirit comes first because that is the real person; also because the spiritual controls the physical. Whatever you see manifesting physically has already been settled in the spirit realm. Job’s case is one example. In Job 1:6-19, a discussion took place in the spirit realm between God and the devil. God boasted of Job to Satan. But Satan attributed Job’s perfection to a life free from troubles and challenged God by saying if God allowed Job’s blessings to be withdrawn, Job would curse him to his face. God gave Satan permission. Then followed the lightning and the raiders and walls began to fall.
Saints of God, nothing can happen to you without God’s permission. Satan cannot kill you. If you lose that job, it is only because God has given the go-ahead, as long as you are pleasing him and doing your part. This is why you can trust in the Lord.
Similarly, anyone whose life reflects the Biblical order of the human trinity of spirit, soul, and body will always succeed. If your spirit is in control, you will subdue your flesh, please God and be prepared for heaven. But anyone who allows his reason or mind to rule or allow his body to be in control, like unbelievers, will find that things will not go well. And such a person cannot receive from God or even make heaven. In your life, who rules?
MEMORIZE:
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 to the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
