You can not realize, but you are a spiritual being. In reality, you are not a body or a mind, but a spirit. You are made in the image and likeness of God, and God is spirit. Look at Genesis 1:26 "Let us make man in our image and likeness ...".
John 4:24 says "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth." It says that God is mind or body; says, "God is spirit." This means that you are spirit, because you were made in the image and likeness of God.
When we rises again, what we are in reality - the spirit of man - born again, what means the real nature is revealed. Instead of spiritually dead and separated from God, now you have eternal life and communion with God. John 3: 16-18 says "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him who believes in Him is not judged, which does not believe is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
This all takes place in the spiritual realm, not the realm of the soul (or mind), much less in the physical realm. When you are born again, your mind and your body must be renew for the Word of God in Sacred Scriptures, then your spirit will be born in spirituality. If not can occur a conflict, how Jesus said: “No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old coat, because if the new piece pulls away, it makes the hole bigger. Men do not put new wine into old skin bags. If they did, the skins would break and the wine would run out. The bags would be no good. They put new wine into new skin bags and both can be used.” (Matthew 9.16-17)
Then renew your mind, body and soul though the Word of God in Sacred Scriptures. Forget the past and live a new life in Christ!
Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold all things are become new." Of course, all your old thoughts are not instantly, because you're still thinking about the same things you thought before being saved. If your thinking about was money problems you had before being saved, your thoughts about it remain the same. If your thoughts have to do with a few drinks on Saturday night before you were saved, you continue with those same thoughts. It was your spirit that has been recreated. Because this we must look forward to be in the Word, keep watching and praying, because the Evil is around trying to destroy us!
Your body can be renew also. It is a spiritual experience that completely changes the spirit of the man's death and separation from God for a spirit to life, and communion with God. As a born again believer, now you are part of the family of God and you are way to heaven. You are now the righteousness of God, and there is no condemnation in your life. If we are Christians, we remember these spiritual truths, we walked in victory through the adversities of life since the day we are born again. However, we have a soul and a body full of vices and we have to deal with.
Our soul, mind and emotions must be renewed. Here's what your thinking, reasoning and imagination take place and you decide how to react or respond to life's circumstances. Remember, your soul is not born again, it must be renewed. Your body is your home here on Earth, it is the temple as Jesus said! it must be clean and pure to hold the Holy Spirit, if we really are in communion with Him!
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” We must be born again to be salve, I believe! Nowadays, we see a lot of believers but they do not have true Love to the Word and the neighbours! The love is growing cold in the end times as Jesus said.
Although we are born again and the Holy Spirit lives in us now, we can quickly block out what He trying do in us. A key to a successful Christian is in fact our mind be in tune with what the Holy Spirit tells us through the Word. Romans 8:6,7 tells us "Because the carnal mind gives to death, but the Spirit for life and peace." Therefore, the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Can you think of two ways: carnal or spiritual. You have the choice to do according to what you say flesh, or according to what the spirit tells you. Carnal means "meat" then a carnal mind is one that thinks in line with the body or the world. If your body says not to do anything, even if you do not do anything, I mean you're lazy. If your body tells you to eat enough, you end up getting fat. You can even say to commit adultery! And if your head goes by what your body says, you'll be in trouble all the time, because your body is not redeemed. Romans 8:23 says "Equally groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption as sons, the redemption of our body."
The god of this world, Satan can attack the flesh with all sorts of negative thoughts. But if your mind is spiritual, not carnal, and you are not going to allow the attacks of Satan influence you. Romans 8:5,6 tells us "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Because the carnal mind gives to death, but the Spirit, for life and peace."
It is really important we renew our mind studying the Word every day with the help of Holy Spirit. Then when the process to be born again to finish we can have our real spirit, which the Lord created living in our body renewed.
The disease reflected the imperfections of our spirit, mind and soul. If we are all in unity with the Lord we can reflected His Life. Then do not permitted the Evil attach you! When he try answer him with the Word as Jesus did in the desert. But take care because the father of his world, Satan, knows the Word very good and will try to rebate! Do not worry because Jesus had already won him! He is nothing! Jesus is already set down besides the Father in Heaven, looking at us!
Bibliography:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209&version=NLV
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