What in the world are you?

 
    You know, if I had never read a Kenneth Hagin book, way, way back when, I might, even today, not know what I am.  Of course, I wouldn't be alone for a lot of other Christian folks still don't know what they are.  So many just think of themselves as a body with a brain, and that being open to question in some cases.   I used to think that way and then I read this book in which Bro. Hagin taught about being a spirit being, with a soul that lives in a body.  Wow!  Somebody flipped the switch and the light came on!  I had never heard that!  When that began to be they way I defined myself, agreeing with the Word, I changed and my approach to the the things of God also changed.   "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ".   1st The. 5:23

   So, what is the problem? What if you don't realize you are a spirit, possess a soul and live in a body?  The problem is that if you don't know what you are, you will never know who you are.  If you don't kow who you are, you won't really know what you are supposed to be doing or how to do it if you do.  I thought about this the other day and it came to me that a lot of folks, younger  ones perhaps,  still haven't heard this message.  And, if they don't hear and understand this message, they will may  ever rise to the levels of growth and faith that they should. They may never enjoy all that God has for them, in the spirit realm.  Hear ye!  Hear ye!  You are a spirit. That which is born of the spirit is spirit.

    For those who might have missed the message,  you are not your body.  That is just the temporary house you live in.  You are not your soul. That is the operating system that keeps the house functioning as it naturally should.  Your body did not get saved.  It will have to be rebuilt, and thank God it will be. I want a better one anyway.  Your soul did not get saved or born again. The Bible says it has to be saved by "engrafting"  of the Word of God, that is, trained to do what the Word  and the Spirit says  to  do.  It was your spirit ithat was saved. It was born again, made brand new. It is a new creature having never existed before.  It was fathered in you by the Spirit therefore it is of the spirit.  It needs constant connection with the Holy Spirit by which it is empowered to function and become the command center for the whole person.  It is a very different life style to live under the command of the spirit, which is joined to the HOly Spirit, than to live under the command of your body or soul.  They will lead you astray.