Rightly Dividing Man: Spirit, Soul, and Bodybody, you'll have to recognize that the Scripture makes
a distinction between man's body—the outward man—
and the real man on the inside—his spirit.
Man's Body Referred to as a 'House'
Many times in the Scripture, man's body is referred
to as a "house." You need to know that because evil
spirits can be in a person's house—his body—and yet
not actually in the fullest sense be in the person—in his
spirit. That's because man is a spirit, not a body.
For example, if you lived in a house that had
termites, that doesn't mean you have termites in you.
The house is just where you live, but you yourself don't
have termites. Well, an evil spirit can try to afflict your
body, but that doesn't mean you have an evil spirit in
you-in your spirit.
Scripture bears out the fact that man's body is often
referred to as his "house." When man dies physically,
his body dies, but he still lives.
Paul refers to the body as "the earthly HOUSE of
this tabernacle."
2 CORINTHIANS 5:1,2,4
1 For we know that if our EARTHLY HOUSE OF THIS
TABERNACLE [man's body] were dissolved, we have a
building of God, AN HOUSE not made with hands,
ETERNAL in the heavens [man's spirit].
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed
upon with our HOUSE which is from heaven....
4 For we that are in THIS TABERNACLE
[the body] do groan, being burdened: not for
that we would be unclothed, but clothed
upon, that mortality might be swallowed up
of life.