Your
Design
The
Wheel Diagram depicts man as a three-part
being consisting of spirit, soul and body (I
Thess. 5:23). With the body, through the senses, we relate to our
surroundings. The soul, or personality, consists of the functions of the
mind, will and emotions. The soul enables us to relate to one another. The
spirit enables us to transcend our abilities, limitations and
circumstances as we are regenerated or reborn and indwelt by the Holy
Spirit.
The
spirit is either related to Adam - Satan's family (see
Line Diagram) - or to Christ, God's family. We are born into the
world as descendants of Adam and partakers of his nature. That means our
spirits are dead to God and alive to Satan. We are in the wrong family!
Since our lives came from our first father, Adam, and go back in an
unbroken chain to him, we were actually in him when he sinned. Thus, we
became sinners before we were physically born. This being the case, we are
only doing what comes naturally when we commit sins (Rom.
3:23). Every life that remains in Adam will eventually end in Hell, as
shown in the diagram (Rom.
6:23). Even though we may live very good lives, humanly speaking, we
are separated from God unless and until we are born into His family by a
spiritual rebirth.
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