Body, Soul and Spirit

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The book of 1 Thessalonians and Hebrews gives us an insight about how God created us, and that we are a triune being consisting of the body, soul and the spirit.

Our body, soul and spirit were each created with a unique design and to fulfil different purposes. Each of them distinct, yet combined to function as one being.

The body is the physical host to the soul and the spirit; entities that cannot exist outside the body. The body is the legal entity for them to operate in the earthly realm.

The soul is the seat of your mind, emotions, the invisible being. It has its own systems and is the carrier of your conscious and the unconscious mind. Every decision you make, is made in your soul. The way your spirit reaches your body is through your soul. The soul is your personality.

The spirit is the part of you that was designed to host God, granting access to the Spirit realm and the life of God. It is the spirit that becomes one with God. Everything that God achieves in you, initiates in the spirit and flows into your soul and body. The spirit has senses and everything pertaining to God is birthed in the spirit.

All these three entities are intelligent and unique systems by themselves, yet with all their complexities, designed to function in the same world. In the original design, each member of the triune being was meant to last forever. But when Adam sinned, there were repercussions and sin introduced abnormality and dysfunction.

The Body became vulnerable; decay, degradation and death was introduced. In the soul, a war was initiated and there arose an unending battle between the inferior fallen self and the superior image of God. At sin, the spirit lost access to the presence and mind of God shutting all of information. Hence, inspiration had to come from the outside to the inside, as it was no longer being formed within.

With every passing generation, the soul lacked resistance and they fell further from the grace and glory of God.

Child of God, you were created by God, for God. Every part of you was given so it can experience God. Your mind was created in such a powerful manner because its primary function was to host and fellowship with the Almighty God! The spirit that is infinite, can probe the Spirit of the infinite God.

After the fall, when people lost access to the Spirit of God, their soul-which had an appetite for many desires and needs. Thus, Jesus had to come in a physical body, with a soul and spirit, to rescue mankind.

It matters which parts of you were born again at salvation. In the physical body, nothing seems different from the outside. In the soul, there is a fire ignited, which burns for a while, but at the first sight of temptation an internal war begins. So it's the spirit that is truly born again and renewed.

At salvation, the whole package gets deposited into your spirit. So now you must work out what is inside and allow the body and soul to be reconditioned. This is what it means in the scripture where apostle Paul talks about “working out your salvation”.

The body needs to be offered as a living sacrifice and the mind should be renewed with the help of the Spirit. Our soul is malleable and a renewed spirit will provide divine assistance. Renew yourself every day, until your body, soul and spirit are transformed like that of God!