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dom is almost the same in physi–
cal form, design, constituency, as
human brain. The brains of
whales, elephants, dolphins are
la rger-and chimp almost as
Jarge. Yet the output of the
human brain is indescribably
greater. Few indeed know WHY!
Many passages of Scripture
show that there is a spirit
in
man .
Spirit is
not
matter, and man is
wholly matter. But,
ac;
there could
be a small metal object swallowed
by mistake,
IN
man, yet n'o part
of the man himself, so with the
spirit within each human. Be–
cause i
t
is in the form of
essence- not a "ghost" or being
of itself- and to distingu ish it
from God's Holy Spirit,
I
desig–
nate it as the "human" spirit.
Nevertheless, it is spirit and not
matter.
T his "human" spirit imparts
the power of intellect to the
human physical brain . The spirit
cannot see, bear, Laste, smell or
feel. The
brain
sees through the
ey
e,
hears through the ear, etc.
The " human " spirit cannot of
itself think. The physical brai n
thinks.
What , thcn, is the function of
this " human" spirit? lt is NOT a
" sou l." But,
1)
it imparts the
power of intellect-of thinking,
and of MINO power, to the human
brain; and
2)
it is the very means
God has instilled, making possible
a personal relationship between
human MAN and divine Goo.
God creatcs,
as
previously ex–
plained , by the principie of DUAL–
ITY. So it is with the creation of
MAN. Tt is accomplished in TWO
STAGES:
1)
the physical phase,
which began with the first man,
Adam; and 2) the spiritual state,
which begins with the " Second
Adam" Jesus Christ
O
Corin–
thians
15:45-46) .
So also, man was made from
his creation (and birth) with the
one "human" spirit-btH he is
INCOMPLI;:TE; he was made to
need
another
Spirit- the HOLY
SPIRIT of God- and when that
gift of God is received, God's
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"Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the
chi ldren of God " (Romans
8: 16)-in the begotten (or first
stage) of man's
spiritual
cre–
ation.
This is most clearly explained
in
1
Corinthians
2.
" .. . Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart [mind] of man, the
things which God hath prepared
for them that !ove him" (verse
9)-spiritual knowledge. T he
natural mind can know only what
the brain can physically see, hear,
taste, smell or feel, through the
five physical senses. T he natural
mind is
confined
to physical ,
material knowledge!
"But God hath revealed them
[spi r itual things] unto us by H is
Spirit ..." (verse 1O).
" For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? . .." (verse
11).
A cow, sheep, or dog cannot
know the things a MAN knows–
and neither could a man, except
by the spirit of man which is
in
him. Likewise, the natural man
with this one spirit is
limited
to
material knowledge- "even so
the things of God knoweth no
man, but the Spirit of God. "
ÜNLY when the Holy Spirit
enters, combining with the "hu–
man " spirit, can a man come to
really comprehend that which is
spirituai-"But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are fool–
ishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spir–
itually discerned " (verse 14).
That is WHY the most highly
educated are, over-all, the most
ignorant-they are confined to
knowledge of the materi al.
Knowledge of God and the things
of God are foolishness to them.
But, of course, God says, "The
wisdom of this world is foolish–
ness with God"
(1
Corinthians
3:19).
World Cut Off from God
Now back to the first human,
Adam.
Remember God's PURPOSE in
creating man on the earth : 1) to
restore the GOVERNMENT OF Goo
on earth, and by regulating hu–
man life through that GOVERN–
MENT, a) complete the physical
creation of earth where angels
turned it to ruin, and b) in t he
process complete the creation of
MAN by developing righteous
SpirituaJ CHARACTER; and
2)
es–
tablish the KJNGDOM OF Goo,
and eventually the incredible hu–
man potential of finishing the
creation of the vast UNJVERSE!
T h is supreme PURPOSE re–
q uired: 1) that MAN reject Satan 's
WAY, embracing Goo's WAY of
LOVE, based on God 's spiritual
Law and
2)
that man be made
first of matter so that, if he was
led into Satan 's way of "GET," he
could be CHANGED, converted to
Goo's WAY of LOVE.
Spiritual beings, once a fin–
ished creation as (were the one
third of the angels who became
evil characters )
cou ld not be
changed!
Spirit is constant and
eternal- not subject to change.
But physical matter is constantly
changing.
Through God 's Master Plan
for His Spiritual Creation, to be
covered later, it had been master–
planned by God and "T he Word"
that "The Word " would divest
H imself of His Supreme Glory,
and in due time, take on Him the
likeness of human flesh, as Jesus
Christ, making possibl e the spiri–
tual phase of the creation of
MAN-God REPRODUCING H tM–
SELF! What a MASTER PLAN for
the extreme ULTIMATE in creative
accomplishment! How GREAT is
our God- in mind, purpose, plan–
ning, des igning, as well as CREAT–
ING- from the tiniest germ or
insect to the most huge s un ,
dwar fing our own great sun to
ins ignificance!
And the incredible human po–
tential
ÍS
that the GREAT MAJES–
TIC Goo is, in MAN , reproducing
H imself- man can be born into
the Goo FAMILv!
The first human, Adam, was
created with the potential of qual–
ifying to replace Sa tan, the for–
mer Lucifer , on earth's throne,
restoring the GOVERNMENT OF
Goo.
But it was necessary t hat he
res ist, and reject Satan's "GET"
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