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capabk of a very limiced amounr of
knowledge. Ir is capable of a cerrain
limired amount of memory. Bur ani–
mal brain ourput is almost infinitesi–
mal by comparison ro human mind
outpur.
Yet chis human mind ourput is
LIMITED
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Ir
cannor come ro spiritual knowl–
edge unril
another
Spirir is added -
God' s
HOL
Y SPiluT! Ir can know
onLy
rhat knowledge rhar, as is srared in
1
Corinrhians
2:9,
eye has seen or ear
has heard - thar is, knowledge rhat
enters rhe brain rhrough rhe five
senses. And WHY?
Because spiri cual things are invis–
ible. One cannor see spirit. One can–
nor hear, touch or feel, smell or rasce
spirir.
The narural man, as humans are
born, is Jimited
to
PHYSJCAL, MATE·
RIAL knowledge - that knowledge
rhar can come rhrough rhe five senses.
The
Spirit
o f
Man
Does Not See
The spiri r of man does nor see. The
human brain sees, through rhe eye.
Tbis spirir does nor hear. The brain
hears, rhrough rhe ear. The spirir of
man does not think - ir impans
power
ro
the brain ro rhink.
Prove ir! Very well - a man meets
wirh an accidenr and loses his eye·
sight. He can no longer see. He can
scill think.
He
srill has human mind.
His spirit is sciii rhere, buc ic cannor
see. The same is crue of hearing and
rhe orher senses. His abiliry
ro
receive
knowledge is reduced, for he no
longer receives knowledge rhrough
the sense of sight.
This
Spirit
is NOT
che
Man
This spirir rhar is in man is merely
somerhing rhac is LN him. Ir is nor
rhe man, any more rhan a riny marble
swallowed by a boy
IS
the boy.
h
is
merely somerhing rhar is
IN
him.
I have covered before rhe sratemenr
found in Genesis 2, verse 7: "The
Eterna] God formed man of rhe dusr
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of rhe ground, and brearhed inro his
nostrils rhe brearh of life; and man
became a living soul."
Whar became a soul? That which
carne from rhe dusr of rhe ground -
material subsrance. The brearhing
MAN, composed of MATTER, is a soul.
The soul, then, is physical - NOT
SPUUT. I r is rwice srared "che soul
rhar sinneth, ir shall die" (Ezekiel
18:4, 20) .
Adam became
a
soul, and
God rold h.im rhar if he ate the for–
bidden fruit he would SURELY die.
So chis spirir of man rhar is LN him
muse noc be confused with. che idea of
an "immortal soul" - something
enrirely foreign ro Biblical revelarían.
Life Mter Death?
The Biblical revelarion, rhcn ,
makes the claim rhar man is made
whol ly of material subsrance, is mor–
ral, and shall die. As srated in
Hebrews
9:27 ,
"And as ir is
appoimed unto men once ro die, but
after this che judgment. ... "
But after dearh - rhen whar?
Is rhere
HOPE
in che Bible for life
after dearh '
The scriprure quored above says,
"after chis" - afrer dearh - "rhe
judgment." Thar cenainly implies life
after dearh.
Then does the Biblical revelarion
give us hope for life afrer death?
Empharically ir does! Ir is che GREAT
HOPE- that of the RESURRECriON
01'
THE DEAD. Ir was for rhis Bíblica!
hope rhar rhe Apostle Paul was on
erial for his life (Acrs
23:6).
Mosr of rhe Wesrern world cele–
brares Easter once a year. Supposedly
chis is in honor of rhe resurrecrion of
Jesus Christ. Of course we don't hear
much abour wherher Christ
mnained
alive, afrer His resurrecrion - or, if
so, whar He is doing coday. Yer a
whole book of che Bible is devoced ro
whac rhe
Living
Chrisr has been doing
since His resurrection - and is doing
roday! That is rhe book of Hebrews.
The ''resurrection chaprer" of rhe
Bible is che 15th chaprer of I Corin-
rhians. lt plainly reveals rhar rbe res–
urrection is che
sou
hope of life afrcr
dearh.
"As
in Adam al! die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive ... "
(verse
22) .
Bur rhere is an order in
which resurrecrions occur - concin–
ui.ng rhe above c¡uore: "Bur every
man in b is own order: Christ rhe
firstfruirs; afrerward rhey chat are
Chrisr's ar his coming. Then comerh
rhe end.... "
Orher passages reveal rwo more
resurreccions - Ezekiel
37
and Reve–
lation
20:11 -12,
a resurrecrion ro
phys–
ical
life a rhousand years after che first
resurrecrion, and a final resurrection
(che 13th verse of Revelarion
20).
Bur HOW will God accomplish chis
resurrecrion '
Prepare for sorne surprises.
Will God, in sorne supernarural
manner, cause all of che exact same
marter rhat was in rhe body of che
person rhar died ro be broughr back
ro life? Many have becn crernated. In
sorne cases, che ashes may have been
scarrered over wide disrances by air–
planes. Most of rbe cremated body
went up in gaseous form imo che air.
Oid you ever wonder how God
would bring aiJ rhe gaseous and ash
porrions back rogerher again, into a
resrored body?
Well Mrst, norice whar we may
learn
in che 15th chaprer of
l
Corin–
thians. The Corinrhians muse have
wondered abour rhat, because che
Apostle Paul was inspired ro give
them rhe answer.
' 'But sorne man will say, How are
che dead raised up; and wirh what
body do rhey come? Thou fool [or,
"foolish man," or "foolish c¡ucs–
rion" ] , rhat which rhou sowesr is not
c¡uickened, except ir die: and rhat
which rhou sowest, thou sowesc nor
rhar body rhat shall be, bur bare
grain, ir may chance of wheat , or of
sorne orher g rain; bU( God giverh ita
body as ir hath pleased him , and ro
every seed his own body . . _,.
(I
Corinrhians 15:35-38).
Yo u planr a grain of whear. Whear
PLAIN TRUTH August 1972