Lesson 6
The
Brain Soul Complex
Doctrine of the Soul Continued:
12. Legalism
emphasizes what the body is doing in contrast to Word of God's emphasis on what
the soul is thinking.
Puts
the emphasis on:
a. capabilities of the body
b. talents of the body -- are not spiritual gifts
c. I.Q. of the body (BC)
d. strengths of the body
e. personality
f. appearance
g. voice
Principle:
All of these come thru genetic engineering including the Sin nature. What characteristics you have are purely received
by grace - you didn't determine them.
DOCTRINE: HUMAN SPIRIT
1. DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION:
a. At the point of faith in Christ each person receives a
Human Spirit, which is the integrating system (spiritual brain stem) for the
spiritual circuitry which becomes the route of data traveling to the soul under
E/HS.
- becomes the spiritual interface between the B/C and the
real you, your soul
b. Under E/HS the brain-computer has imposed on it a
supernatural circuitry, with the human spirit acting in place of the higher
brain stem, neutralizing the indwelling sin nature and giving clear and
undistorted read-outs to the analysis center of the soul.
c. The human spirit in conjunction with the E/HS functions in
relationship to the brain computer both during input (learning Doctrine) and
output (application)
d. The "natural" route of information is incapable
of giving accurate read-outs both during input (knowledge of God's will - DVPT)
and output (response to one's situation).
e. Unbelievers have no human spirit therefore no
supernatural circuitry and cannot comprehend the most elementary spiritual
concepts (they label all DVPT as "foolishness" 1 Cor
- brings into view the importance of the convicting ministry
of the Holy Spirit, who in that function makes the message of the Gospel real
and understandable to the unbeliever.
f. Carnal believers or Reversionistic distort Doctrine both
during input and output (ex. Galatians and Corinthians).
- both are operating on the
rulership of the sin nature and therefore the spiritual bypass is shut down
2. Scriptural Documentation for the Variations in the Status
of Mankind.
a.
Original man was created trichotomous. Gen 2:7.
b. At the fall man became dichotomous. Gen 2:17
c. Man born in the line of Adam inherits the sin nature gene
to which AOS (Adam's original sin) is imputed producing spiritual death or the
same status as Adam's at the fall (Rom 5:12; 1 Cor
2:14).
d. At salvation the individual becomes trichotomous just as
Adam was prior to the fall.
1. To
be born again indicates a relationship with God is now possible.
- the barrier that stood between is now removed
2. The existence of the human spirit along with the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit establishes the basis for relationship with God.
(1 Thes 5:23).
e. Conclusion: The trichotomy of man was lost in the fall; a
dichotomous condition (spiritual death) is passed on thru procreation, and
trichotomy is acquired at salvation (spiritual life).
3. The two "spirits" constitute the inner
spiritual apparatus.
a. The Holy Spirit is the Ultimate Teacher of doctrine to
positive volition
Jn
The Doctrine involved is this!
1. The Holy Spirit is the believers ultimate
teacher of truth.
2. It is the Holy Spirit who brings conviction of sin.
conviction = elegcw
to persuade by using facts;
This word is used in connection with 3 groups in the Bible.
#1 Work/ministry of the Holy Spirit John 16:8
#2 Word of God
2 Tim 3:16-17;
#3 of the P/T in his ministry of the Word 2 Tim 4:2; Titus 1:9
3. Holy Spirit uses tools in
His work of teaching us.
a. The Word of God
Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of God.
b. He uses gifted men as teachers to provide the hearing!
1 Cor 2:12-13; Eph 4:11f
The Holy Spirit is the source, the Word of God is the means and men are
the agents making the means available in teaching of the Word.
The fact that the Holy Spirit, God, does it all, that is teaching, and
convicting us does not mean that God does not use a means, His Word, and men as
agents to bring His purposes to completion.
Illustration: Acts
Problem that many run into is that they attempt, and many do so from
sincere motives, to eliminate the tools that God has established, the means and
or the agents, gifted men as teachers, P/T, evangelists.
b. The human spirit acts as an integrating mechanism
between the brain and soul. Eph 4:20-24
But you as believer are not to have a futile empty mind set.
You are not to be darkened in your understanding.
You are not to be ignorant of truth.
You are not to be negative to truth.
You are not to be insensitive, past feeling, to have an
atrophied conscience.
You are not to practice immorality!
You are to know and to act on what is right and wrong learned
from the Word of God!
c. The two spirits together enable the believer to get a
correct read-out on reality (Rom
d. Both are therefore essential to f2 sanctification in the plan of God with the objective of
being conformed to the image of Christ. 1 Thes 2:23; Heb
12:23).
e. Additional documentation on the existence of the human
spirit.
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