The Spiritual Man

Salvation 61 Let us first consider his physical sufferings. Man sins through his body and there enjoys the temporary pleasure of ...

62 The Spiritual Man body belonged to his master; he could therefore be punished with the most shameful cross. The Lord Jesus to ...

Salvation 63 His spirit too suffered immensely. The spirit is that part of man which equips him to commune with God. The Son of ...

64 The Spiritual Man spirit (Eph. 3.16) because His spirit was torn away from the Spirit of God. Therefore He sighed, “I am pour ...

Salvation 65 therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8.1). This is what He has accomplished for u ...

66 The Spiritual Man something which happens entirely within the spirit; it has no relation to soul or body. What makes man uniq ...

Salvation 67 moved—by the desire for power, wealth, social recognition, freedom, position, fame, praise, knowledge—into making m ...

68 The Spiritual Man latter becomes the life of man’s whole being. The spirit, soul and body are restored to God’s original inte ...

Salvation 69 thus union with Him. Though a person may be concerned only with the penalty for sin and not with the power of sin, ...

70 The Spiritual Man anew and been thus raised with the Lord, even though they are lacking in the manifestation of resurrection ...

Salvation 71 darkness the order of man’s spirit and soul; it additionally affords man the supernatural life of God. Man’s darken ...

72 The Spiritual Man There is therefore boundless possibility for growth. The Holy Spirit is able to bring the person into compl ...

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(^1 1) The Flesh and Salvation The word “flesh” is basar in Hebrew and sarx in Greek. Seen often in the Bible, it is used in var ...

76 The Spiritual Man First, “flesh” as applied to the soft part of the human body. We know that a human body is composed of fles ...

The Flesh and Salvation 77 distinction is made as to whether the man is good, moral, clever, able and kind or whether he is bad, ...

78 The Spiritual Man The Unregenerated Man The Lord Jesus has stated that any unregenerated person born but once (i.e., born onl ...

The Flesh and Salvation 79 flesh. To sum up, “those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (Rom. 8.8), and this “cannot” seals ...

80 The Spiritual Man however, they cannot keep the whole law.∗ For the law makes it quite clear that “he who does them shall liv ...