Saturday 28 April 2012

MY BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS!

I offered mass yesterday to my 46 years of existence on this earth! I view every one of those years as a free gift from God to experience the 'Spirit Life' lived from within a 'vehicle' called the body (remember? Man is a SPIRIT who has a SOUL which lives in a vehicle called the BODY). Actually, i almost did not make it into this world when i was born a 'blue baby'!

As i recollected this great sermon on SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY, by Bro. Johnson Sequeira (Given three and a half years ago!), i realised how great is the 'will of God' for us through our lives. If i am alive today, it is because God's WILL must be achieved through me before my soul ultimately unites with the 'divine spirit' we call, GOD THE FATHER!

The teaching really unlocked several closed doors for me in my mind and i began to find answers to many of life's daunting questions. Andrew Wommack, a celebrated preacher of our time says the following ( Extracts from Andrew's teachings given below):

"Understanding spirit, soul, and body is critically important to every believer. It’s like the key that opens the treasure chest of God’s grace. It could be a matter of life and death, and it’s the foundation to understanding the rest of Scripture".

First Thessalonians 5:23 makes it very clear that we are three-part beings:
“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”.

  • It’s easy to know how your body feels, what’s going on in your mind, and what emotions you are experiencing. However, your spirit is much different; it cannot be accessed through your five senses.
John 3:6 says,
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Jesus meant that there’s no direct connection between the two. Spirit is spirit and flesh is flesh. You simply cannot contact your spirit through your five senses or through your mind, will, or emotions. This is the key that unlocked my brain.

  • The Bible says that every born-again believer has undergone a complete inner transformation.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 5:17-18).

  • In the natural, the spirit realm can’t be seen or felt. The only way to accurately perceive spiritual truth is through the Bible. Simply believe God’s Word!
Jesus said in John 6:63,
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

  • God’s World reveals spiritual reality. If you want to know what your spirit is like, you must find out from the Word, not by relying on emotions or other perceptions. God’s Word is spirit and life! When you look at your face in a mirror, you trust what you see. God’s Word is just like that mirror; it reflects perfectly who you are in your spirit.
The good news is, you can change your soul as you change your mind. In fact, you are commanded to do so.
Romans 12:2 says,
“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.”

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