The Tri-Part Nature Of Man

This same Greek word is used in:

MAT 22:37 Jesus said to him, " `You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your MIND.’ (NKJ)

EPH 1:18 the eyes of you UNDERSTANDING being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (NKJ)

PHI 2:5 Let this MIND be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (NKJ)

II. He tells them to be sober.

The Greek has two meanings like the English.

1- refrain from drunkenness

2- be steady in your minds

As we must not be intoxicated with intoxicating liquor, we must not have intoxicating thoughts. We must keep a balance in our thought life.

"sober" - gr. used 6x’s in the NT - "calm, collected in spirit.

Barnes - sober - "A man who follows sound reason, not under the control of passions. The idea is that he should have his desires and passions well regulated. He should be prudent."

III. He tells them to completely fix their hope on the grace to be brought to them at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

It is a great characteristic of the Christian that He lives in hope; and because He lives in hope he can endure struggle and hardship... if he is certain that it is leading somewhere.

Notice These Scriptures In Closing...

ROM 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what {is} that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (NKJ)

EPH 4:23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, (NKJ)

1 COR 2:16 For "Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. (NKJ)

BODY – Gr. “soma”

3 John 1:2 (NLT) Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.

Psalms 6:2-3 (NLT) (Ps 6:2 (NLT)) Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. (3) I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

James 2:26 (NLT) Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.

This is where we house our soul and spirit. The area of the senses – touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight.

Body Potential in a 24-hour period:

1. Heart beat – 103,689 times

2- Blood travels – 168,000,000 miles

3- You will breathe – 23,040 times

4- You generate 450 tons of energy

5- You will speak 4800 words (If you are a man)

6- You will move and use over 700 muscles

7- You will walk 7 miles

8- You will use 7 million brain cells

FACTS ABOUT OUR BODY

Psalms 139:13-18 (NLT) You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. (14) Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. (15) You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. (16) You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (17) How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! (18) I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!