Understanding the Sabbath
Today’s Focus: The Elements of Man Part 1
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Genesis 3:19
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
1 Thessalonians 5:23: 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.
So we know that man is a tripartite being, made up of flesh, spirit and soul. These three elements that make up man are very important to understand because they shape our viewpoint to life. This will be a very scriptural set of messages so please mark these scriptures in Bible.
The Flesh is the world-conscious part of man. It allows us to function in the earth. The soul is the self-conscious part of man where man thinks, and views life from his five senses. The spirit is the God-conscious part of man where God fellowships with man through his human spirit. With this said when we look back in the Garden before the fall 2 of the 3 elements of man’s eyes were opened. The two were the flesh and the spiritual eyes of man were opened. How do we know? God fellowshipped with man through Holy Spirit to human spirit giving Adam secrets and information about the visible world that he was living in. His flesh allowed him to physically interact with the earth. Now after the fall in Genesis 3:6 the scripture says that their eyes were opened and now we know that the eyes of their soul became opened and now their spiritual eyes are blind because the Holy Spirit was recalled back to the Father due to sin separating God from His son. Man now is no longer being lead by the revelations and truth of God by fellowship with His Spirit but now by His five senses and His interaction with the earth. He became self-lead and however he perceived life, that is how he ruled. No longer did he rule righteously but he ruled with the intent to protect himself and provide for himself. The scripture says this:
Genesis 3:19: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The key here is the sweat of his face shall he toil for bread. Hence by his own way shall he try to meet his own provision and protection and this will cause sweat representing stress. We know that stress kills. Man meeting his own provision and protection is based by him being lead by his soul.
In the next message we will look at the various elements and show that they are tripartite also. This will begin to frame how the fall man happened and why rest for our souls is a ongoing growth process.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
