Grace, Faith & Life

New Life Plan

by Theophilos on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:06 pm

Our problem is not our sin.

Our problem is that we are spiritually dead.

GUILTY and DEAD

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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.

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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

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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.

This is a link to another page which has a diagram which shows the relationship of the body, soul and spirit. http://www.gflstudy.org/?p=13

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