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The Spirit of Man
Perhaps the single most mis-understood aspect of man is his spirit. What is it and from where did it come? Everyone knows the physical body fairly well. It feels heat and cold. It reacts to stimuli. Prick my skin with something sharp and we can immediately see my body react. Not so much the spirit of man. We have a physical brain that responds to stimuli. The imagination of man can produce some pretty interesting results. Heavier than air flight, for an example. The brain also responds to physical stimuli. Lack of oxygen can produce some rather interesting results as well, so long as it is not too long. Pilots can and often do experience short "blackouts" when pulling too many G's. There are many things that bring pleasure to our physical bodies. All these examples have to do with the physical body. I suspect that everyone has a reasonably good understanding of their physical body and what does and does not feel good to that body. In large part I think everyone probably has a pretty good idea of what stimuli feels good and how and where to apply that stimuli for maximum effect. So what about the spirit of man? Do you understand your spirit man/woman as well as you do your physical body? You may disagree with the basic premise of what I am about to present but in order to have open and honest discussion it becomes necessary to consider these things.

Questions for consideration:

1. If you agree that you have a spirit that is seperate from your physical body, ask yourself why.

2. Further, if you do have a spirit, is there a purpose for the spirit?

3. Where did this spirit come from?

4. Possibly the spirit of man just occured at birth. BUt if that is true then something besides a physical birth occured.

5. Another possibility, it was given to man by something or somebody.

6. A mans body or flesh will oneday die, what about his spirit?

7. Is there a connection between a mans mind and his spirit?

8. Can the spirit of man communicate with his mind?

9. If you believe that there is communication between a mans mind and his spirit does that imply a spiritual consciousness that is not from the mind of man.

10. If this is so, where does that consciousness reside?

11. Where does the personality or self awareness of a man come from? His mind or his spirit?

12. Can a man know the the answer to these questions?

Information for Consideration:

I believe that man can indeed know the answers to these questions and even greater questions than these. I also believe that there is a single source that we can turn to for the answers. I believe that the single source is the source of all life and all that single source is THE creator. That all things were made through Him and without Him nothing was made that was made. That in Him was life and that the life was the light of men and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not comprehend it. (1) I believe that man was created by God who spoke His word and said Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness and let THEM have dominion over everything on the earth.(2)

(1) John 1:3-5 NKJ, (2) Genesis 1:26-28

If you want to know more or want to have a dialogue contact me at http://www.allaboutgod.com/


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