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Spirit
The modern definition it is said that spirit' includes:
- "the nonphysical part of a person that is the seat of emotions and character; the soul."
- "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[1] 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[2] 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.[3]
Jesus would also breath on the Apostles so that they could receive that same Spirit of God or what is called the Holy Spirit.[4]
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.[5]
In the Greek of the New Testament we see the word pneuma[6] translated Spirit or Ghost as in the phrase the Holy Ghost. It can refer to the Spirit of God, Spirit of truth, or a human spirit, or even an evil spirit.
Being born again is being born of the Spirit and not just of the flesh.[7] We as creatures of flesh cannot conjure up that Spirit with words and rituals but it is independent of what we do or say.[8]
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.[9]
By the fruits you will know them.
- ↑ 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)
- 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- 1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
- ↑ John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."