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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
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We must study about God, before we study about how God created us. God is Almighty Spirit; nothing is impossible to him; he has the omnipotent Spirit as his body. God has three souls, that is, he is three persons, nested in his Spirit. The names of the three persons in the new testament are, God the Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. God consists of two parts: Souls and Spirit; that is three Souls and one omnipotent Spirit. If you like to study about God in detail, please refer to this link: "Three in One God." Now let us see how God created man.
Man has three main parts; those are, soul, body, and spirit. So, man has one part more than God, and it is the body of flesh. However, when man is born, he is born with soul and body only, but not with spirit. He must be born again, that is, he must receive his spirit from God afterwards. Then, he will have soul, body, and spirit. In the original creation, God has created these three parts separately, on three different days, then God put them all together, and created man. The gender, male and female, are in the body, but neither in soul nor in spirit. So, there will be no sex life, or flesh life, in heaven or in hell. But our Spirit, will be glorified as our body, in heaven, and the pleasures in the Spirit will exceed thousands of times greater than that we could have enjoyed it in the flesh. Pain and sufferings of Souls in hell and in the lake of fire, will also be much severe than we could have suffered it in the flesh.
"Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." So, Genesis 1:3-5 says that God created the light on the first day. "14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day." So, Genesis 1:14-19 says, that God made lights again on the fourth day also. On the fourth day, it was sun and moon to light up the earth. If so, what was the light that God has created on the first day? It is explained in the gospel of John; so, let us see it in the new testament.
John 1:4 says, "In him was life; the life was the light of men." 'God the Word' created the first day light, and kept the light to himself as custodian, and he is now Lord Jesus Christ. So, this light was custom made for us, and it is the life for men. So, the light and life are synonyms. In Genesis 2:7, God breathed this life into Adam, and his soul got life and became a living soul. 'God the Word' kept this light, which is life for men, as custodian. Let us see how this light, was handed over to man Jesus. "Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:" When man Jesus begins his ministry, this light/life was transferred to him so that he may light people, who will come to him. Now it is Spirit of God that is seen as light. Then "John 1:9 says, That was the true Light, which lighteth every man ..." That is, Jesus Christ will give this spirit, that is, the holy Spirit to every man and woman, who comes to him. Jesus says in John 8:12, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." That is, we will not just walk in his light, but he will give the light of life, which is the Holy Spirit to us. So, the first day creation is not some kind of worldly illumination, but it is the holy Spirit.
"Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: ... 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 31 ... And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." So, God has created man on the sixth day. How has God created us? In verses 26&27, the fact that man is made in "the image of God" is repeated three times. Probably all three persons in God, who are Souls, said that man must be made in their image, that is the image of their Souls. Further, God cannot make man in the image of his Spirit, since his Spirit is omnipotent and omnipresent that fills the universe. How can the whole generation of man could be omnipotent? So, God has created man in the exact image of his Soul. According to these verses, God calls their souls as male and female, that is man and woman, even before their bodies were created. We think that we are flesh since our bodies are flesh and it is tangible to us. Bible says, we are Souls, and our bodies were made latter and were given to the Souls to live in. So, remember, we are Souls, but not flesh. God created our spirits in the likeness, that is, it will just resemble, or looks similar to his Spirit. It will not be exact, that is, if God's Spirit shines as sun, our spirit shines like a candlelight; they both are lights; and so, they are similar. If you like to study the details, please refer these links: 1, "Soul and Spirit." 2, "Soul as exact."
Animals are flesh beings; our bodies are also flesh, the life of the flesh bodies are by the circulation of blood (it is in Genesis 9:4, & Leviticus 17:11); and soul will not and cannot give life of the flesh; they both are entirely different. But devils or demons can possess flesh bodies. In that case, two lives can live in one body. Scientifically, many lives can live in one body. In demon possession, demon controls the body. Let us see human beings. Our body is also a living body, it has its blood circulating, our brain working, we are created as intelligent beings, and so, our body is not just a statue, but it is an active living being. God gave this living body to our soul, for the soul to live in. Please do not misinterpret my language; I just explain the mechanics, but I am not teaching a new doctrine. Now, as the demons possess the animal body, the Soul possess the human body to live in. So, in human body there are two lives, as demon possessed body has two lives. Here, the flesh is a living being, and the soul is another living being. The flesh has life in the blood and intelligence in the brain. The flesh wants to live for its pleasures. The soul has a heart (figuratively), which is our inner person, and God gives us good conscience in the heart. So, Soul wants to live for God. But, since Soul do not have enough power to live for God, the flesh takes over or rules over. So, we are not able to do things that we want to do from our conscience. Most times, we just put up with it. Then, our Souls cries out to God for help. Then God gives the Holy Spirit to the soul, for power and to lead godly life. This is the situation of a person, who is not born again, that is, who did not receive the Holy Spirit yet. Jesus say, ask and it will be given.
