OUR SPIRIT
(SPIRIT AND SOUL) AND ITS FUNCTION!!
Our spirit
(spirit and soul), our true inner person, is the immortal, immaterial part of
our being. It includes the
will, the intellect, the emotions, intuitions and the mind, or the true
heart of man (not the organ which pumps
our blood around the body).
The spirit is the
intelligent part of us and is a totally separate and
independent being from the physical body in which it is housed during our lifetime. It is the
part of our being which cannot be seen with the physical eyes but it rules us
and makes us the persons we are. It is
our inner voice which gives us intuition, speaks to us, influences us; makes
decisions and instructs the body to carry them out, or to refrain from doing so.
It is the
spirit part of our being which actively
goes about in our dreams when we are asleep and the body is at rest.
It is the
part of the being through which our
Elohim communicates with us and we with Him. Concerning Elohim speaking to us,
we are told in Job 33: 14-17:
“14 For [Elohim] God speaketh
once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of
the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then he openeth the ears of
men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man
from his purpose, and hide pride from man”.
Our
spirit (spirit and soul) is the part of us which worships and seeks after our Elohim, or rejects Him. It is
accountable to Him for the things done in our bodies in our lifetime in this
world (Ecclesiastes 12:
13 ,14; 2 Corinthians 5: 10 ).
The spirit
(spirit and soul) is the part of the being which Satan wants to control so that
he can begin his work of destruction in the life, and ultimately eternal
torment if the person does not accept Yahushua as his or her Saviour (Romans 7:
7-24; John 8:44; Revelation 20: 10-15).
The spirit
(spirit and soul) is the part which must
have a personal relationship with Elohim and which MUST BE BORN AGAIN and be
CONVERTED (John 3: 3-8; Psalm 19: 7; Acts 3: 19 ).
YAHUSHUA Ha MASHIACH DIED FOR OUR SPIRIT BEING!!
The
spirit is the part of our being for which Yahushua came to this
world and gave His life in order to save us from eternal torment in hell when
our bodies die and from the lake of fire and brimstone in the final judgment
(John 3: 14-17; John 11: 25,26; Luke 16: 19-31; Revelation 20:10-15).
This eternal
torment begins when the person dies because the spirit is immortal and never
dies. It is only the body which dies
because of the sinful nature we inherit.
Therefore, at death when the body dies the spirit must leave the body,
its house or earthly tabernacle, because it has no legal right in this world without
the body.
When the
spirit (spirit and soul) leaves at
death, it goes to one of two places. For those who fully accepted Yahushua as
their Saviour, they are taken to Heaven to be with Him and to be clothed in His
righteousness (2 Corinthians 5: 1-9; Philippians 1: 23 ,24). There they remain with Him until He returns at
His second coming for His children.
At Yahushua’s
glorious return, He will bring back with Him the spirits of His children who
died. He will then resurrect them from them from their resting places,
including the seas and the elements, for those who were cremated. He will then give
to each of them beautiful, immortal and incorruptible bodies, into which He
will place their individual spirits. Once He has done this, then they will once again be spirit, soul and body, as
He intended it to be before sin came and brought death and decay (Matthew 24:
26, 30,31; 1 Thessalonians 4: 16,17; 2 Corinthians 5: 1-9; Luke 16: 19-22; Revelation
20: 4- 6).
At His
return, Yahushua will take His resurrected children back to Heaven, along with
the rest of His children (who are still
alive at His return). Like the
resurrected with their new immortal and incorruptible bodies, they will also be
changed into immortal and incorruptible beings.
There, in Heaven, they will all spend a thousand years with Yahushua before
He returns to convene the final judgment. This will be followed by the new heavens and the new earth which
He has promised to create for their eternal habitation, i.e. His redeemed
children (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; 1 Cor 15: 50-54; Revelation 20: 4-6, 10-15;
Revelation 21, 22).
For those who
have rejected Yahushua as their Saviour, at death their spirits go to hell and great torment. For those who are
alive at His return, they will all die from the fire which will go before Him
(Psalm 50: 3) the global earthquake and tsunami which will remove every
mountain and island from their places (Revelation 16: 18,20), as well as the
glory of Yahushua, Yahweh the Father and all the holy angels who will accompany
Him (Luke 9:26). All the dead of the ages will await the final judgment a thousand years later. In that awful judgment, each one will give an
account to Elohim Yahweh why they have rejected the saving grace of Yahushua,
His Son, whom He sent to this world to save them and give them eternal life
with Him. No one in that final judgment can
be saved at that time. Instead, their
reward will be eternal torment in the
lake of fire and brimstone which has been prepared for Satan and his
angels (Matthew 25:41,46; Luke 1: 1-31; Revelation 20: 10 ,
15).
