THE SPI RI TUAL ANATOMY OF A CHRI STI AN

1. Man w as a uni que c r eat i on of God, set apar t f r om t he r est of Hi s c r eat i on.
Man al one w as gi ven a spi r i t , t hr ough w hi c h he c an k now God.

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7


















1 Thess. 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit
and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Rom. 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
1 Cor. 14:15 (Paul wrote) I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I
will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.


NOTE FOR THE DISCIPLER: The above diagram is a simple transitional tool to be used
until the more complex biblical model of the temple is presented in Lesson 3-12.


2. The ent i r e ani mal k i ngdom i s l i mi t ed i n sc ope, w i t hout a spi r i t , and t hus
w i t hout an aw ar eness of God. (Gen. 2:7 refers to man alone)










spirit
soul
body
spi r i t - God awareness. We interact
with God through our spirit.


soul - self awareness. Personality,
reasoning, emotions, mind,
will, etc.


body - world awareness. We interact
with the physical world through
our body senses.
soul
body
Ani mal s
No aw ar eness of , or i nt er ac t i on w i t h God.

soul - Varying degrees of instinctive personality,
emotions, mind, will, etc.

body - world awareness. They interact with the physical
world through their body senses.
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