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GENESIS 1:26-31 (continued)
LESSON #06
SPIRITUAL MAN
v MEMORY VERSE: GEN 1:27
v READ GEN 1:26-31
Ø GOD CREATED MAN ON THE SIXTH DAY.
§ WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE TOTHE DAY?
· NUMBER 6 IS THE NUMBER OF MAN –ONE SHORT OF 7, GOD’S PERFECT NUMBER; THEREFORE MAN IS FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
§ THE REFERENCES TO THETRINITY IN THIS PASSAGE:
· “LET US”, “IN OURIMAGE”, “AFTER OUR LIKENESS”. (26)
¨ ALL THESE PRONOUNS ARE PLURALS REFERRING TOTHE TRINITY.
§ WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS”IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS”? (26)
· PARALLEL LIKENESSES:
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE A PERSONAL WILL.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS.
Ø GOD CREATED MAN A SPIRITUAL BEING SO AS TO BEABLE TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH MAN.
§ READ JOH 4:24
Ø ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE A SPIRITUALCONSCIOUSNESS.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
Ø MAN IS ABLE TO MAKE JUDGMENTS OF RIGHT ANDWRONG.
§ ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE THISCAPABILITY.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE INTELLECT AND REASON.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE EMOTION.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE DOMINION.
Ø GOD GAVE MAN DOMINION OVER CREATION FROM THEVERY BEGINNING.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN ARE CAPABLE OF UNCONDITIONALLOVE.
¨ BOTH GOD AND MAN HAVE THE POWER OFINTELLIGENT SPEECH.
Ø JAM 1:26 JAM 3:2-13 PRO 18:21
¨ BOTH MAN AND GOD HAVE THREE PARTS. (1THE5:23)
Ø GOD IS 3 PERSONS IN ONE, WHICH WE CALL THETRINITY.
§ THE FATHER, THE SON, ANDTHE HOLY SPIRIT.
Ø MAN IS A 3 PART BEING OF BODY, SOUL, ANDSPIRIT.
Ø A DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITION OF BODY, SOUL,AND SPIRIT:
§ THE SOUL OF MAN: (GEN 2:7 PRO23:7 PSA 103:1-2)
· GEN 2:7 SAYS “BREATH OFLIFE” = LIFE IS PLURAL IN THE HEBREW TO INDICATE “BREATH OF LIVES”(SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL)
¨ nepesIN HEBREW, psyche IN GREEK (PRO 23:7 HEART).
· THE SOUL IS THE SEAT OFSELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.
· IT IS THAT PART OF US THAT LIVESFOREVER (MAT 10:28).
¨ THE EGO AND THE PERSONALITY. IT IS WHAT MAKESEACH PERSON A UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND.
· THE SOUL CONSISTS OF 3 ASPECTS:
¨ THE MIND = INTELLECT, REASON, AND MEMORY.
¨ THE WILL = FREE CHOICE (PSA 24:4 EPH 6:6).
¨ THE EMOTION = LOVE, HATE, ETC. (PSA 86:4).
· THE SOUL CONSISTS OF 3 LEVELS:
¨ A CONSCIOUS AWARENESS (PHI 4:8-9).
¨ A SUB-CONSCIOUS LEVEL:
Ø THIS IS THE MEMORY BANK OF INFORMATION.
¨ THE UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL:
Ø A SUM TOTAL OF EVERY EXPERIENCE.
§ THE SPIRIT OF MAN:
· MANS SPIRIT IS ruah IN HEBREW, pneuma IN GREEK = BREATH, LIFE
· IT IS THE SEAT OFGOD-CONSCIOUSNESS.
