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guored previously. "The Eterna! God
formed man of che dusr of rhe
ground." Dust is material substance.
Man is physical. Man's brain is physi–
cal. The human brain is almosr pre–
cisely like rhe brain of whale, ele–
phanr, dolphin, chimp. Bur rhe spirit
IN man is nonphysical. 1r is a non–
physical component !N man that is
not present in animal brain.
Spiri t Impares Intellect ro
Physical Brain
Now nocice the funccion of rhe
"spirir in man."
In his letter co che Corinthians, the
Apostle Paul is explaining why the
world's greac inrellecrs cannor com–
prehend che knowledge of what God
has in srore for man. He goes ro great
lengrh ro explain ir is not because of
big words or complicated language.
On che conrrary, he explains that he
used only plain, simple speech.
In chaprer 1, he shows iris not rhe
grear intellecrs that are able ro com–
prehend spiritual knowledge - but
on the contrary the more common
and simple among humans have been
called and given chis comprehension.
He wrires: "For you see your call–
ing, brethren, how thar nor many
wise men after the flesh, nor many
mighry, nor many noble, are called:
rhrough wood, or ic can me-an "did see."
R11ach may mean che nonphysical cssencc, spirir.
or ir may mean physical air, wind, brcach; somtcimes
it may mean attitude, and wich rhe word ·'Holy"
prcttxfing, ir mcans che Holy Spirit of God - non·
physiea l. of course.
As used herc in Job 32:8 it mcans spi rit - non·
physical t'SS<:ncc. '01c same word is used in Job 33:4,
speaking of che Holy Spirit of God: "The spiril
[mach] of God harh rnade me, and rhe bre-.rh (ne:rh·
amah] o( che Almighcy harh given me lifc." In rbis
senrcnce is a Hebrew word neshamab rhar cm mt-an
only "breatl1'' - che air r1L1r is breachcd in ro and
exhaled from che lungs rhrough che nomils. lc rcfers
ro Gcnesis 2:7: "And rbc Eccmal God formed man
of rhc dusr of rhc ground, and brC'Jchcd inro his nos·
rrils rhc brcach [>ushalllah] of life; and man becamc
a living soul." Th~ rnan God formcd out of marcer
from the ground did nor have life uncil God sparkcd
ir by brca1hing imo his noscrils che phrsical air.
("Breachcd" is from che Hebrew napbach. ro inil:uc,
ro blow.) A "soul." rranslatcd from che Hebrew
"ntphtJh... rnc-ans the breathing, living physical
bcing. wherhcr man or animal.
Also in Job 34: l•l. rhc same rwo words are used
- saying God gathe:rs ro Himself man's ">pirir"
(Heb. mr1ch) and his brearh (Hcb. llesbamt~h).
'T1lis demon>trates condusively rhar in che con·
rcxc che English word "spirir" in Job 32:8 has che
meaning of tpirit. rhc nonphysical c-ssencc.
PLAtN TRUTH July 1972
but God hath chosen rhe . .. weak
rhings of che world ro confound che
rhings which are mighry; and base
things of the wodd, and things which
are despised, hath God chosen ...
that no flesh sbould glory in his pres–
ence.... And 1, brethren, when 1
carne ro you, carne not with excellency
of speech or of wisdom, declaring
unto you che restimony of God"
(I Cor. 1 :26-29; 2:1).
In orher words chis spiritual
KNOWLEDGE is reveaied from God,
and is nor obrained because of a supe–
rior degree of human intellect. The
apostle is showing that even che
humble may comprehend. He writes
that "your faith should nor stand in
rhe wisdom of men, bur in che power
of God.... Bu r we speak the wisdom
of God ... even che hidden wis-
dom ... which none of che princes of
chis world knew ..." (verses 5-8).
The only way knowledge can enrer
rbe human mind, naru rally, is
through rhe eye, rhe ear, or che sense
of taste, smell, touch or feel. Paul
goes on to show that tbis spiritual
knowledge from God simply cannot
enrer the normal, natural mind - no
marcer how superior che inrellect.
"But as it is writren, Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have en–
tered into che hearr of man, rhe
things which God hath prepared for
them rhat !ove him" (verse 9).
" BuT God hath 1·evealed them unto
us by his Spirit ... " (verse 10), re–
gardJess of the degree of human inrel–
lecr. In orher words, chis knowledge
of spiritual things does nor enrer
human minds by natural processes -
for spirir cannor be seen, heard,
smel led, felt nor rasred - and there is
no other way knowledge enrers the
mind naturally. The great minds of
che world. wirhour God's Spirir, are
confined ro knowledge of che PHYSI–
CAL. That's why, when another -per–
haps of lesser inrellecrual arrainmems
- speaks of spirirual rhings, ir ap–
pears as urrer f'OOLISHNESS tO the
highly educated mind. All his knowl–
edge is confincd ro PHYSICAL things.
Spiritual things are on a totally differ–
enr plane.
T he Mysrery Explained
Now we come to the verse thar ex–
plains ir all! The verse rhac has been
MISapplied by those who have ac–
cepted the ''immortal soul" fallacy .
"For whar man knoweth che
things of a man, save the spirit of
man whicb is in him? even so the
things of God knoweth no man, but
the Spirit of God" (verse 11).
Study rhat - in context. What
man KNOWS - has knowledge of -
che rhings of a man - what man
could have this HUMAN knowledge -
knowledge animal brain cannot re–
ceive - save by rhe spirit of man
which is in him>
Animals do not have this spirit -
chis nonphysica1 componenr. Animal
brain therefore cannot perform as
does human MIND. And human brain
alone, just BARELY superior ro ani–
mal brain, could not have and utilize
chis human knowledge UNLESS there
was ADDED ro che physical brain chis
spirit - chis nonphysical componenr
chat is added ro man. And chis spirit,
associated with human brain, function–
ing with human brain, produces che
inrellect that is awesome compared ro
animals.
Keep carefully in mind rhat rhe
MAN is wholly composed of matter -
from rhe dust of rhe ground. Bur
God has added ro man something
that is not rhe man buc something
added ro che man - somerhing IN
him. And chis nonphysical something
- rhis spirit - impares che power of
inrellect ro physical human brain. Just
how 1 will explain later.
But, even though man has chis
power of MIND, bis mind is conlined
ro receiving PHYSICAL knowledge.
The reason for rhis also later.
But, even as man could not know
che rhings of a MAN without che addi–
tion of che spirit ofman, even so, che
rhings of Goo cannor be compre–
hended wirhout che addirion of
anorher Spirir - rhe Holy Spirir of
GoD~
Jusr as a srupid cow grazing on che
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