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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 11-8-26
“THE TOTAL MAN, SPIRIT, SOUL, & BODY, PT. IV,”
1 THESS. 5:23 (KJV)
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV)
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Three kinds of blessings that are God’s will:
1) Spiritual, 1 Thess. 5:23; Eph. 1:3
2) Soulish ( mind ), Rom. 12:2; Col. 3:1-3
3) Physical ( body ), III Jn. 2; 1 Thess. 5:23
SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Romans 10:17 (KJV)
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
John 6:63 (KJV)
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Matthew 4:3–4 (KJV)
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Deuteronomy 8:3 (KJV)
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
John 3:14–15 (KJV)
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Justification, Redemption, Imputation, Substitution, Regeneration, Substitution, Righteousness, Propitiation, Grace, the Holy Spirit, and all of the blessings of our salvation that are spiritual are numerous. An expectation of the saints maturing are the consequence of spiritual blessings, 1 Corinthians 3:1–3 (KJV): And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
SOULISH BLESSINGS
Isaiah 26:3–4 (KJV)
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on thee:
Because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
For in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Colossians 3:1–3 (KJV)
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Romans 12:2 (KJV)
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 4:22–24 (KJV)
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
PHYSICAL BLESSINGS
3 John 2 (KJV)
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Proverbs 3:7–8 (KJV)
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel,
And marrow to thy bones.
Isaiah 53:4–5 (KJV)
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities:
The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.
1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
ONENESS OF THE SPIRIT, SOUL, & BODY
Make no mistake about it, the oneness of the spirit, soul, and body is why we should ensure that we are mindful of the soundness of the total person. What affects the mind affects the spirit and the soul. What affects the spirit affects the soul and the body. What affects the body affects the spirit and the soul. Here also is why we must understand the principles that govern the spiritual realm and the natural realm and their co-relationship, for instance, the soul connects the spirit and the body. The spirit is the part of us where God connects with man, changes our nature and imparts His divine nature, and through which He gives us His Word and we have faith. Faith is in our spirits and not our minds. The Greek word pneuma is the spirit of man. The mind is the seat of our emotions, the will, the reasoning, the soulish part of man and connects the spirit and the body. The Greek word psuche is the mind, or the soul. Then the body, the Greek word soma, is the flesh that the soul and the spirit lives in, the carnal man, the natural man in which the Apostle said that he realized that there were 2 laws at work in his person, Romans 7:14–25 (KJV): 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Key to maximizing our potential in the earth is understanding the principles that govern the spirit realm and the natural realm, and the violation of these principles in either realm will affect our total man.
TAKING CARE OF THE BODY
I want to focus on taking care of the body, and in later messages we’ll address the spirit and the soul as well, but one of the tricks of the enemy is to deceive Christians into thinking that they can violate the principles that govern the natural realm without suffering the consequences, and that is a lie from the pit. We, as Believers, must practice good practices and incorporate sound principles, understanding that when we violate the principles that govern the natural realm, we too will suffer the consequences just as anyone else. I believe in divine health, divine healing, and of course it is the will of God for His covenant people, but we can give place to the enemy if we ignore clear dietary principles in the Word of God that reveal healthier foods to consume and forbid the consumption of unhealthy foods that can lengthen a longer healthier quality of life, so first of all lets look at some of the dietary laws of scripture.
Leviticus 11:1–12 (KJV)
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Deuteronomy 14:1-20 (KJV)
14 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
The animals of Lev. 11:1-3 are plant-eating mammals (herbivores) are called ruminants. These animals have four-chambered stomachs that convert grasses that are inedible to humans and other animals into nutritious, high-quality protein products (meat and milk) that people can then use for food. Examples of clean animals would be all cattle, sheep, goats, deer, bison, moose, antelope, gazelles, caribou, and giraffes. They are all divided-hoof herbivores that obtain their food by grazing or browsing on grasses and other plants.
In Lev. 11: 4-8 the forbidden animals to eat are swine, camels, hares/rabbits, predators, and rodents. In Lev. 11:9-12 are the types of seafood that are forbidden to be eaten by the people of God which include all shellfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, oysters, clams, scaleless fish such as the catfish, and the eel. In Lev. 11:12-20 is a list of forbidden birds to eat such as the eagle, vultures, hawks, owls, ravens, herons, storks, and bats. And finally, in Lev. 11: 21-23 is a list of forbidden insects which pretty much include all insects except locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers. We also see this list of clean and unclean foods to eat or not eat in Deut. 14:1-20.
Now many believe that under grace these dietary restrictions are obsolete. They point to scripture such as 1 Timothy 4:1–5 (KJV): Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
When we examine these scriptures closely we will see that God is not telling Christians to throw caution to the wind because we know that “every creature” is not good for human consumption but those “…which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth,” 1 Tim. 4:3 (KJV). Some creatures are poisonous, and others are not designed for human consumption, while still others may be eaten, but with moderation and care.
