We are tripartite beings
Body – “The Flesh, the Old Man”
Soul – “Mind, Emotions, my will”
Spirit
The Soul (my mind) is the bridge between my body and my spirit
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had fellowship with God
But even though they had intimate fellowship with God, they still had free will
When Sin entered the picture, my spirit died.
God said to Adam and Eve, if they ate the fruit of the tree they would die. (Gen 2:17)
This was not a physical death, but the death of their spirit
Sin 1.0
When man fell in to sin in the Garden, man’s mind was “reformatted” with Sin 1.0
At this point I am unaware of my “spirit”
Today’s “new age” society will try to draw you to an awareness of the “human spirit”
This is not the same spirit that is spoken of in the scriptures
This “human spirit” is actually my soul
My soul is where my feelings are
Today’s society wants you to “feel” awakened and renewed
But there is only one thing that can truly awaken your spirit
What happens when I accept Jesus
My spirit is renewed, and made perfectly alive – Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God. - Romans 8:10 NLT
The Holy Spirit “links up” with my spirit
Sin 1.0 is removed
But I still have a problem - The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict. Galatians 5:16-17 NLT
My soul is pulled because the Holy Spirit is taking me one way, and my flesh wants to take me another
But you may ask yourself, I have Jesus in my heart, the Holy Spirit linked up with my spirit, so why do I have so many problems?
I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate. I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience shows that I agree that the law is good. But I can’t help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes me do these evil things. I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn, I can’t make myself do right. I want to, but I can’t. When I want to do good, I don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. But if I am doing what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it. – Romans 7:15-20 NLT
Although Sin 1.0 has been removed by Jesus Christ, there may still be remnant viruses like:
Pornography.exe
Drug_addiction.exe
Pride.exe
Resentment.com
Gossip.com
The Holy Spirit is telling my spirit to relay to my soul, that we need to get rid of them
By my flesh is telling my soul that those are harmless, and will just go away with time
These viruses can be self replicating
The Melissa virus sent itself to everyone in your email address book when you opened it
Sin issues in the church can spread just as fast (1 Cor 5:6)
It’s time to apply some new software for the old hardware
New software – the Word of God
let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. – Romans 12:2 NLT
This software doesn’t require a supercomputer to run it
It will run on the old hardware
It doesn’t need any upgrades! – It is a complete package
The same Holy Spirit that has linked up with your spirit is the same Holy Spirit that wrote the software!
You have to apply the new software for it to work
When you apply the Word of God, it will begin a search of your “HEART” drive
The Word will detect and bring you to an awareness of those old remnant viruses
The software will prompt you – “Would you like to remove this virus? Yes or No?”
The more I allow the Spirit to take control, my flesh has no choice but to tag along
So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. – Galatians 5:16
