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I'm not sure I will keep this blog up. I'm embarrassed with how it looks, but I have been inspired by Michael's Blog to try to put down a visual aid on paper to help me see how I am envisioning the regenerated heart of man and how it all fits in with the three parts of man. Please don't laugh too hard J.
I don't think it is necessary to explain how the five senses interrelate with our bodies. Most are also aware of the human soul. However, I will offer a few more references about the spirit of man. Michael sited many on his blog (noted above), so I will not use his scripture references
2:7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7Now this verse does not directly mention the human spirit, but it does refer to it by stating the breath (spirit) of life being breathed into his nostrils. It appears that the interaction of God's breath (Spirit) and man's body is what animated the soul of man.
12:1 An Oracle The word of the LORD concerning Israel: Thus says the LORD, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:
20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
32:8 But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
2:11 For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
5:5 you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Here are further references that confirm the heart, soul and spirit operate in conjunction with one another.
35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him, and every one whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD's offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. 3:4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 13:2 How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 1:46 And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, 1:47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 1:22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart. 4:32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.
One further explanation: I know that most lump mind, emotion and will together to make up the soul, but it seems to me that the will of man plays a most integral role in the maturity of the NEW man/creation. Ultimately, God is desiring a surrender/denial of our will, just as Jesus did in the garden. “…not My will, but Thine.”
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| August 18, 2008 |
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Very well done Charlie!
I'm in awe of your creative ability with the computer !
I agree that our will is the best gift we can give God! |
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| August 18, 2008 |
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Very nice Charlie.
Wow. Those are some great verses. I am short on time for tonight but want to come back and meditate on this some more. This is good stuff!
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| August 18, 2008 |
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Tom, thanks for seeing through the mess. It ain't easy being limited to using MS Word to work with. It's very cumbersome and time consuming.
Michael, that's just what I've been doing since I read your blog about this. |
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| August 18, 2008 |
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Howdy Charlie,
I think you did a good job with the image, keeping it clean, easy to see, and uncomplicated. You have done well to clarify your idea. Kudos.
Unlike many teachings I have heard about surrenduring my will to God, I am of the mind that God would much rather my will be in agreement with his, so that we work together as a team in full cooperative effort. I do understand however, there are times when my will (or my 'want to') may not really 'want to' do His will, but I choose to do it anyway. |
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| August 19, 2008 |
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Thank you Jonathan and mystery "hat man" (you sneak) froccer.
I heard a wonderful testimony on the radio last week and it really got me to thinking and reading up more on this thang about our will. This guy was heavy into drugs, sex and rock'n'roll. God was touching Him, but He would keep falling back into His old man. After the third attempt to walk in faith, He asked God, "what do you want from me?" God said, "I want your will."
I remember seeing and still pondering daily the wonder of I Cor. 6:17, being ONE spirit now with the Lord. I think the process is working toward ONE will. I also have been doing a lot of cogitating about "free will" and I haven't seen a verse yet that has "free" in front of the word will. I think it's just a doctrine we picked up along the way. |
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| August 19, 2008 |
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Hi Charlie & Froccer,
I fully agree that God wants our will and his will to be one. But why would that mean that one of us has to sacrifice our will? Can there not be two wills that work as one? If not, then why did God create the institution of marriage? Isn't marriage the merging of two wills into one?
1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Here in Isaiah, we see the Lord tenderly and carefully desiring another will to join his own... Let us reason together. Basically, he is simply stating, if you will just give it a whole-hearted effort, then I will be here for you and I promise to help.
What I do not see is the request for surrender, with the idea of abandoning of the will. Never, in either the Old Testament or New Testament do I find any example of passivity in living holy, being one with Him. It is always a deliberate choice we make one way or the other. |
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| August 19, 2008 |
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Jonathan, I have a lot more to say about this, but I will try to reply briefly to your comments and quesion. God invited Job to reason together with Him also. Ultimately Job was humbled to say, "I have heard, but now I see." God's will is supreme. We add nothing to the equation. God is really into ONE. Yes, the two BECOME ONE. God sees one flesh in marriage, not two. God sees ONE new man. God sees those joined to the Lord as ONE spirit with Him.
It is our pride to want to take some credit for choosing God's will. Jesus did not choose God's will, He DID the Father's will by saying, "NOT MY WILL, but Thine."
God is in the process of showing us He has only ONE tree. The other tree is not His choice, but He placed it in the garden for a purpose. He said you may eat of ALL the trees but this one. So A&E wanted to be like God. They chose to know good and evil. Do WE today know what is good and what is evil? There is ONE that is good!
I'm not trying to be argumentative bro. I just see this ONENESS all through out scripture now and at the center of God's heart. If we are those after God's heart as David, it will please the Father, and we will be making wrong choices through out the pursuit. Ultimately we will have ONE diet, the tree of Life. |
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| August 19, 2008 |
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Argumentative? We're saying the same thing, lol.
Luv ya Charlie.
I'm headed out, but I'll be back on later. Have a great day. Tell Alice we send our hellos. |
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| August 19, 2008 |
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| Jonathan, we are gonna have lots of fun next time we get together. I hope you have lots of coffee on hand :). |
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| August 20, 2008 |
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I have tried in the diagram above to illustrate in 3D, that the heart of man is inbetween the soul and the spirit of man, and also touches our body. These inward 3 parts of man are so intertwined it's hard to depict on paper (or even comprehend). Maybe I should call it the Quad Man :).
Does anyone else have any "light" on this subject or something more to add?
charlie |
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| August 26, 2008 |
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Dear Charlie,
I think your little guy is very cute and manly too. He sorta reminds of one those bead things that my daughter used to make. You did well !!
I'm in total agreement with your writing. It must be His will, not my own. Complete surrender, every second of the day. But how quickly we get distracted! Children, burning casseroles... our minds must be trained to multi-task and have God burning brightly at all times while the rest of the brain and body takes care of the other junk.
Just a thought |
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| August 26, 2008 |
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| Oh... Ya'll are the sweetest couple! |
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| August 27, 2008 |
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Thank you Joey for saying he is cute. Cute is very important to Alice. She says, "sweet" a lot too. I wish we could all get together sometime I bet we could have a cute, sweet time!
Sometimes "the little guy" looks like a bowling pin and then sometimes like a colorful snowman :). I don't have the words, and now I know I don't have the visual aid to depict what I am "seeing" in my spirit. Of course I have been off before and will many times more, but this thing just won't go away.
I'm getting with a brother today and we are gonna do some fellershippin on this. Maybe I will come back with a better understanding. It's all Michael's fault..he started it! <wink> |
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| August 27, 2008 |
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Hey! I resemble that statement!
Just wanted tell you Charlie that I am still churning on this blog and the topic thereof. I have an audio lesson on cassette that I ran across called "The Heart of Man" I hoping to gain some new insight from that.
Have a great day. |
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| August 26, 2009 |
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