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The Spirit of Faith Newsletter - June 1980

Bill Bailey Ministries was the
name of Dr. Bill's ministry before Word of Faith
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"The Human Spirit"
"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." (1 Thess. 5:23) In this verse of
scripture Paul says that the whole man is spirit
and soul and body. You are made up of three
different areas. The spirit of man is what is
born again. "That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit (the
Holy Spirit) is spirit (the human spirit)."
(John 3:6) The human spirit is what God deals
with. (John 4:23, Prob. 20:27)
Some people are known as
"soul-winners". These folks are spreading the
Gospel and people are being born again through
their instruction. But the term "soul-winner" is
a misnomer. As we've seen man is born again in
the spirit. What then is the soul? The Greek
word for "soul" is "psuche", meaning, "the seat
of feelings, desires, affections and aversions,
the animal sentient principle only". In other
words, the mind, will and emotions. To say one
is a soul-winner is to say that one is a
"mind-winner". |
As you can see, we need a clear
understanding of the difference between the spirit, the soul and the
body. We tend to think of ourselves as bodies (as we look in the
mirror) with the ability to think and reason. We think that that is
the real "us." It is not! I think that Brother Kenneth Hagin says it
best, "We are a spirit that possesses a soul, or mind, and we live
in a body." If we could begin to see ourselves this way, we could
get a much more exacting and fuller understanding of spiritual
things. You are not your mind; you are not your body. You, the real
you, is a spirit man. You possess a mind. You live in a body. Think
of your body as an astronaut thinks of his space suit. If an
astronaut is walking around on a planet where the environment is
hostile to him, he must wear his space suit to live there. Your body
is your "earth-suit!" You must have it to live here. When you leave
your body it will be just a lifeless thing of meat and bones, but
you, the real you, the spirit man, will go on to be with the Lord
(if you are born again.) Our
whole man is spirit, soul and body! This is what we'll be talking
about this month on the Spirit of Faith Broadcast. I pray that you
will listen to every program on this subject! We need a thorough
understanding of this subject to understand spiritual things.
Items of Interest in This Issue
Invitation to the first Sunday Service at Word of
Faith Fellowship, in Salisbury, NC on June 8, 1980. Guest
minister to be Beechard Moorefield. Letters from listeners...
List of June Spirit of Faith Broadcast Radio Topics
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