BODY--RULED SPIRITS !

BODY--RULED SPIRITS ! "Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be. And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you. wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)." (1 Thessalonians 5:22-23). The amplified Bible. Many people equate the body as them. But as you can see from the Scriptures, man is made up of three parts: notice the order that it is in, the apostle Paul said under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit "and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." Man is a spirit being, that processes a soul; and live in a body. The body is dead without the Holy Spirit, because he is the life giver. "It Is the Spirit who gives life (eternal life) He is the life giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit what ever [there is no profit in it]. The words [truths] that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life (eternal life). The soul of man; which is the makeup of the emotions, and the intellect, and his will and his thinking ! A none born again person is first mind, then body; and spirit: the soul and the body rules over the spirit. These are individuals that are body-- ruled spirits. Because Satan has done such a great job through the fall of Adam all men and women as well as Boys and Girls have the fallen nature of their father Satan. Listen to what Jesus told Nicodemus: "Now There was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, and authority) among the Jews, who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know and are certain that You have come from God [as] A Teacher; for no one can do the signs (these wonderworks, these miracles--- and produce the proofs) that You do unless God is with him. Jesus answered him, I assure you most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot even see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to Him, how That can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born ? Notice the carnal thinking: Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is bun of water and (even) the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] it my telling you, you must all be on anew (from above)". (John 3:1 through 8). The amplified Bible. Now I will continue along this line in another lesson.