NB: Hell and
the lake of fire and brimstone are real and they are prepared for the devil and
his angels and NOT FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE!! That is the reason Satan deceives the nations
so that they will share his fate, first in hell when they leave their bodies at
death, followed by the lake of fire and brimstone in the final judgment
(Matthew 25: 41, 46; Revelation 20: 10, 15).
UNDERSTANDING
THE SPIRIT BEING (SPIRIT AND SOUL)!!
The concept
of us having an immortal, independent, intelligent spirit (spirit and soul) in
our bodies, is very difficult for some people to grasp and accept. This poses no problem to the majority of
Africans who are fully aware that witches are often prevalent in their
societies. Witches are known in those countries, to leave their bodies and
enter familiars, such as cats, dogs and birds, etc. Through those
familiars they go to their conferences which are often held in trees during the night hours. In those trees they appear as bright lights.
We often witnessed these lights while we were traveling at nights during the
time we lived in Ghana West Africa .
In Ghana
While the
witch is out of the body and is out and about, the body cannot be awakened
until the familiar returns and the spirit of the person re-enters the body.
Should there be accidents, crashes, etc., resulting in injuries or death to the
familiars, the same fate will befall the body of the witch or wizard. Such
injuries will be visible on the body or bodies of those persons, living or
dead.
SOME MOTHERS
INTERACTING WITH THE SPIRITS OF THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN!!!
On the
Christian Channels and also on Zone Reality (One of the Sky Channels) we have
seen and heard stories from mothers interacting with the spirits of children
who were to come into their families.
In One
story, a lady was involved in a plane crash and was badly burnt. She found
herself out of her body (a near death experience), free from pain and happily
walking in a beautiful garden. A young man approached her and said to her:
“Mother, What are you doing here”. She
realised that she had to have that child and with that she chose to return to
her body. Once she was back in her body
she endured excruciating pains and took
months to recover. Soon after she
recovered, she became pregnant and had a lovely baby boy. He was the very child who spoke to her in
the garden while she was out of her body.
In another
case, a mother was warned by her physician that it was detrimental to her life
to have anymore children. It was
arranged for her to have her womb out. Shortly before she was due to go for
surgery, her little three year old daughter came and told her that Martin had
been playing with her. She was surprised about what her daughter told her. Soon after, her other daughter came and told
her the same thing. The mother also saw
the little boy running and playing with girls. She decided that that little boy
had to come to her family and she cancelled the operation. Within a year, she had a baby son, looking
like the very child that came to play with the girls. The father named him Martin. At the time the
story was recorded, Martin was about 14 years old.
In another
story, a mother was expecting twins. She
was very ill carrying the babies. One
night her husband had a dream in which a young man came up to him and
said: “Dad, mum is too ill to carry both
of us. My sister and I have decided that
I will return and come back after she is born”.
From the
time of that dream the expectant mother became well and her pregnancy
progressed to full term. When she delivered, she delivered a healthy baby girl
and a still born son. Within a year, she
had a son. He had the identical features of his sister, including the freckles. He grew very fast and caught up with her and
they related and interacted in every way as identical twins often do. They were
totally unlike their older brother who was a red head. We were shown the family
on the TV.
I also heard
the story from a mother who had rejected her unborn child. The child was born
and from birth she gave her parents no trouble, not even to cry for food or
when she was wet and needed her nappy changing. She grew up and was very close to her
mother. One day while they were
conversing, the mother was singing her praises. The daughter paused the conversation, smiled
and looked her mother straight in her eyes and told her emphatically: “But you
did not want me”!! The mother was very shocked and asked her the question:
“Where did you get that from”. In
answer, the daughter again said: “But you did not want me”!!
These
stories are proof that we are truly spirit beings made in Yahweh’s “likeness”
and “image” and that the spirit exists before conception and after conception
it is active while the body is being made in the womb.
CLEARING UP
THE CONFUSION ON THE STATE OF MAN
There may be
some confusion regarding what I have
written here and what is written on the state of man in death, as is recorded in Psalms 146:3, 4:
“3 Put not your trust in
princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he
returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish”.
And in Job 14: 21 :
“His sons come to honour, and he
knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them”.
Without our
spirits (spirits and souls) along with our five senses performing their various
roles in our bodies, our bodies would be
of non-effect because it is this independent, intelligent, part of our beings
which controls our minds, our wills, our thoughts, our emotions, gives command to our bodies and makes us the
persons we are in life.
At death
when the spirit (spirit and soul) leaves the body, the body fully shuts down
and all life and functions cease including the thought process. It is of no more use to the person who lived
in it and must be disposed of through burial (when it return to its dust) or
cremation, etc. Thus:
“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth
it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them”. Job 14:
31 .
