Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
I get "body/flesh", the physical, material container. That has a location and has a perspective that is limited by my 5 senses. But...
Genesis 2:7 states that Man was created as a "living soul."
The soul consists of the mind, the will, and the emotions.
In one who is born again, the soul and the spirit are mysteriously tied together and make up what the Scriptures call the heart.
The writer of Proverbs declares, " Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." (Prov. 4:23). We see here that the "heart" is central to our emotions and will.
Our "Heart" is comprised of our Soul and our Spirit. Our soul has free will, emotions, and a mind.
My mind through its intrinsic powers of reason and memory can be informed by the limited perspective that my flesh provides, or by the unbound perspective of the Holy Spirit through my Born Again spirit.
My emotions play an important role in many of the choices and decisions my free will allows me to make.
Proverbs 4:23
New International Version-
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
New Living Translation-
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
New American Standard Bible-
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
King James Bible-
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Contemporary English Version-
Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.
I get "body/flesh", the physical, material container. That has a location and has a perspective that is limited by my 5 senses. But...
Genesis 2:7 states that Man was created as a "living soul."
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
The soul consists of the mind, the will, and the emotions.
In one who is born again, the soul and the spirit are mysteriously tied together and make up what the Scriptures call the heart.
The writer of Proverbs declares, " Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." (Prov. 4:23). We see here that the "heart" is central to our emotions and will.
Our "Heart" is comprised of our Soul and our Spirit. Our soul has free will, emotions, and a mind.
My mind through its intrinsic powers of reason and memory can be informed by the limited perspective that my flesh provides, or by the unbound perspective of the Holy Spirit through my Born Again spirit.
My emotions play an important role in many of the choices and decisions my free will allows me to make.
New International Version-
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
New Living Translation-
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
New American Standard Bible-
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
King James Bible-
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Contemporary English Version-
Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.
Good News Translation-
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
Three Classes of People
1 Corinthians 2:14-15 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
1 Corinthians 3:1 Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. 2. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 because you are still fleshly.
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
Three Classes of People
Carnel, Spiritual and Fleshly
1 Corinthians 3:1 Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. 2. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 because you are still fleshly.
