| You are a three part being, consisting of a body, a soul and a spirit. Your body is the vehicle that transports you from one place to another in this material plane, and the "house" that keeps all your parts together. It is called the temple of God because God made it, very carefully. He chose your eye color and hair color Himself. The Psalms tell us this, describing how He carefully forms us and watches over us while we're yet in the womb. The body is the hosting place of the Holy Spirit when we become born again into God's kingdom. Your spirit is the eternal part of you, the material that your eternal self is made of, and the part that God quickens when you are "born again". Your soul is your mind, your thoughts, your will, your emotions and all that you love. You are created in the image of God, as He also is a three part Being. He consists of The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father is the spirit that is ever knowing and ever present, He is the fabric of all the universe. The Spirit is the power and will of God, acting out in the material plane, but with a mind and understanding of His own. The Son is the physical expression of God, and the gift, the payment for our sins. Jesus was first God, then taking a part of Himself He placed it into a human form, and walked among men. Jesus held God inside, yet was living inside God (as all that is, does). And Jesus left this plane, to return to His Father, not to become again one, but to sit at His right hand and be a mediator for us, to beg forgiveness for us of the Almighty God and to champion our cause. He is the mighty prince and the holder of the keys to life and death and hell. He is your husband if you are saved. He is your inheritance, and your crown of life. There is another aspect of being created in God's image, that many do not understand. The Bible tells us that God SAID "let there be light" and it was so. He SAID - and it was so. Jesus told us that whatever we ask in His name will be done by the Father to glorify the Son. He taught that it's not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him (we don't have to worry about foods that are allowed or forbidden anymore), but it's what comes out of the mouth of a man that either makes him fit or unfit for the kingdom. It is our speech. We create our world by our speech, we form our circumstances by our choice of words and the belief we attach to them. We were given creative power of speech by the creator, as He breathed His own breath into Adam's mouth to give us life, He gave us a part of Himself. That is one of the things that sets us apart from the angels. It is also something that makes Satan very jealous, and something he works hard to make sure you don't understand. Children are taught a nursery rhyme - "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never harm me!" This is a lie. Words are the most important creative thing on this planet. Words with love. Words with belief. Words with action following through. |