Tripartite Being Of Man
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TRIPARTITE BEING OF MAN (BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT)
(Anthropology: Doctrine Of Man)
SECTION 1: THREE PARTS OF MAN
1. Man Has 3 Parts
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. God Created Man With 3 Parts
Genesis 2:7 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.
* Body = formed man of the dust of the ground
* Spirit = and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life
* Soul = and man became a living soul.
3. Functions:
a. Spirit = God Conscious
b. Soul = Man Conscious
c. Body = World Conscious
1. Birth From Male & Female
Judges 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
2. Five Senses, Body Is A Wonder
Psalms 139:13-16 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
* We are fearfully and wonderfully make from the creator
3. Body Corrupted By Sin
Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
4. Body Is Doomed To Die
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
5. Body Returns To Dust After Death
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
1. Spirit = Breath, Wind
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
2. Five Spirits
a. Spirit Of God
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
b. Spirit Of Man
1 Corinthians 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
c. Spirit Of Animals
Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
* spirit of man goes upwards, spirit of animals goes downward
d. Spirit Of Devil
Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
* Devils are liken to unclean spirit
e. Spirit Of Angels
Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
3. Death Of Spirit Of Man
a. Spirit Of Man Is Dead Because Of Sin
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
* quickened = revived = made alive
b. Newsness Of Spirit Shows There Is A Death Of Spirit Of Man
Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
4. Spirit Of Man Can Be Corrupted By Sin
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
5. Spirit Of Man Returns To God After Death
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1. Personality With Emotions And Thoughts
a. Thirsty
Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
b. Grieve
Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
c. Loving
Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
d. Hungry And Weary
Jeremiah 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
2. The Soul Has All The Similar Functions Like The Body: Looks Exactly Like The Body
a. The Soul Has Bodily Shape And Bodily Functions
Luke 16:23-24 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
* He has eyes: lift up his eyes, seeth Abraham afar off
* He has feelings: being in torments
* He have a mouth and voice to speak: cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me
* He has a finger: he may dip the tip of his finger in water
* He has senses: to cool his tongue
* He has tongue: and cool my tongue
b. The Soul Is Able To Wear Outfits
Revelation 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
3. The Soul Can Be Corrupted With Sin
Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
4. Jesus Saved Our Soul, Not Our Body Or Spirit
a. Saving Of The Soul
Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
b. Saving Our Soul
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
5. Soul Either Goes To Heaven Or Hel
a. Hell: To Destroy Both Soul And Body In Hell
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
b. Heaven: Absent From The Body, Present From The Lord
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
SECTION 5: SALVATION OF MAN
1. Spirit Is Regenerated, Made Alive Again, Reborn
a. We Must Be Born Again
John 3:6-7 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
b. Spirit Is Dead Because Of Sin
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2. Soul Is Cut Off From The Body Of Sins
Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
* Eg Ice cube tray.
* Fill up water in the tray - ice becomes part of the tray
* Break up the ice from the tray but leave the ice in the tray - ice is no longer part of the tray - it is cut off but still in the tray
* God judges our soul for the sins done in our body
* If a save person sins with his body, it doesnt affect his soul
* The soul is not corrupted with sin no matter how many times we sin in our body => Once Saved Always Saved
3. The Body Is Considered Dead To Us
Romans 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
SECTION 6: TWO NATURES OF MAN
1. Soul Is Interchangeable With The Spirit And The Body
a. Soul Interchangeably With Spirit
Job 7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
b. Soul Interchangeably With Body
Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
* demanded the soul to bow, but the body that bows
2. The Soul, Body And Spirit Is Divided
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
3. The Soul Is Not A Mixture Of Body And Spirit. It Is A Medium Of Body And Spirit
* it is an interchangeable world that collides with the spiritual world and the fleshy world
a. Soul Is Cut Off From The Body Of Sins
Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
* Before salvation, our soul was stuck to the body
* Thats why we see sometime, the soul is interchangeable with the body (when people did something with the body, the soul followed along)
b. 2 Nature's Inside Us: Old Man And New Man
Ephesians 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
* After salvation, the real us (the soul) is trying to follow the spirit
* The spirit is known to be the "new man" or the "new nature"
* And the real us (the soul) is trying not to follow the "old man" or the "old nature"
Eg. I will do what God says and read my bible, not fall into laziness
Soul = I
Spirit = will do what God says and read my bible
Body = not fall into laziness