Heneni
Miss Independent
The spirit is not synonomous with our soul nor is it the same as the Holy Spirit. We worship god with our spirit. The spirit of man is also likened to his heart.
Zechariah 12:1 states that 'the Lord....formed the spirit of man within him'
The spirit has three functions:
1. Conscience
2. Intuition
3. Communion
The conscience distinguishes right and wrong. Not through the influence of the knowledge stored in the mind, but is rather a spontaneous direct judgment of what god considers to be right and wrong.
Often reasoning will contradict our conscience. Reasoning what is right and what is wrong with the mind will lead to desception.
Intuition is not sensing with the mind. Intuition involves direct sensing independant of any outside influences. Its a sense of knowing without being able to reason that knowing with our minds.
The voice of the conscience and the voice of intuition is our guide through the rough seas of life.
Communion is worshipping god. The mind cannot worship god, because the mind can only worship that which it has reasoned to be reasonable.
Communion with god allows us to see with our spiritual eyes, the glory, the majesty and the goodness of god. It is with our spirit that we connect with god on a personal level. It is with this communion that we build a relationship with god.
The soul has three functions:
1. Volition
2. Intellect/Mind
3. Emotion
Volition is what we use to make descisions. Without it man would be a robot. With it we descide that we 'will' or 'we wont'.
The mind is what we use for thoughts, it is our intellect.
Emotion is what we like or dislike. Through it we express love or hate, feel joyful, angry, sad or happy.
A spirit that is infused with the holy spirit guides our volition, our mind and our emotions.
A spirit that is not infused with the holy spirit is guided by its soul. The will of a man, will override the will of his spirit. His soul will make descisions for his spirit. His soul will produce emotions that stiffle and hamper the spirit.
When the spirit is in control of the soul, then the spirit's conscience communicates what is right and what is wrong to the soul, which in turn directs the body to follow suit.
The spirit's intuitition communicates to his mind what it percieves, it moves the soul to action, which moves the body into action. The intuition of the spirit can tell the soul when there is something that needs to be said or done that is in accordance with gods will.
The spirits communion abilities makes the mind of man burst into songs of praise for god, it makes him hunger and thirst for god, it bears witness to the greatness of god. When the soul is inspired by the spirits communion it will bless, sing to , serve, feel united, honour and fear god.
When the soul is in control of the spirit, will instead numb the spirit. Resulting in a hard heart, a rebellious heart, a contradicting heart.
Guard your heart...for out of it springs all the issues of life. Guard your spirit.
For a christian that guarding comes in the form of the armour of god. Each piece of the armour will protect us from any onslaught against the spirit.
Zechariah 12:1 states that 'the Lord....formed the spirit of man within him'
The spirit has three functions:
1. Conscience
2. Intuition
3. Communion
The conscience distinguishes right and wrong. Not through the influence of the knowledge stored in the mind, but is rather a spontaneous direct judgment of what god considers to be right and wrong.
Often reasoning will contradict our conscience. Reasoning what is right and what is wrong with the mind will lead to desception.
Intuition is not sensing with the mind. Intuition involves direct sensing independant of any outside influences. Its a sense of knowing without being able to reason that knowing with our minds.
The voice of the conscience and the voice of intuition is our guide through the rough seas of life.
Communion is worshipping god. The mind cannot worship god, because the mind can only worship that which it has reasoned to be reasonable.
Communion with god allows us to see with our spiritual eyes, the glory, the majesty and the goodness of god. It is with our spirit that we connect with god on a personal level. It is with this communion that we build a relationship with god.
The soul has three functions:
1. Volition
2. Intellect/Mind
3. Emotion
Volition is what we use to make descisions. Without it man would be a robot. With it we descide that we 'will' or 'we wont'.
The mind is what we use for thoughts, it is our intellect.
Emotion is what we like or dislike. Through it we express love or hate, feel joyful, angry, sad or happy.
A spirit that is infused with the holy spirit guides our volition, our mind and our emotions.
A spirit that is not infused with the holy spirit is guided by its soul. The will of a man, will override the will of his spirit. His soul will make descisions for his spirit. His soul will produce emotions that stiffle and hamper the spirit.
When the spirit is in control of the soul, then the spirit's conscience communicates what is right and what is wrong to the soul, which in turn directs the body to follow suit.
The spirit's intuitition communicates to his mind what it percieves, it moves the soul to action, which moves the body into action. The intuition of the spirit can tell the soul when there is something that needs to be said or done that is in accordance with gods will.
The spirits communion abilities makes the mind of man burst into songs of praise for god, it makes him hunger and thirst for god, it bears witness to the greatness of god. When the soul is inspired by the spirits communion it will bless, sing to , serve, feel united, honour and fear god.
When the soul is in control of the spirit, will instead numb the spirit. Resulting in a hard heart, a rebellious heart, a contradicting heart.
Guard your heart...for out of it springs all the issues of life. Guard your spirit.
For a christian that guarding comes in the form of the armour of god. Each piece of the armour will protect us from any onslaught against the spirit.