This is in
direct fulfilment of Psalm 146:4:
“His breath goeth forth, he
returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish”.
The
spirit (spirit and soul) on the other
hand continues to live because it is immortal and never dies (John 11: 25 ,26).
It continues to live in one of two places:
1.
Heaven: for those who accept Yahushua as their Saviour
(Luke 16: 20 -22,
the spirit of the poor beggar, Lazarus in Heaven; Revelation 6: 9-11, the souls
of the martyrs under the altar in Heaven).
2.
Hell: for those who reject Yahushua’s His love and
grace (Luke 16: 22 -28,
the soul of the rich man, Divers, in hell and torment).
There are
some Christians who regard the story which Yahushua told in Luke 16: 19-31, of
the rich man, Divers, and the beggar, Lazarus, as a parable. However, it is a true account of what happens
to the spirit (spirit and soul) when it leaves the body at death.
Many of
those who died and have been resurrected, testified to this fact that life
continued as normal, except that they were without their bodies. They reported that they had all their senses which
were sharpened. Thus they saw, they
heard, they spoke and felt great joy or extreme fear. For them everything remained normal, just as it is for
us when we are dreaming. It is only when
we awake that we realise that we were dreaming.
I was also
privileged to meet one young man who was resurrected from the dead and who told
us his experience after he left his body at death. His name is Ian McCormack.
You can see the video and the videos of others who were resurrected from the
dead on the “Lazarus Phenomena” on the website of Dr Richard Kent:
NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCES!!
I have heard
many more stories on the Christian Channels and also on Zone Reality from some of those who died and were
resurrected in recent years. There are
many similar stories on the internet and on You Tube. It is reported that over 13
million people have had near deaths experiences and that figure is for the USA
“The Gallup
Organization and near-death
research studies have estimated some 13 million adult near-death experiences in
the U.S.
-- Taken from website: http://www.near-death.com/faq.html.
A near death
experience occurs when the spirit (not
the breath) leaves the body during an
operation, a heart attack, drowning, serious accident, etc. At such times the spirit of the person may hover over the body and can see and hear
everything that is happening to the body.
Some who
have had near deaths experiences have told of what they experienced when they
left their bodies. Some reported that they went
to Hell and experienced the terror and torments there. They have spoken of how glad they were to be
given back their lives so that they could accept Yahushua as their Saviour and
avoid that place of utter torment.
Some have
also reported that they went to Heaven and met Yahushua and how wonderful it is there. Some have told about
meeting loved ones who died, or that
they met some of those whom they knew and who had influenced them. Some have
spoken about walking in beautiful gardens, or going down a tunnel toward a bright light, completely free from pains and of
the freedom they felt. Often through the
help of others, or due to medical intervention, those who have had near death
experiences survived and re-entered into their bodies.
You can see
some of these stories on You Tube. One
such story is the story of the young Ecuadorian girl, Angelica Sambrano, who
died in 2011, and was taken by Yahushua to both Hell and Heaven.
NO EXCUSE TO
BE IGNORANT ABOUT THE SPIRIT, THE SOUL AND THE BODY!!
There is no
reason for anyone, especially Christians, to be ignorant about the spirit and
the soul, their true person. Neither
should they be ignorant about what happens after the body dies. We are living
in an age of enlightenment and many are
equipped with computer and internet skills.
They have information of every kind at their finger tips. It is often
said, “No one ever comes back to tell us what takes place after they die”.
Such glib
talk can no longer be justified because there are many reports from those who
have been resurrected in recent years. It is therefore important to know that
we are not just bodies, kept alive by our breaths. We are more than mere bodies. We are first spirit beings, made in the
“image” and “likeness” of our Elohim. At conception Yahweh sent us, i.e. our spirits to this world, and fashioned our
bodies in the wombs of our mothers so that we can live in this world.
Our bodies,
the earthly dwellings of our spirits (spirit and soul), are all subject to death because of sin. When
the time comes for our bodies to die,
unlike our bodies, our spirit man (spirit and soul), does not die. Instead, we, i.e. our spirit
and soul, leave this world and continue
to live in one of two places: Heaven and paradise, or Hell and torment. Where we spend the rest of eternity depends
on the choices we make in this world whether we accept Yahushua, our
Saviour, who came and gave His life for
us; or, we reject Him and allow Satan to be in control of our lives.
We have the
choice to choose where we will spend the rest of eternity when we leave this
world. My Question, therefore to you, is: Where will you spend the rest of eternity
when you leave this world?? Will it be
HEAVEN WITH YAHUSHUA, YOUR SAVIOUR?
OR HELL FOLLOWED BY THE LAKE
OF FIRE
NB: SCRIPTURES IN THIS POST
WERE TAKEN FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
