Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
Many people can
recite the Lord's prayer and know this part of it-
'Give us this day
our daily bread.'
Many also know this-
Mat_4:4 … Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And this-
Joh_6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst.
And they know this-
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
We truly need OUR
DAILY BREAD- our SPIRITUAL BREAD must NOT be neglected! We must feed the spirit
with the WORD of GOD! The Word full of grace and truth!
We cannot except to
have any sort of spiritual walk with God if we do not feed on the spiritual
Word given to us!
WE have to realize
how important God's word is, we have to!
WOULD YOU DIE FOR
THE WORD OF GOD?! WOULD YOU?! Many have chosen to do so. Many people have
suffered prison, torture and death just to have and give others the eternal
life giving Word of God. The word of God CAN divide the soul from the spirit!
The word of God is POWERFUL- spiritually powerful! It may not prevent physical death or torture
but it prevents eternal death and this is something that Satan despises! And
all of Satan's workers, all his human instruments will despise the word of
God's TRUE power. While they may use the
word of God for their deceptions, the TRUE power of the word of God is something
they fear, something they hate!
(Excerpt from - The
Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee)
'This war between
the soul and the spirit is waged SECRETLY but interminably within God’s
children. The soul seeks to retain its authority and move independently, while
the spirit strives to possess and master everything for the maintenance of
God’s authority. Before the spirit achieves its ascendancy the soul has tended
to take the lead in all regards. Should
a believer allow self to be the master while expecting the Holy Spirit to help
and to bless him in his work, he undoubtedly will FAIL to produce spiritual
fruit. Christians cannot anticipate a walk and work pleasing to God if they
have not crushed their soul life by PERSISTENTLY denying its authority and
unconditionally laying it in the dust. Except all power, impatience, and
activity of the natural life are deliberately and one by one delivered to the
cross and a ceaseless vigil is maintained, it will seize every chance to revive
itself. The reason for so many defeats in the spiritual realm is because
this sector of the soul has not been dealt with drastically. If soul life is
not stripped away through death but is allowed to mingle with the spirit,
believers shall continue in defeat. If our walk does not exclusively express
God’s power it shall soon be vanquished by man’s wisdom and opinion. Our natural life is a formidable obstacle to
spiritual life. Never satisfied with God alone, it invariably adds
something extra to God. Hence it is never at peace. Before the self is touched
God’s children live by very changeable stimulations and sensations. That is why
they exhibit a wavy up-and-down existence. Because they allow their soulical
energies to mix in with spiritual experiences their ways are often unstable.
They accordingly are not qualified to lead others. Their unrelinquished soul
power continually deflects them from letting the spirit be central. In the
excitement of soulical emotion the spirit suffers great loss in freedom and
sensation. Joy and sorrow may imperil the believer’s self-control and set
self-consciousness on a rampage. The mind, if overly active, may affect and
disturb the quietness of the spirit. To admire spiritual knowledge is good, but
should it exceed spiritual bounds the result shall be merely letter, not
spirit. This explains why many workers, though they preach the most excellent
truth, are so cold and dead. Many saints who seek a spiritual walk share a
common experience—one of groanings because their soul and spirit are not at
one. The thought, will and emotion of their soul often rebel against the
spirit, refuse to be directed by the spirit and resort to independent actions
which contradict the spirit. The life in their spirit is bound to suffer in
such a situation. Now given a condition like this in the believer, the teaching
in Hebrews 4.12 takes on paramount significance. For the Holy Spirit instructs
us therein how to divide spirit and soul experientially. The dividing of these
two is not a mere doctrine; it is pre-eminently a life, a must in the
believer’s walk. Just what is its
essential meaning? It means, first of all, that by His Word and through His
indwelling Spirit God enables the Christian to differentiate in experience the
operations and expressions of the spirit as distinct from those of the soul.
Thus he may perceive what is of the spirit and what is of the soul.'
May we through the
power of the Word and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit comprehend what is
spirit and what is soul in us, what is of God and what is of the natural man.
Please, Lord,
please. We would be YOURS. We believe, HELP our unbelief!
All by the love, the
mercy, the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ, our Lord now and forever!!!!!!!
Amen.
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