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THE DOCTRINE OF MAN (Continued from page 510)
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VII. The Spirit Exists Apart from the Body The spirit exists apart from the body; hence a man can be "in” or “ out” of it (2 Cor. 12:2). The soul exists with the body and spirit and is the power to unite both; hence, "the life (soul) of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11 R. V.). The soul cannot exist in life and apart from the body, hence, "the body without the spirit is dead,” but it does not say that the spirit without the body 1 b dead (Jas. 2:26 ). Sin has “ deatb-ized” the spirit (to coin a word), hence, spiritual death has passed through all the man and he is dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2 :1 ). Sin has “ self-ized” man’s soul;^hence, a "soullsh” life is a life which is domin ated by self and selfish aims. Sip has “ energised” man's body; hence, the possibility of its .being demonized, when sin reigns in it (Rom. 6 :6 ). All the above is true of the natural man, and of all men as men, apart from the life and grace of God. The Question arises: "What is the difference between the natural man and the spiritual man?” Let us briefly give man’s history, — originally, sinfully, spiritually, carnally, disembodied, glo rified, and lost. VIII. Man Originally God made man upright (Eccl. 7:29). His spirit com muned with God; hence, the Lord consulted him in naming the animals (Gen. 2:19 ), and he was unafraid till sin inter rupted the fellowship (Gen. 2:25; 3:1-12). Man’s soul was able to enjoy everything with God; hence, things were not only “ good,” but "pleasant to the sight” (Gen. 2 :9 ), and man’s body was employed by God, for He put man in the Garden of Eden to "till” It, and used his body to form Eve (Gen. 2:5, 21-25). * IX. Man Sinfully Man, in his spirit nature, is separated from God by sin; hence, "as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon men” (into all men, or, all the man), "for that all have sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Man’s soul in his sinful condition seeks satisfaction in earthly things, like the rich fool depicted by our Lord (Luke 12:19-23). The body without God becomes the slave of the animal nature, and is "sensual, having not the spirit” (Jude 19). X. Man Spiritually Through faith in Christ, the believer’s spirit is mhde alive unto God (John 1:12, 13), and he thus becomes a child of God. This new life is not an evolution from the natural, but an involution from the Divine ("born out of the spirit” ), which produces a revolution; hence, being in Christ, we are a new creation, and this revolution produces the evolution of growth in grace (2 Cor. 5:17 R. V.; 2 Pet. 3:18 ). The soul of the spiritual one Is "set” on things above, and It finds its delight there, because its "affection” is there (Col. 3:1-4). When the spirit dominates the soul, the soul dominates the body, and man is moving in a spiritual realm; hence, he can do things according to the spiritual sphere (Gal. 5:16; 6 :1 ). The body of the spiritual man is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and is under His sway and at His service (1 Cor. 6:19 ). X I . M an C a rn a lly When Paul wrote to the saints in Corinth, he could not address them as "spiritual” ; he had to charge them as being "carnal” or fleshly. They were suffering from the faction of
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By Margaret T. Applegarth With her usual ingenuity and charm in suggesting ways to interest and instruct children, Miss Applegarth gives programs and material for forty-five junior and intermediate missionary travels meetings. The programs have a fascination because of their originality and, at the same time, are informing and prac tical. They deal with American Indians, Negroes, Japan, Korea, India, Burma, Africa and Foreigners in America. Many Bible School and Junior Mission Bands will find these programs a remarkable help in interesting Amer ican boys and girls in other children less favored. Cloth $1.75 If money doss not accompany order, goods will ho sent C. O. D. If goods are to come by mail add 10% for postage. B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Cel.
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