May Our Spirit and Soul and Body Be Preserved Complete
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Let's Pray:
O Lord, we pray that You will open our eyes again that within us we may see clearly that the reality of the Body of Christ is the living of God and man together. Amen.
And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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This word strongly indicates that man is of (three) parts: (spirit), soul, and body. The spirit as our inmost part is the inner organ, possessing God-(consciousness), that we may (contact) God (John 4:24; Rom. 1:9). The soul is our very (self) (cf. Matt. 16:26; Luke 9:25), a medium between our spirit and our body, possessing (self)-consciousness, that we may have our (personality). The body as our external part is the outer organ, possessing (world)-consciousness, that we may contact the material world. The body contains the soul, and the soul is the vessel that contains the spirit. In the (spirit), God as the Spirit dwells; in the (soul), our self dwells; and in the (body), the physical senses dwell.(See 1 Thes. 5:23 note 5)
Tomorrow: When He Comes to Be Glorified in His Saints