GREAT PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE NEW CREATION

 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 17

 “ ……If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation..”.

2 Corinthians 5: 17

Principle 1: Man is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in the body

That fact that a human being is actually a spirit living inside a physical body is one of the lesser-known truths. When Paul wrote in Thessalonians he wrote that God should affect them in all three areas: spirit, soul, and body.

 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and BODY be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.

1 Thessalonians 5: 23

A human being is not just a piece of meat……Man is a spirit. The Bible says that God is the Father of spirits.

“ ….. shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the FATHER OF SPIRITS, and live?”

Hebrews 12:9

If God is the Father of Spirits, then we His children are spirits. That means that our bodies are just containers of the spirit. The Bible describes the body as a house.

“For we know that if our EARTHLY HOUSE of this tabernacle were dissolved. We have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens”.

2 Corinthians 5:1

When Lazarus of Luke 16 died, the Bible teaches us that he was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom.

“ And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom….”

Luke 16: 22

…. After the body dies, the spirit lives on. Lazarus himself, was carried into Abraham’s bosom, remember also the testimony of the rich man who had everything in life…. The Bible says in Hell he lifted up his eyes. The man still had eyes even though he was in Hell. He cried to Father Abraham that he should allow Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool his tongue.

“And in hell he lift up his EYES, being in torments, and SEETH Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he CRIED and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his FINGER in water, and cool my TONGUE; for I am tormented in this flame”.

Luke 16: 23,24

Notice that different parts of the body have been mentioned. The picture of a man is being painted. This is interesting because the Bible describes the spirit of a man as a hidden man, inward man or the inner man.

Child of God, the Lazarus who was in Abraham’s bosom was not the real Lazarus. It was the soul and spirit of Lazarus. The rich man who was languishing in Hell was not the rich man buried in a lavish funeral, it was his soul and spirit experiencing the fires of Hell. The mortal remains of human beings remain on earth long after the spirit has departed to eternal life or damnation.

I know that many Christians are not aware of this great reality: that they are spirit, soul and body!!

 

Credits: Excerpts from

How to be born again and avoid hell

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Abednego27 June 2023 at 03:23

    Father I pray that you will preserve my spirit,body and also my soul untill your return,in Jesus name amen

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  2. Ãm Çliffé27 June 2023 at 03:57

    In the name of Jesus, Let my spirit,soul and body be preserved blameless until the coming of Lord Jesus Christ, Ameeen!

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  3. Beryl27 June 2023 at 05:12

    I'm more than just a piece of flesh. I'm a spirit and I have a soul.

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  4. Gohan Isadia 27 June 2023 at 05:22

    Ameeen

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  5. Esther lovega27 June 2023 at 06:22

    My flesh is just a container of a spirit that has a soul. Amen

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  6. Titus mulyungi27 June 2023 at 07:03

    Glory be to our God

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  7. Nelson Mandela27 June 2023 at 07:14

    God help me to be spiritually minded at all time in Jesus name

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  8. Irene27 June 2023 at 07:19

    Amen! If God is the Father of Spirits, then we His children are spirits.

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  9. Purity27 June 2023 at 08:32

    Amen.Am a spirit I have a soul that lives in my body.Spirit never dies.

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  10. Anonymous27 June 2023 at 10:06

    I am a spirit, I have a soul that lives in a body.

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  11. Anonymous27 June 2023 at 22:32

    Yes, after the body dies, the spirit lives on! Amen.

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