Today I am reminded of the fact that we are so much more then just a body: touch, taste,sight, hearing smell are all sensory and we learn by these receivers.We also recognize each other by our physical appearance but this only one part of us.
We have a soul, which is your mind,will and emotions. We are self-conscious and socially conscious, this is how we reason and think. This is also our personality. So man posses a soul which is in his body, but he is more then just a soul. The third part is spirit, man is spirit, our spirit is the core of our being, the spirit is spiritually conscious, it is the spirit within us that communicates with God. Man is a spirit, who has a soul and lives in a body. When we are born into the sinful state our spirit within us is dead. (Ephesians 2:4-5)
Why is this important to understand? Because it changes everything! If we understand how we are made and who we are then everything else makes sense, when we read God's promises and His truths the light bulbs start to turn on!
Now we must go back to the very beginning, to Adam and Eve to understand. When Adam and Eve chose to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good an evil even though God had warned them not to, they died spiritually and ever since all mankind has been born into that sinful state, void of the Spirit of God and a close intimate relationship with Him.
Every person knows that they are missing something, there is a void that needs to be filled. That void can only be filled with the Spirit of God, until that happens we are searching for a way to fill it through the things of the world; job, money, fun, relationships, accomplishments etc., although these do bring a level of satisfaction they can never truly fill the void or answer the questions; Who am I, what importance do I have and what is my purpose in this world?
It is when we come to know and accept Jesus Christ as our savior from sin that we become filled with the Spirit of God and come back into relationship with Him. We are spiritually alive, 2 Corinthians 5:21 say, "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him". Oh how glorious this is! To know we are righteous, the righteousness of Jesus Christ and have entrance into heaven.
God has a purpose for each and everyone of us the first of course being that we would come back to right relationship with Him. He provided the way through His one and only perfect Son. When we are born-again as Jesus said, we are born of the Spirit. we become who God intended: A spirit that has a soul and lives in a body! If that is true then our inner man or spirit man is who we are. Romans 5:17 says we are holy and righteous, 1 Corinthians 3:1-17 says we are the temple of God and we are holy. Jesus is in us!
Why does this matter to us who have experienced the loss of a loved one, because the spirit and soul live on, when a Christian passes away the body dies but not the soul and spirit, Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. That person is very much alive. The person you knew, they are in heaven, there is no doubt about that. I will write in the future about Heaven but for now I want to assure you that your loved one is with all the saints that have gone before them and one day you will join your precious one, meanwhile know that they are in a perfect place, no more hurting or pain, no fear, no loneliness no grieving! They are whole!
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