¨ IT IS THAT PART OF US THAT MAKES US AWAREDEEP WITHIN THAT THERE IS A GOD OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
¨ OUR SPIRIT ENABLES US TO COMPREHEND GOD (LUK 1:47 MAT26:41)
¨ OUR SPIRIT HOUSES:
Ø OUR CONSCIENCE
Ø OUR CREATIVITY (1COR 16:18)
Ø OUR INSIGHT (JOH 13:21)
Ø OUR MOTIVATION (ACT 17:16; 18:25)
Ø OUR SENSITIVITY (MAR 2:8 JOH11:33)
· THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THAT PART OFUS THAT RECEIVES CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN. (ROM 8:16 GAL 6:18)
· IT IS THAT PART OF US THAT LIVESFOREVER. (LUK 8:55)
§ THE BODY OF MAN:
· THE PHYSICAL BODY IS THE SEAT OFSENSE-CONSCIOUSNESS.
· IT IS PHYSICAL FLESH AND BONE.
¨ THE WORD FOR BODY IS basar IN HEBREW, soma IN GREEK.
¨ THE BODY WAS CREATED (MOULDED) FROM THE DUSTOF THE GROUND LIKE A POTTER WOULD MOULD CLAY. (GEN2:7)
Ø THERE ARE 14 CHEMICALS FROM THE GROUND THATMAKE UP THE 14 CHEMICALS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
· THE PHYSICAL BODY IS UNIQUELYTIED TO THE SOUL AND SPIRIT. (JAM 2:26)
¨ WE CAN SEE THIS TIE BY THE EVIDENCE IN A LIEDETECTOR TEST AND THE FACT THAT PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESSES EXIST.
Ø THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWS DID NOT SEPARATE MANINTO 3 DISTINCT PARTS, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT TODAY.
¨ THE PHYSICAL BODY IS THAT PART OF MAN WHICHPHYSICALLY DIES, BUT WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW INCORRUPTIBLE BODY ONE DAY IF THEPERSON HAS RECEIVED CHRIST INTO HIS HEART. (1COR 15:42-52)
Ø THE THREE-PART NATURE OF MAN:
§ THE NATURE OF MAN WASDIFFERENT AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE SIN OF GEN 3.
· MAN BEFORE THE FALL: (GEN 1:27JOH 4:24 GEN 2:7)
¨ BEFORE THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE, MAN HAD ACLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. THEREFORE, MANS SPIRIT WAS THE PREDOMINANT PART OF MANSBEING. THE NEXT DOMINANT PART WAS MANS SOUL. MANS BODY WAS LEAST IMPORTANT.HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? ADAM AND EVE WERE NAKED BUT WERE NOT ASHAMED UNTIL AFTER THE SIN.(GEN 2:25)
· MAN AFTER THE FALL: (GEN 2:16-17)
¨ AFTER THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE, MANSFELLOWSHIP WITH GOD WAS BROKEN. HE NOW HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH SATAN. AS A RESULT, MANSSPIRIT BECAME LESS AWARE OF GOD AND WAS NO LONGER THE MOST DOMINANT PART OF MANSBEING. INSTEAD IT BECAME THE LEAST IMPORTANT. NOW THE PHYSICAL BODY, ITS DESIRES ANDNEEDS BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MAN.
¨ THE SPIRIT OF MAN THAT ONCE WAS THE HIGHESTPART OF MAN’S COMPLEX NATURE, NO LONGER DOMINATED MANS NATURE AFTER THE FALL INTOSIN. IT FELL BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SOUL, SO THAT NOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT. (HEB 4:12) THE BODY AND THE SOUL NOW DOMINATE MAN.
Ø WHAT DID GOD GIVE MAN TO DO??
§ GOD GAVE MAN DOMINION.(1:26)
· THE WORD DOMINION MEANS =TO PREVAIL AGAINST, TO REIGN, TO BEAR RULE OVER, TO TREAD DOWN, TO SUBJUGATE.
· WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THISDOMINION?
¨ GOD GAVE MAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE EARTH, OVERALL CREATION, AND OVER TIME.
Ø THIS MEANS MAN IS A STEWARD, GIVEN POWER ANDAUTHORITY, YET HE IS STILL SUBJECT TO GOD.
Ø THIS MEANS MAN WAS CROWNED WITH GLORY ANDHONOR.
