Prepare-for-War

CHAPTER16

The Spirit and The Spirit World

In these last days, the whole population of the world is rapidly moving toward a greater awareness of the spirit world. Unfortunately, this awareness is of Satan and his kingdom, rather than of God and His kingdom. The West ern Hemisphere is rapidly becoming saturated with Eastern religions and concepts which all center around contact with the spirit world. The New Age movement has been growing at a very rapid rate, bringing false teachings about both the human spirit and the spirit world under the guise of science. If the Christian is going to stand firm in God's word against this last great onslaught by Satan, he must have a good scriptural understanding of the human spirit and the spirit world. Let's look at some scriptures that touch on this concept.

"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be pre served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." I Thessalonians 5:23

Paul teaches us here that we humans are tripartite beings. That is, we have three separate parts - the body, the soul (which is our conscious intellect, will, and emotions), and the spirit. He plainly states that all three must be cleansed and committed to Jesus, and that Jesus Himself must enable us to keep all three parts "blameless" until His return. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the

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