The Inner Man, part one

The Inner Man, part one

 3 John 2…Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

 The human person is made up of three individual personalities called, body, soul and spirit.

 The body is the temple or housing for the spirit man to operate thru, In relation to the natural world

 The soul is also made up of three parts, the mind, will and emotion.

 The spirit is only one same as our body.

The human body takes in food, but you don’t have to educate the body as to how the food is to be digested, and how the food contributes to benefit the bodies function.

The body doesn’t have to think, it does what comes naturally…

But when you feed the spirit man, you do have to think.

Why? because your spirit man is similar to a computer.  A computer can be plugged into the power and turned on, but if it hasn’t been programmed it will only give you a blank screen.

Why? It is simple, if there is nothing going into the heart of the computer, nothing can come out.

It is the exact same thing with the spirit man, the heart of any thing is the central part. In essence, heart of man, heart of the watermelon and so forth.

Matthew 12: 34   O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks…

The heart does not speak thru the soul, it speaks thru the inner man, which is the heart of the person or spirit or inner man, spiritually speaking they are the same.

The food or words for the spirit man or inner man, is fed thru the eyes and ears, to the mind, which is part of the soul.

At that time this has to be decide by the mind (or thinking part), and by the will, and by the emotions, which is the soul, as to how the spirit or inner man should receive this information.

Remember what it said in Matthew 12: 34. What goes in thru the soul comes out of the abundance of the heart, or the inner man.

If your eyes and ears take in the wrong information, then your soul has to deal with this before it gets to your spirit man.

If you see something that God wouldn’t approve of, bind it right then so it won’t go in your spirit man.

Same thing with hearing something worldly, rebuke it and say that is not my thought.

Matthew 15: 18-19   But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies:

 The reason this spiritual war is so hard for the natural person is every word you hear whether good or bad, religious or non-religious has to go thru the soul.

Every thing you see good or bad also has to go thru the soul. Let’s get a mental picture going here

You hear something, good or bad, wrong or right, religious or non-religious…

At this time your soul, which is made up of the mind, will and emotions has to direct this information that is coming in.

Now which one of the three parts of the soul is going to do the directing?

Your mind which is carnal?

Your emotions which are natural?

Or your will, which is controlled either by the natural ability from your mind or emotions or supernatural ability governed by the Holy Spirit.

Only one will feed your spirit or inner man. That is why we need to put on the full armor of God.

This armor is to protect the spirit man.

The name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus and the word of God protect the natural man.

The coverage of the armor is as following…

The helmet Protects the soul or thinking part of you.

The breastplate covers and protects the heart which is the place or dwelling of the Holy Spirit.

The belt of truth is to girt your self with the truths of God.

The gospel shoes are to protect your peace of mind while going thru tribulations on earth.

The two edged sword is the word of God

The shield of faith is to protect you from the fiery darts of the wicked.