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scious" so
tO
spcak. Bur whcn played
on rhe rape machine, rhe whole
sound "comes ro life" preciscly as ir
sou nded when rccorded rhrough rhe
microphone.
In rhc case of relevision rape, borh
video (picrurc) and audio (sound) are
rccorded. And, in che form of a pic–
turc, ir comes back ro li fe whcn put
on thc air, evcn in full color.
We rhink of all rhis as somerhing
ordinary and simple roday - we have
come ro "rake ir for granted," as pan
of everyday life.
Then shou ld ir seem roo difficulr
for rhe Crearor, Miracle-working God
ro preserve our very
person.
and all
rhar we are, by means of rhis spirit of
man?
This, chen, is che Biblical revela–
rion. Perhaps a compararively small
minoriry of rhe earrh's human popu–
larion
believes
che Biblical revelarion.
Adam and Eve didn't. Most of their
descendanrs havc not. I can only hope
rhat rhe reader does - and srare,
furrher, rhar rhe rime is soon corrúng
when
everybody will!
Ler me say here rhar whar is
presenred hcrc is merely an
OVER·
vmw. There may be many derailed
aspecrs of rhis subjecr of rhe spirir of
man rbar
we
do nor as yer know.
There are definirely sorne aspecrs of
rhe subj ecc nor given ro us in Bíblica!
revelarion.
Remember whar
is
revealed in
Deureronomy
29:29:
"The secrer
rhings belong unto che Erernal our
God: but rhose rhings which are
revealed belong unto us and ro our
chi ldren for ever...." To rry to
cea–
son out derails of rhis subjecr not
revealed cou ld be intruding whcrc
man has no righr. I do nor wish ro
inrrude on rhc privacy of my God.
This subjecr, ir is realized,
couLd
arouse endless quesrions, probably
unimporram or uscless.
h
IS
imporranr ro know rhar ir is
definirely revcalcd rhar rhere
IS
rhe
promise of
U
FE AFTER DEATII -
and
rhar chis life comes through rhe
RES·
PLAIN TRUTH August 1972
URRECfJON -
nor rhrough rhe pagan
m)•rh of rhe immorraliry of che soul.
Ir
IS
important
to
know whar man
IS,
and
\XIHY
he is.
Now, wirh rhis revealed knowl–
edge in mind, whar, finally, is
MAN?
Man is a crcarion of rhe living
God. Formed, for rhis li fe, of material
subsrance f rom rhe dust of rhe
ground, man neverrheless was made
in the image, likcness - form and
shapc - of rhe Almighry God. He
was made ro need, and ro havc and
cnjoy i f he will, a very special rela–
cionship wirh his Maker. He was
given che wonderful power of
MIND,
ro make possible chis relarionship
wirh his Maker.
Buc rhe man and woman God
crcared were not created
COMPLETE -
nor have rheir dcscendants been
bom
complete. T hey were rhe significanr
pare of rhe
PHYSICAL CREATION,
rhat
was che material wirh which rheir
Maker mighr begin His
SPIR ITUAL
CREATION.
Srill, even as composed of physical
matrer, Adam was nor complete. One
very vital ingredienr was missing -
rhough God provided it for the rak–
ing, and offered ir ro Adam and Eve.
Thar is His Holy Spirir.
The "cree of life" in rhc Garden of
Eden was rhe symbol of God's Holy
Spirit, which mighc be called che
"seed" or divine spirirual "sperm"
impaning, or lcading ro, erernal life.
Ir has been explained in this arricle
in what manner Adam's creation was
incomplere. The spirir of man impares
rhe power of inrcllecr ro che physical
brain, bur ar rhc same rime ir
limits
che human mind ro
MATERIAL
knowl–
edgc.
Thc very prcscnce of this spirie in
man gives him a spirirual , mora l, and
erhical narure - with spirirual, moral
and erhical problems, but with
UNDERSTANDING
limited tO the phys–
ical and material.
Man was made ro havc a special
rclarionship wirh his Maker, )'et by
his transgressions, and lack of rhe
Spirit of God. he is
CL T OFF
from his
Maker!
Yer, even rhough our firsr parents
rcjccred God's knowlcdge and His
way, our Makcr has lefr rhe door
open. He has bcquearhed ro us H1s
REVEALED KNO\XILI!DGE
in the Bible.
Whcn Adam and Eve disbelicved
Him and disobcycd Him - made rhc
wrong choice - God drove rhem out
of rhe Garden of Eden, "lesr he pur
forrh his hand, and rakc also of che
cree of life, and ear, and live for
ever ..." (Gen.
3:22).
So Adam was
cut off from God. And, since rhen,
"all have sinned" (except J esus
Chrisr), and cut rhemselves off from
conracr wirh God (Isaiah
59:2).
But rhe Biblical revelarion shows
us rhar on rcpenrance, and fairh,
rhrough Jesus Chrisr, whose dearh
paid our penalty in our sread, we may
be reconciled ro God and receive His
Holy Spirit - Goo's Spirir, added ro
our
spirir. So rhat
His
"Spirit itself
bearerh wimess wirh our spirit, chat
we are rhe children of God" (Romans
8:16).
We chen become Chrisc's
(Romans 8:9).
Now, "if rhc Spirit of him thar
raised up Jesus from rhe dead dwell in
you, he rhar raised up Chrisr from rhe
dead shall also quicken your morral
bodies by his Spirir rhat dwellerh in
you" (Romans 8:Ll).
And when we are insranraneously
changed,
if
living ar che rime of
Chrisr's coming (I Corinrhians
15:51-54)
or, resurrecred ro eterna!
lifc if we have dicd previous ro rhac
rime,
we
shall cnrer rhe very King–
dom of God, composed of spirir. We
shall rhen be higher chan angels -we
shall judge angels (I Corinrhians 6:2-
3).
Whar is
MAN?
He is a human who
has gone che wrong way, but who has
the pocenriaJ of
TURNING AROUND,
repenting, believing, and becoming a
SON OF
Goo wich erernal life in
peacc, happiness, joy, abundanr well–
bei ng
G LOR Y,
for ever a nd
ever! •
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