The Relationship of The Head and The Body 
 
 

    The following are some of the examples of the relationship of the
head, the spirit, the mind where our thoughts are, 
and with the body, the soul where our emotions and desires are.
 

   1.   Adam and Eve: What part of the person commits sin. 

    Adam represents the head, the spirit, the mind. 
Eve represents the body, the soul, the emotion. 

1Joh. 3:9 says that "he that is born of God doth not and cannot sin."

1Joh. 1:8 says
"if we say that we have no SIN 
we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 
If we confess our sins, 
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

    These verses seem contradictory if we do not understand 
the difference between the soul and the spirit. 

When we were born again, 
God quickened our spirit (mind) that is represented by Adam,
that does not and cannot sin,
because the mind, the spirit is born of God. 

It is our soul that commits sin and it is represented by Eve. 

  1Tim. 2:14, says, 
  "Adam was not deceived, 
but the woman, being deceived was in the transgression." 

  This verse does not mean Adam did not sin for he did.
Rom. 5:12 says, "For by one man sin came into the world."
 

     In 1Tim. 2:14; it is carefully stated to put the emphasis on the woman,
because she represents the soul, 
and it is the soul of the person that commits sin. 

The spirit of a person cannot commit sin for it is born of God. 
Sin is committed in the soul or to be more precise 
in the heart of the soul, the desires, intent, will and motive. 

    Rom. 5:12, the picture is Sin came into this world by one man, Adam, 
and he is presented here as a corporate man, as Adam and Eve or the whole human race.

1Tim. 2:14, pinpoints where sin is committed in a person, 
and it is the soul represented by Eve. 
When we sin, it is committed with our soul and to be more precise, 
it is in our heart, the core of the person. 

    Sin is committed when things enter into our mind through our ears and eyes,
but it can and should be quenched before it enters into our heart. 
We sin when we dwell on it and it enters into our heart. 

    If our mind is filled with the word of God, 
we will be able to do what the Apostle Paul says in 2Cor. 10:5. 

 "Casting down imaginations, 
and every high thing that exalted itself 
against the knowledge of God 
and  bringing into captivity every thought 
to obedience of Christ." 

It has to do with the HEAD: 
    The mind, imaginations, spiritual things, knowledge and thoughts. 

 Adam should have been strong in the Word of God,
and quoted the warning of God when Eve was tempted by the serpent. 
He did not say anything 
and the word of the serpent passed from Adam to Eve
and sin was committed. 
This is the lesson for us,
that when Satan puts temptations in our mind,
we must quench them or they will pass on to our soul, 
into our hearts and sin will be committed. 
 

 2.   Israel, Jacob and Esau: 
What part of the person has fears and doubts. 

    The story of Jacob in the Old Testament, 
depicts this relationship between the spirit and the soul
of a person. 

Jacob represents our soul.
His name was changed to Israel by God (Gen. 32:28; 35:10).
The name Israel means Prince with God, and the name Israel represents our spirit. 

Our name also changed 
when we came to know Jesus Christ as our Savior. 
We are now called Christians, our spiritual name. 

    Notice in Gen. 46:2-3: God spoke to Israel, and said 
"Jacob, Jacob;.....fear not."
It says, God spoke to Israel, but he mentioned the name of Jacob. 

Why is this, after God said to Jacob, "You shall no more be called Jacob?" 

Jacob is still there as he represents our soul. 
God speaks through our spirit (Israel) but He wants our soul (Jacob) to listen,
for it is our soul that has fears. 

    When emotions such as fears come, Jacob is alive and active. 
When faith and trust is there, Israel is alive and active. 
Both Israel and Jacob exist in the body of a person as they depict 
our spirit (mind) and our soul (emotions). 

    In Gen. 45:26-28; after Jacob was told of Joseph, 
(his son whom Jacob thought was dead all these years),
that he was alive and he was the governor of Egypt; 
JACOB'S heart fainted and he did not believe it. 
But when Jacob saw the wagons that Joseph sent to take him to Egypt,
the spirit of Jacob revived, and ISRAEL SAID, 
"It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive." 

When Jacob believed, his spirit revived, notice, it was Israel who said, 
"It is enough, Joseph my son is yet alive."
 

 3. Aaron and Miriam:
What part of the person is suffering mentally,
and what part of the person is suffering physically. 

  Aaron and Miriam rebel against Moses and God was angry with them. 
He punished Miriam and she become leprous (Num. 12:1-10).
Nothing happened to Aaron physically but Aaron felt terrible about what they did,
and suffered mentally.  Miriam was shut up for seven days until her leprous condition went away. 
Miriam suffered physically as she represents the body,
and Aaron suffered mentally as he represents the head. 

 4. The Young man and the Maiden: 

The young man from Nain was carried in a coffin on the way to the burial,
when Jesus raised him from the dead. 
The maiden was raised from the dead soon after she died,
as she was raised from the dead in her house. 
This shows that the young man died first as he was in the coffin, 
and the maiden died later and was yet in the house. 

    As soon as the young man became alive he spoke (Luk. 7:15).
The young man spoke as he represents the head, the spirit. 
When Jesus raised the young maiden, 
Jesus said "give her to eat" (Luk. 8:55). 
She was given something to eat as she represents the body, the soul. 
 

  In this natural life, when a baby is born, the first thing the baby does is cry,
and the next thing the baby does is feed on milk. 
In the spiritual life a person that is born again says "I believe" 
and testifies for the Lord and also loves to read or feed on the Word of God
for his or hers nourishment. 

 5. Ananias and Saphira: 
What happens to a person when sin is committed.

  This is a picture of ourselves that when we sin with our soul,
it is our spiritual communion with God that is cut off represented by Ananias. 
God told Adam, in the day you eat the fruit 
from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,
ye shall die.  Adam did not die physically for he lived to be 930 years old. 
He was banished from God's presence and from the Garden of Eden. 
This is a picture of the human race that are cut off spiritual and are half dead,
as the man in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. 
Spiritual dead but physically alive. 
When one dies physically without being born again
the soul is also cut off from God. 

 6. Christ and the Church: Love and obedience. 

 Christ loves us and gave himself for us, 
that we might have the relationship of love and unity. 
The Church of Christ as His body, 
should be obedient to the Head who is Christ our Lord. 

The many denominations and the various doctrines that has crept into the church,
shows that we have not been obedient to Him. 
To be obedient to Him is to listen to His Words. 

The warning in the letters to the churches 
is beware of man's commandments and man's traditions. 
We are as stiff-necked as the Old Testament people of God. 

Are trying to do God's work by what we feel is right and wrong? 
 

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