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We Are Spirit Beings
Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Oct 18, 2020 (message contributor)
Summary: Man is a Spirit, who as a soul and lives in a body.
On the day that God created man, He created us in His own image and likeness - Genesis 1:26 - 27. And after creating us, He gave us His breath - Genesis 2:7, the breath of life. And we became a living being, complete in body and spirit. After He gave us His breath, He gave us power over every living thing - Genesis 1: 26 - 28.
Genesis 1: 26 - 28
Then God said, Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.
From the beginning we are called the children of God and we have God's nature in us all.
He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will - AMP
And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. This was what God wanted, and it pleased him to do it - ERV
God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose - GNT
And because of His love for us, God connects with us through His Spirit. He cannot connect with us through any other way.
Remember that He said in various verses in His word that He is Spirit -
God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
God is Spirit.
Therefore as His own children we are a spirit, we have a soul and we are living in a body -
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
OUR SPIRIT
Man's spirit is joined to the Spirit of the Lord - 1 Corinthians 6: 17. And because of this we are one with the Lord, this is why we can hear God when He speaks to us His children that knows His Son as our Lord and Saviour. We can understand God more and recognise His voice when He speaks to us - John 10:27. And because we know His voice we can live in obedience to Him - Luke 11:28.
God is Spirit and as a Spirit we are called to worship Him in spirit and in truth - John 4: 23 - 24. And since we are one in spirit with the Lord, to worship Him will not be a burden to us but it will be a joy to be in His presence and as we do this the truth of who He is will be known to us His children, and the truth of His word will be revealed to us as well.
Because we are a spirit being the word of God instructs us not to put our confidence in the flesh - Philippians 3:3. The flesh is very dangerous and puts us in a lot of trouble according to the book of Romans 8: 1 - 8, the flesh can never please God who is Spirit and this brings death to us as we rely on the flesh which causes a separation from God.
As we allow our spirit to dominate us, the word promises us that we will have life and peace always. And in allowing the spirit to dominate us we can then submit to God's law. Romans 8 also records that we are not in the realm of the flesh but we are in the realm of the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in us. Those who are in the spirit cannot be controlled by Satan. But those that are in the flesh will always be controlled by Satan because they live in the flesh which is hostile towards God.
