WHO YOU ARE

011 – JULY 2004

WHO YOU ARE

YOU WERE MADE IN 3 PARTS - SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY.

YOUR BODY IS THE PART OF YOU THAT CAN BE SEEN … WITH NATURAL EYES. IT IS A PART OF YOUR THREEFOLD MAKE UP BUT IS REALLY ONLY A TEMPORARY HOUSE FOR WHO YOU ARE. IT IS A VISIBLE CONTAINER FOR YOUR INVISIBLE SELF. ALTHOUGH PEOPLE WILL PHYSICALLY IDENTIFY YOU BY IT, YOUR BODY IS NOT ETERNAL AND IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.

2 COR 4:16 “…BUT THOUGH OUR OUTWARD MAN PERISH, YET THE INWARD MAN IS RENEWED DAY BY DAY.”

YOU HAVE A HUMAN SPIRIT … UNIQUE TO YOU. YOU WERE BORN WITH IT. YOU BREATHE BECAUSE OF IT. YOUR SPIRIT IS THE TEMPERAMENT OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL NATURE AND THE CORE OF YOUR VERY BEING. IT IS YOUR HEARTBEAT AND THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE.
YOUR SOUL IS DIFFERENT. IT IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR INTELLECT, WILL, AND EMOTIONS. YOUR SOUL IS DEVELOPED AS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED THROUGH YOUR SENSES AND THEN AUTOMATICALLY MIXED WITH AND FILTERED THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT. YOUR SOUL IS ETERNAL AND IT IS WHO YOU ARE .


SO …THIS IS ALL INTERESTING. IT IS ALL FINE AND DANDY BUT YOU MUST EXAMINE IT WITH AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE –

THE BIBLE INDICATES THAT YOU WERE BORN WITH A VOID … THAT CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH GOD AND, AS YOUR SPIRIT MERGES WITH HIS, YOU WILL DISCOVER UNUSUAL STRENGTH TO DEFLECT NEGATIVE INPUT AND OPPOSING CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR SOUL.
THEREFORE, THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE FOR ETERNAL LIFE AND THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR SOUL IS TO INVITE CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE.

GOD DESIRES THAT YOU WOULD SEEK HIM, RECEIVE HIM, AND LOVE HIM. FAITH IN CHRIST WILL PLEASE GOD. IT IS ACTUALLY A NATURAL THING TO HAVE GOD BE IN THE BLENDING OF YOUR SOUL. IT WAS DESIGNED BY HIM TO BE HANDLED THAT WAY. IT IS A GOOD THING. WITHOUT GOD, IT JUST DOESN’T WORK. YOU WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT. YOU WILL FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE.

EPH 3:16 “THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN.”

IF YOU DETECT THAT YOUR SPIRIT IS SAD OR DISAPPOINTED OR HEAVY OR COLD OR WITHOUT HOPE … TAKE SOME TIME TO GET OUT OF YOURSELF. GET A HOLD OF GOD. AND INVITE HIM INTO YOUR LIFE. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO HIM WILL ADD PROPORTIONATELY TO YOUR SOUL. YOU GET THE PICTURE? THIS IS A VERY WEIGHTY MATTER . THINK ABOUT IT - IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE.

2 COR 4:18 “WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN; FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORAL; BUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL.”