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Even as one is not given a human body to be born of the flesh, neither are we given a human spirit to be born of the spirit.
Before anyone is born of the flesh, they already have a physical body. And in like manner, every person or human who is born of the Spirit, already has a human spirit.
The very reason you were born with a human body and not that of a chimpanzee, is because you were not only born with a human soul, but a human spirit, and a human heart.
Even as God is, three in one, so are we made in the image of God and after his likeness, three in one.
The soul of God is the Father, the heart of God is Jesus, and the Spirit of God is the Holy Ghost / Spirit.
AS GOD IS, SO ARE WE!!!
God does not give us a human spirit when we are born again, just like he did not give us a human body to be born of the flesh.
We already had a flesh body before we were born just like animals, birds, reptiles, fish, and everything else born into this world.
And the only reason why we had to be born again spiritually is because we were already born righteous spiritually once. Hence, the words, born "AGAIN"!!!
YOU CANNOT BE BORN AGAIN WITHOUT FIRST HAVING BEEN BORN ONCE BEFORE.
Romans 7:9 says, "for I was ALIVE without the law ONCE,(that would be, spiritually alive, when Paul was a child) but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I DIED. (SPIRITUALLY)"
So the child of God is born again not because he has received a human spirit from God, but because God gave of himself by putting His Spirit in US through his word. We are born again BY the word of God itself. If we do not retain or keep the word of God in our heart, we do not keep God in us, thereby causing us to lose our salvation. 1st John 2:14 and 1 Peter 1:23.
Before anyone is born of the flesh, they already have a physical body. And in like manner, every person or human who is born of the Spirit, already has a human spirit.
The very reason you were born with a human body and not that of a chimpanzee, is because you were not only born with a human soul, but a human spirit, and a human heart.
Even as God is, three in one, so are we made in the image of God and after his likeness, three in one.
The soul of God is the Father, the heart of God is Jesus, and the Spirit of God is the Holy Ghost / Spirit.
AS GOD IS, SO ARE WE!!!
God does not give us a human spirit when we are born again, just like he did not give us a human body to be born of the flesh.
We already had a flesh body before we were born just like animals, birds, reptiles, fish, and everything else born into this world.
And the only reason why we had to be born again spiritually is because we were already born righteous spiritually once. Hence, the words, born "AGAIN"!!!
YOU CANNOT BE BORN AGAIN WITHOUT FIRST HAVING BEEN BORN ONCE BEFORE.
Romans 7:9 says, "for I was ALIVE without the law ONCE,(that would be, spiritually alive, when Paul was a child) but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I DIED. (SPIRITUALLY)"
So the child of God is born again not because he has received a human spirit from God, but because God gave of himself by putting His Spirit in US through his word. We are born again BY the word of God itself. If we do not retain or keep the word of God in our heart, we do not keep God in us, thereby causing us to lose our salvation. 1st John 2:14 and 1 Peter 1:23.
You said?
Before anyone is born of the flesh, they already have a physical body???
It says.... begotten. Not born. Begotten is the process of conception.
Before God imputes a soul to a body that body has no life.
Before God imparts and imputes a human spirit, that soul had no spiritual life.
Pass the Dramamine, please.
Before anyone is born of the flesh, they already have a physical body???
It says.... begotten. Not born. Begotten is the process of conception.
Before God imputes a soul to a body that body has no life.
Before God imparts and imputes a human spirit, that soul had no spiritual life.
Pass the Dramamine, please.
Where in scripture does it say, we have no human spirit until we are born again or begotten?
I gave scripture to back up part of what I said, but you have given none. Every word needs to be established by two or three witnesses. Where are your two witnesses in Scripture?
And in John 3:3 Jesus uses the words, born again.
I gave scripture to back up part of what I said, but you have given none. Every word needs to be established by two or three witnesses. Where are your two witnesses in Scripture?
And in John 3:3 Jesus uses the words, born again.
Here are two translations of 1 Corinthians 2:14...
They were rendered in an interpretive way, rather than give a literal translation.
The person without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God
but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned
only through the Spirit.
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him;
and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually discerned.
And here is some notes taken from a Greek lesson as rendered by my pastor...
Note.... the Greek term, "psuchikos man" meaning "soul-ish man."
Meaning having only soul and body. No human spirit.
14a~~Howbeit [de]
the "psuchikos man"/"soul-ish man"
[psuchikos - the breath/"immaterial substance" that men
have in common with animals - an unbeliever with only a soul]
absolutely does not "receive to himself"/accept
[dechomai - Present middle indicative]
the things of the Spirit of God [ho pneuma Theos].
the "psuchikos man"/"soul-ish man"
[psuchikos - the breath/"immaterial substance" that men
have in common with animals - an unbeliever with only a soul]
absolutely does not "receive to himself"/accept
[dechomai - Present middle indicative]
the things of the Spirit of God [ho pneuma Theos].
14b~~For [gar] they are foolishness to him. [moria autos]
14c~~And [kai] he absolutely is not [ouk] able/"has received the power himself"
[dunamai - middle passive indicative]
to obtain knowledge [ginosko - aorist active infinitive]
[of spiritual matters - "Divine Viewpoint type wisdom"] . . .
because [hoti] they are discerned/determined/examined/judged [anakrino]
from the source of the spirit [pneumatikos].
{Perceptive ability of the spirit filled person}
14c~~And [kai] he absolutely is not [ouk] able/"has received the power himself"
[dunamai - middle passive indicative]
to obtain knowledge [ginosko - aorist active infinitive]
[of spiritual matters - "Divine Viewpoint type wisdom"] . . .
because [hoti] they are discerned/determined/examined/judged [anakrino]
from the source of the spirit [pneumatikos].
{Perceptive ability of the spirit filled person}
1 Corinthians 2:14
You can get this lesson on audio if you wish. Probably about an hour long lesson.