SWINE
Trichinosis, caused by a small parasitic roundworm that gets into muscle tissue, is one of the major diseases transmitted by swine and other unclean animals. Pigs are not alone, however, and many carnivorous and omnivorous animals are infected with the parasite trichinella spiralis. In addition to pork, bear and walrus meat have both served as significant sources of infections in humans. The list of unclean animals that transmit this parasite to people in their meat includes squirrels, rats, cats, dogs, rabbits, foxes, panthers, lions, and horses. The general medical advice for avoiding parasitic infections from animals is to adequately cook the meat.
LOBSTER, CRABS, CRAYFISH, & SHRIMP
Why would lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and shrimp, considered delicacies in much of the world, be prohibited? The answer lies in understanding the role they were designed to play in nature. Lobsters are nocturnal foragers. They are bottom-dwelling predatory scavengers that eat dead creatures and other bottom-dwelling organisms and debris.
Crabs have been called “professional garbage hunters” as they are scavengers that eat almost anything. The crab prefers dead fish but will eat any carrion (the decaying flesh of a dead body). Common shrimp live by day in the mud or sandy bottoms of bays and estuaries, but by night become active as predatory scavengers and are “bottom dwelling detritus feeders.”
CLAMS, OYSTERS, MUSSELS, & SCALLOPS
There are also important and logical reasons why God created clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops, and then labeled them unclean and inappropriate for human consumption. These creatures are found in lakes, streams, and coastal areas where they perform specialized roles. As stationary filter-feeding mollusks, they pump large amounts of water over their mucus-covered gills, trapping tiny pieces of food (e.g. silt, plant debris, bacteria, viruses) which they then eat. As a result, some consider mussels and similar organisms the sea’s ultimate scavengers. Filter-feeding organisms are the “vacuum cleaners” for aquatic environments. Their role is to purify the water. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has stated that “raw oysters, clams and mussels, so savored by gourmets, account for 85 percent of all the illnesses caused by eating seafood. Outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A, Norwalk virus, salmonella, and paralytic shellfish poisoning are just some of the health problems frequently linked to the consumption of these mollusks.
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 11-2-26
“THE LAST DAYS,”
2 THESS. 2:9-12 (KJV)
2 Thessalonians 2:9–12 (KJV)
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
POWER, 2 THESS. 2:9, DEFINED
Greek dynamis, pronounced doo-nam-is, Strongs 1411, from <G1410> (dunamai); force (literal or figurative); specially miraculous power (usually by implication a miracle itself):- ability, abundance, meaning, might (-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle (-s), power, strength, violence, might (wonderful) work.[1]
SIGNS, 2 THESS. 2:9, DEFINED
Greek semeion, pronounced say-mi-on, Strongs 4592, neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of <G4591> (semaino); an indication, especially cerimonial or supernatural:- miracle, sign, token, wonder.[2]
LYING, 2 THESS. 2:9, DEFINED
Greek pseudos, pronounced psyoo-dos, Strongs 5579, from <G5574> (pseudomai); a falsehood:- lie, lying.[3]
WONDERS, 2 THESS. 2:9, DEFINED
Greek teras, pronounced ter-as, Strongs 5059, of uncertain affinity; a prodigy or omen:- wonder.[4]
DECEIVEABLENESS, 2 THESS. 2:10, DEFINED
Greek apate, pronounced ap-at-ay, Strongs 539, from <G538> (apatao); delusion:- deceit (-ful, -fulness), deceivableness (-ving).[5]
STRONG, 2 THESS. 2:11, DEFINED
Greek energeia, pronounced en-erg-i-ah, Strongs 1753, from <G1756> (energes); efficiency (“energy”):- operation, strong, (effectual) working.[6]
DELUSION, 2 THESS. 2:11, DEFINED
Greek plane, pronounced plan-ay, Strongs 4106, feminine of <G4108> (planos) (as abstract); object fraudulence; subject a straying from orthodoxy or piety:- deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.[7]
“BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach,” 1 Tim. 4:1 (Amplified Bible). The Amplified Bible reads that some will depart from the faith. Not only shall men turn away from the faith, but they will give attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach. In the latter days men will depart from the truth to accept lies, false teachings, and doctrines that come from demons. This is absolutely mindboggling to me, but as I look at the reality of what we see right before our eyes is men believing lies before the truth has a chance to lace up it’s bootstraps. Why is that in the midst of so much truth and revelation of the Word? Because outside of God, men are devoid of restraint against the flesh, human nature, and the senses.
1 Timothy 4:1 (KJV)
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
DEPART, 1 TIM. 4:1, DEFINED
Greek aphistemi, pronounced a-fis-tay-mee, Strongs 868, from <G575> (apo) and <G2476> (histemi); to remove, i.e. (active) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexive) to desist, desert, etc.:- depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.[8]
In the latter days some shall depart from the faith, from the belief system in God, His plans, and His purposes for men in this life, and the life to come. Men shall depart from the truth, and in reality, from God Himself.
John 8:31–32 (KJV)
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 4:23–24 (KJV)
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 8:42–47 (KJV)
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
[1] James Strong, “δύναμις,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[2] James Strong, “σημεῖον,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[3] James Strong, “ψεῦδος,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[4] James Strong, “τέρας,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[5] James Strong, “Ἀπάτη,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[6] James Strong, “Ἐνέργεια,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[7] James Strong, “πλάνη,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[8] James Strong, “Ἀφίστημι,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
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