Spirit

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Being born again is being born of the Spirit and not just of the flesh[1] means that we are seeking to follow The Way of Christ in our hearts and in our minds to become faithful doers of the word in truth as well as in spirit.

Spirit

The modern definition it is said that spirit' includes:

  1. "the nonphysical part of a person that is the seat of emotions and character; the soul."
  2. "those qualities regarded as forming the definitive or typical elements in the character of a person, nation, or group or in the thought and attitudes of a particular period."

The word Spirit appears many times in the Bible. In Hebrew we see the word ruwach[2] which is also translated wind, breath, side, mind, blast, vain, air, and anger, cool, courage, etc.

Breath comes out of your mouth as you speak and manifests that spirit that dwells within in words.

In Genesis 1[3] we are told that "the earth was without form, and void" and it was "the Spirit of God" that "moved upon the face of the waters".

This breath of God also was apart of the formation of man as a living soul with a spirit of his own.[4]

Jesus would also breath on the Apostles so that they could receive that same Spirit of God or what is called the Holy Spirit.[5]

It is this same Spirit of God that is the source of revelation about the Law of Nature and the Will of God and make us anew man.[6]

Different spirits

In the Greek of the New Testament we see the word pneuma[7] translated Spirit or Ghost as in the phrase the Holy Ghost. It can refer to the Spirit of God, Spirit of truth[8], or a human spirit, or even an evil spirit.

Being born again is being born of the Spirit and not just of the flesh.[1] We as creatures of flesh cannot conjure up that Spirit with words and rituals but it is independent of what we do or say.[9]

While our words clearly cannot save us and Jesus emphasizes our doing the will of the Father in Heaven and forgiveness is clearly a part of opening our hearts to His redemption.

If we say we believe in the Lord and do what He says to do and not do what He condemns then our spirit, our breath, our character is one with His Holy Spirit.

If you are truly seeking the Kingdom of God then what you say and do should be conforming to the righteousness of God. If we keep the commandments of God the Father then our spirit is set apart, or said to be holy, our character or nature is upright, virtuous and honorable.

We are walking in the name of the Messiah,the Holy Spirit of Christ, or The Way of Jesus, etc. is walking in the righteousness of truth. The Truth and the Spirit of God are one.[10]

But there are other spirits that may deceive.

"You are possessed of an instinct—a spirit—that orients you toward the highest good. It calls your soul away from hell and toward heaven. And because it is there, you find yourself frequently disillusioned. People disappoint you. You betray yourself; you lose a meaningful connection to your workplace, boss, or partner. You think, “The world is not set right. It is deeply troubling to me.” That very disenchantment, however, can serve as the indicator of destiny. It speaks of abdicated responsibility—of things left undone, of things that still need to be done. You are irritated about that need. You are annoyed with the government, you are embittered and resentful about your job, you are unhappy with your parents, and you are frustrated with all these people around you who will not take on responsibility. There are, after all, things that are crying out to be accomplished. You are outraged that what needs to be done is not being done. That anger—that outrage—is, however, a doorway. That observation of abdicated responsibility is the indication of destiny and meaning. The part of you that is oriented toward the highest good is pointing out the disjunction between the ideal you can imagine—the ideal that is possessing you—and the reality you are experiencing. There is a gap there, and it is communicating its need to be filled. You can give way to fury, in consequence, and blame it on someone else—and it is not as if other people are not contributing to the problems. Or you can come to understand that your very disappointment is an indication to you from the most fundamental levels of your being that there is something wrong that needs to be set right—and, perhaps, by you. What is it, that concern, that care, that irritation, that distraction? It is not the call to happiness. It is the call to the action and adventure that make up a real life. Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By the fruits you will know them.

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Spiritual Economics | Spiritual Contract | Spiritual mechanics |
Law is spiritual | poor in spirit | Meditation | Soul |
Phylacteries | Tefillin | Fringe | Breeches |
Mind | Dendritic tree | Trees | The Rod |

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Meditation | Mind | Dendritic tree | Trees | Bastiat's The Law and Two Trees |
No Devils and Demons | Satan | Strong Delusion | Occult | Workers of Iniquity |
If I were the devil | Signs in the Sun | Thought for the day | Doer | Heroes


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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "st" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 07307 ^חור^ ruwach \@roo’- akh\@ ReishVavChet from smell 07306; n f; AV-Spirit or spirit 232, wind 92, breath 27, side 6, mind 5, blast 4, vain 2, air 1, anger 1, cool 1, courage 1, misc 6; 378
    1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
    1a) breath
    1b) wind
    1b1) of heaven
    1b2) quarter (of wind), side
    1b3) breath of air
    1b4) air, gas
    1b5) vain, empty thing
    1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
    1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
    1c2) courage
    1c3) temper, anger
    1c4) impatience, patience
    1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
    1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
    1c7) prophetic spirit
    1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
    1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God’s spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
    1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
    1e1) desire
    1e2) sorrow, trouble
    1f) spirit
    1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
    1f2) rarely of the will
    1f3) as seat especially of moral character
    1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
    1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
    1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
    1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
    1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
    1g5) as energy of life
    1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
    1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
  3. Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
  4. Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  5. John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
  6. 1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
  7. 4151 ~πνεῦμα~ pneuma \@pnyoo’-mah\@ from 4154; 643} n n AV-Spirit 111, (Holy) Ghost 89, Spirit (of God) 13, Spirit (of the Lord) 5, (My) Spirit 3, Spirit (of truth) 3, Spirit (of Christ) 2, human (spirit) 49, (evil) spirit 47, spirit (general) 26, spirit 8, (Jesus’ own) spirit 6, (Jesus’ own) ghost 2, misc 21; 385
    1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
    1a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the Holy Spirit)
    1b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of Truth)
    1c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
    2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
    2a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
    2b) the soul
    3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at leastall grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting
    3a) a life giving spirit
    3b) a human soul that has left the body
    3c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
    3c1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
    3c2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
    4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
    4a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
    5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
    5a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
    5b) breath of nostrils or mouth For Synonyms see entry 5923
  8. Spirit and Truth
    Psalms 31:5 "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."
    John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."
    John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."
    John 14:17 "[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
    John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"
    John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."
    Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
    Ephesians 5:9 "(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"
    2 Thessalonians 2:13 "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"
    1 Peter 1:22 "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:"
    1 John 4:6 "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
    1 John 5:6 "This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."
  9. John 3:8 "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
  10. John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."