The Triumphant Churchof him is spirit, "part" of him is soul, and "part" of him
is body.
In the Bible we see the way God divides man. God
distinguishes the difference between the spirit, soul,
and body of man. If a person s spirit, soul, and body are
one, why does the Bible divide them?
1 THESSALONIANS 5:23
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your whole SPIRIT
and SOUL and BODY be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
HEBREWS 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged
sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of SOUL and SPIRIT, and of the
JOINTS and MARROW [the body], and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
We need to understand man's nature because the
devil works through man's five physical senses and his
unredeemed soul and body to try to defeat him. When a
believer understands that, he can close the door to the
devil by renewing his mind—his soul—and keeping his
body—his flesh—under the dominion of his recreated
spirit. That's essential in standing victorious against
the devil.
Believers must learn how to let the real man—the
spirit man on the inside—dominate their soul and body.
That will solve many problems as far as the devil is
concerned. As believers let their recreated spirits
dominate, they will learn how not to give the devil any