----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:12
PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Spiritual Death
was Re:John 16:13,14
Good, then we can move on to what the scriptural
definitions of life and death might be.
Have we established the fact that God, Satan,
and mankind are all spirit and all commune spirit to
spirit?.
Job tells us "there is a spirit in man and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding (32:8)
Moses & Aaron knew "O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh" (Num 16:22)
In Proverbs we are told "the spirit of man is the
candle of the Lord searching all the inward parts of the belly
(20:27)
Proverbs also teaches that "perverseness is a breach
in the spirit" (15:4)
Where is man's spirit?
The spirit is not the body and the spirit is not the
mind; the heart of man is his spirit
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but
by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken (Prov 15:13)
A man's spirit can sustain his infirmity but a broken
spirit who can bear (Prov 18:14)
God says "I formeth the spirit of man within him"
(Zech 12:1)
Any problem with the above? judyt
Thank you, Judy. Yes, I am very happy to
agree with you on all of these things. Bill
Bill, could we discuss
some areas where we do agree allowing scripture to interpret scripture
because for me it is totally
frustrating to have to go the long
route by way of Gk philosophy, logic, etc.
Could we agree on the following for a
start?
God is a Spirit (John 4:24)
Man is primarily spirit, soul, and body (1 Thess
5:23)
Satan is a spirit (Heb 1:7) he is a fallen
angel and angels are spirits
If we can agree on the above then hopefully we
can move on to what God means when He speaks of
life and death - rather than replicating the errors of the ancients.