§ READ PSA 8:3-8
· WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS DOMINIONWHEN ADAM FELL INTO SIN? AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF MANS DOMINION?
¨ MAN LOST THIS DOMINION WHEN ADAM FELL AND SOLD HIS AUTHORITY TOSATAN IN THE GARDEN.
¨ MAN REGAINS THIS DOMINION THROUGH THE REDEMPTION OF JESUS CHRIST.
Ø READ EPH 1:19-22 EPH 2:6
§ GOD TOLD MAN TO MULTIPLYAND FILL THE EARTH.
§ MAN WAS TO EAT VEGETARIAN.
· ANIMALS WERE NOT TO BE USED FORFOOD UNTIL LATER IN TIME.
v APPLICATION:
Ø WHAT DIFFERENCES DO WE SEE IN ADAM’S WORLDFROM OUR OWN TODAY?
§ IN ADAM’S WORLD ORIGINALLY,THERE WAS NO DEATH, NO STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE, NO VIOLENCE, NOT EVEN AMONG THE ANIMALS.
§ THERE WAS A CLOSERELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
§ MAN HAD DOMINION OVER HISENVIRONMENT AS A GOOD STEWARD.
· IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS TO USE HISENVIRONMENT TO SUSTAIN HIS LIFE, BUT HE WAS ALSO TO BALANCE HIS USE WITH TAKING CARE OFHIS ENVIRONMENT.
¨ TODAY WE EITHER WANTONLY DESTROY OURENVIRONMENT, OR WE ELEVATE IT TO THE LEVEL OF GODLINESS, WORSHIPPING IT AND MAKING IT MOREIMPORTANT THAN MAN.
Ø WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT CHRIST FROM GEN 1?
§ CHRIST, THE CREATOR (JOHN1:1-5,12-13 COL 1:15-17, 20-22)
· CHRIST, THE ETERNAL CREATOR (JOH1:1-2 COL 1:17)
· CHRIST, THE INITIATOR OF CREATION(JOH 1:3,10 COL 1:16 GEN 1:26-27)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THINGS INHEAVEN (COL 1:16)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THINGS ONEARTH (COL 1:16)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THINGSVISIBLE (COL 1:16)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THINGSINVISIBLE (COL 1:16)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THRONES,DOMINIONS, PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS (COL 1:16)
· CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF MAN (GEN1:26-27)
§ CHRIST, THE GIVER OF LIFE (JOH 1:4)
· PHYSICAL LIFE (GEN 1:26-27)
· SPIRITUAL LIFE (JOH 1:12-13)
§ CHRIST, THE POSSESSOR OFALL CREATION (COL 1:16)
§ CHRIST, THE SUSTAINER OFCREATION (COL 1:17)
§ CHRIST, THE REDEEMER ANDRE-CREATOR OF ALL CREATION (COL 1:20 ROM 8:19-23)
· CREATION ON EARTH (COL 1:20 ROM8:19-21)
· CREATION IN HEAVEN (COL 1:20 ROM8:19-21)
· MAN (COL 1:21-22 JOH 1:12-13 ROM8:23)
v HOMEWORK
v GENESIS 2(Background)
v THIS IS ASELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION
v APPLICATION OF GENESIS 1:26-31
Ø THINK ABOUT YOUR NATURE AS BODY, SOUL, ANDSPIRIT. WRITE A STATEMENT ABOUTHOW EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS DOMINATE YOUR PERSONAL LIFE
§ SOUL:
§ SPIRIT (OF MAN):
§ BODY:
v PREPARATION FOR GENESIS 2 (Background):
Ø WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF A COVENANT?
Ø WHY DO YOU THINK GOD MADE COVENANTS WITH MAN?
Ø HOW DO YOU THINK OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE WERESAVED?
Ø HOW DID GOD PLAN THAT MAN WOULD RECOGNIZEJESUS, THE MESSIAH, WHEN HE CAME?
v MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 111:9