God took three or four days to create man/woman. God created light, that is Holy Spirit, or Spirit of man on the first day. On the sixth day, God created the souls of Adam and Eve, and said that he has created man, male and female. After the sabbath day, God created the body of man. So, it took three separate days to create three different parts of man. Then God put the three parts together to make the complete man. It may be a fourth day; since born again or born of the Spirit, seldom happens on the same day of birth, but at a latter day. So, God gave the body to the soul of Adam, and he breathed the spirit into him. These two are two different functions. When God breathed the Spirit into him, the living man became a living soul; that is in Genesis 2:7. Now since the Soul lives with the Spirit, it has power to live for God. Only now, the man is complete with soul, body, and spirit. God created the body of Eve on a latter day from a rib of Adam, gave it to the soul of Eve, and he breathed the spirit also into her. The breathing of the spirit into a person is the same as that we are born of the Spirit, or we may say it as born again. Religious people are not born again, they just follow ceremonies. God must give the spirit to us to be born of the spirit. Born of the spirit is not the baptism of the Holy Ghost or speaking in tongues. Both are entirely different. If you like to study more about this, please refer to this link: "Born of the Spirit or Baptism." What is the Holy Spirit? "Holy Spirit."
We study from scriptures about God's has hands, feet, head, heart, and so on. Those are given for communication and for us to know certain things. But, God is Spirit, omnipotent, omnipresent, and he does not have a flesh body as we have. God has Souls and Spirit. This is the truth. Now, God created us as Souls, but not as flesh people. However, flesh body was created and given to our souls for them to live in. God made our souls exactly as his Soul.
Let us see a few reasons, why God has created the Soul of man exactly as the same as the Soul of God. 1). The first reason is this: When "God the Word" decides to become a man, his Soul just came out of the omnipotent Spirit body and entered the flesh baby body that was created in the womb of Virgin Mary. So, God became a man (in the video I said that he became God, it is the slip of tongue, it is man), and it was just that easy. So also, when his Soul was raised from death, he was seated just on the right hand of God the Father in the omnipotent Spirit body, and became God, as he was before. It was that simple. 2). God has created humans in order to beget Sons for himself. God begets by adopting, but not by giving birth. You may study the details from these links: "Begotten", "John." We can adopt another human being to be our son or daughter to inherit our wealth; but, we cannot adopt a lizard or a snake as our son or daughter to inherit our property. So also, for God to adopt us as his Son, we must be of his kind. So, he made our soul exactly as his Soul. 3). God is righteous and holy, and his Souls have his character attributes. Since we have the same soul, we have the potential to be righteous and holy. So, God commands us to be righteous and holy. If we obey, he will give us reward, but if we disobey him, he will punish us. So, it is important that we have the potential to live righteous and to be holy.
Souls are created in the image of God, so, they are everlasting beings, and souls will never die. God gives the flesh body to Soul to live in as its earthly tabernacle, and so we live in the flesh, but we are not flesh; it is in 2 Corinthians 5:1-5. "1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." There are many more scriptures say the same thing. The souls are similar to spirits; but they are persons and they are not spirits. Now we are born again, that is, we have received the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of man. And now the Soul have power to live for God and to overcome the flesh. "Romans 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." The choice is given to the Soul. Now, what will the Soul do? If the Soul live after the flesh, it will have eternal death. Instead, if the Soul teams up with the Spirit and do mortify the deeds of the body, the Soul will become the Son of God. It will be joint heirs with Jesus Christ, inherit the kingdom of God, and live with God for ever.
Souls will live for eternity. But flesh bodies will live a very short time when compared to eternity. Every soul is given a flesh body to live in, and to prove to God in the short time of the life of the body, how much and what the soul deserves to receive from God throughout eternity to come. So, our life is like a racetrack, to display what we have for God, to receive the trophy and glory for the eternity to come. It is like a short time work, with a long-time benefit in proportion to what you have earned in the short time. It will be our advantage to earn the most in the short time. If we ignore God and our opportunity, God will punish us.
After the life on earth, bodies die. At that instant, if we are not born again, our soul will be naked without body, and it will be held in hell, waiting for the judgment day. If we are born again, our Soul and Spirit must come out of the flesh body. "Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Our body will become dust, and our spirit goes back to God. Our Souls will wait for God to judge for what we have done, while we were in the body. If we have done good, we will rest at paradise; if we have done evil, we will be kept in hell. And the Spirit will return in the second coming with Jesus Christ. Then, as the righteous judge, God will reward or punish according to what we have done. Jesus says, if we love him, we will obey him. The Spirits of the obedient Souls will join their respective souls as their glorified Spirit body, on the judgment day. "1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." With our glorified Spirit body, we will see Jesus as he will be, he will be brighter than the sun, and we also will be the same as he, as Sons of God and we will inherit the kingdom of God in heaven. And the souls that disobeyed the commandments of Jesus Christ, will be cast into the lake of fire. This judgment will be eternal. The details are in this link; "Eternal Life."
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Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven.
John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
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