New-Life Plan

March 3, 2008 |

Author Theophilos

Our problem is not our sin.

Our problem is that we are spiritually dead.

GUILTY and DEAD

From a Biblical perspective, everyone is born in the image of Adam, born without the Spirit of God in them. This means that we not only have the distinction of having the same basic fallen nature of Adam, but we are also dead spiritually.

If we are guilty and dead, we not only need to be forgiven, but we need life. Jesus not only came to pay the penalty for our sins, but to give us life. Romans 5:10

Chapter two of Genesis explains how Adam was created in God’s image. And that God breathed the breath of life into man.

The soul consists of the MIND, EMOTION and WILL. Animals have this, but animals don’t consider where they came from or how they came to be. Animals don’t have the “breath of life” which God gave man.

The Bible and our experience indicates that man is BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT. Man was created by God, in the image of God. Created with free- will, the ability to choose.

An unanswerable truth, for natural man, is “how are we here” and “why are we here”? These are spiritual questions which reveal the difference between spirit and soul (man and animal).

Lack of understanding of the difference between the spirit and the “flesh” is the major misunderstanding of Christianity today. Scripture talks about the contention between the spirit and the flesh. Scripture also says God is spirit and “speaks” to us Spirit to spirit.

Following is a diagram which shows the relationship of the body, soul and spirit.

BODY	SOUL	SPIRIT
We are born in the image of Adam guilty and dead.	This needs forgiven. MIND EMOTION WILL CONSCIENCE This is also known as the FLESH. This needs to die, but it still wants to be in control.	This needs life. When we are “born again”, we receive life Which is the Holy Spirit This is what is new, not a new of the old and not just a commitment. The Holy Spirit teaches us spiritual TRUTH.

	Truth sets us free from and should control the FLESH. This is called “putting on” the new man, and “renewing the mind”.