Knowing the Soul

Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; vanity of

vanities, all is vanity.

King Solomon sought the meaning of life in a way

wrong and it is in that same way that most of the
people are doing.

Most people have a wrong view on

Regarding your own identity.

They believe that the most important thing in their lives is their achievements.
humans, their physical appearance, their position in society, their
money or acquisitions. And in the end all people think
that is the most important thing in them, they are empty people,
full of sadness and insecurity.

What happens is that people don't realize that the issue

it has to do with its nature of sin.

Sin has caused the separation between man and God, and
that is the reason why there are so many in human beings
problems.
 Now, the problem is that many children of God, who do not
they have matured, they live this way, just like those who don't
they know God. Gal 4:1 But I also say: As long as
the heir is a child, in no way differs from the slave, although he is
lord of all...

God wants us as His children to show to the

Men, what is the path to a life of peace.

In the world, success is equal to happiness and failure

it is equal to uselessness.

In the kingdom of God, we all have the same opportunity to

be happy, since happiness does not depend on what we have
or what we do, but rather that we are children of God.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because

As much as you rejected knowledge, I will reject you from the priesthood; and
because you forgot the law of your God, I will also forget your
children. What happens is that many are not considering what
are in God.
Now let's analyze man's fall:

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground
dust, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being
living.

Dust of the earth + Breath of life = Living being

The exterior part of man is his body, which is what is

communicate with the world through the senses.
The inner part is called the soul, which contains the mind, the
will and emotions. That is the image of God in the
man, and for that reason he can reason, decide, and feel.
When God breathes His breath of life into man, then
it is when man receives life.

Alive physically and spiritually:

Physical life is the union of the soul/spirit with the body. 2Co 5:8 but
we trust, and we would rather be absent from the body, and
presents to the Lord.
Spiritual life is the union of the soul/spirit with God. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore,

We do not faint; even though our outward man is perishing

wearing out, the interior nonetheless renews day by day.
In the beginning, man had:

Meaning, Sense, Purpose: Gen 1:26-28 Then God said:

Let us make man in our image, according to our
likeness; and dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the heavens,
in the beasts, throughout the land, and in every creeping thing
about the earth. And God created man in His image, in the image of God
(E)
He created them; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and he said to them:

Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion
in the fish of the sea, in the birds of the heavens, and in all the beasts
that move upon the earth. Ephesians 1:11 In him also we had
inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the
who does all things according to the counsel of his will, in order to
that we may be for the praise of his glory, we who
first we hoped in Christ.

Protection and Security: Gen 1:29-30 And God said: Behold, I have given you
every plant that gives seed, which is upon all the earth, and all
tree that has fruit and gives seed; they will be for you to eat. And to
every beast of the earth, and all the birds of the heavens, and all that ...
that crawls over the earth, where there is life, every green plant
it will be for you to eat. And it was so. Ephesians 3:12 in whom we have confidence
and access with confidence through faith in Him. Col 3:3 Because
you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Belonging and Access: Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said: It is not good
that man should be alone; I will make him a suitable helper. Eph 5:28-31
Likewise, husbands should love their wives as their own
same bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Because
no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for it
He cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, because we are members of it.
his body, from his flesh and from his bones. For this reason a man shall leave
his father and his mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one

So then you are no longer strangers or foreigners,

but fellow citizens of the saints, and members of the family of God.
Ephesians 3:6 that the Gentiles are co-heirs and members of the same body
body, and participants in the promise in Christ Jesus through
Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, rejecting falsehood, speak
truth each one with their neighbor; because we are members of one another
of the others.
All this Adam had at the beginning, and it also manifests itself from the
the same way in each one of those who have believed in Christ. We were
created to be in communion with God.
Effects of the fall:

Spiritual death: Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and
you will not eat of the evil; for on the day that you eat of it, certainly
you will die.

Acceptance was changed to Rejection: need to feel

that belong to someone.
Innocence was replaced by shame and guilt.
They need to feel that they are worth it.

The domain was changed by Weakness and powerlessness: Needs

strength and self-control.

The dead spirit.

The soul: the mind with a lost knowledge of God,
Then the eyes of both were opened, and
they realized that they were naked; then they sewed leaves of
fig tree, and they made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord

God who walked in the garden, in the air of the day; and the man and
his wife hid from the presence of Jehovah God among
the trees of the orchard. Ephesians 4:18 having the understanding
darkened, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that
in them there is, because of the hardness of their heart. 1Co 2:14 But the
natural man does not perceive the things that are of the Spirit of
God, because for him they are madness, and he cannot understand them,
because they must be discerned spiritually.
That's why the mind needs to be renewed. 1Co 2:16 Because
Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct Him? But
we have the mind of Christ. The will with
too many decisions, Gen 2:16-17 And the Lord God commanded to the
man, saying: You may eat from any tree of the garden;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat;
for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.
The dominant negative emotions; they felt fear,
shame, etc.

Physical death: diseases and aging.

Jesus answered and said to him: Truly, truly, I say to you:
I say, that unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of.
God. Nicodemus said to him: How can a man be born being
old? Can he enter again into his mother's womb?
mother, and to be born? Jesus answered: Truly, truly I say to you,
that unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter
in the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
What is born of the Spirit is spirit.
When we were born physically, we were spiritually.
dead. And that's why we need a new birth for
start to live spiritually.
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to this world, but be transformed
through the renewal of your mind, to
that you may prove what is that good and acceptable will of God
and perfect.
Now, a problem arises with the soul, which is
used to thinking, feeling, and doing things her way
 way. We have to make it new, but this job
it corresponds to us in a greater percentage.
Let's see how in ancient times man had the
need for his soul to submit to God.

Psalm 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?

Of me? Wait for God; for I shall yet praise Him, Salvation
mine and my God.
Psalm 103:1-5 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

bless, my soul, the Lord, and do not

you forget none of his benefits. He is the one who forgives all
your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; Who
rescue your life from the pit, He who crowns you with favors and
mercies; He who satisfies your mouth with good things so that you
be rejuvenated like the eagle.

Today, the son of God must first do

preaching to oneself, before starting to preach to others
others.
Mat 7:3-5 And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye?
Brother, do you not see the beam that is in your own eye?
Or how will you say to your brother: Let me take the speck out of your eye, and

Here is the beam in your eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam.
from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from
eye of your brother.

Ephesians 4:22-32 Regarding your former way of life, put off

of the old man,(D)which is corrupted according to desires
deceitful, and renewed in the spirit of your mind, and
put on the new man,(E)created according to God(F) in justice
and holiness of truth. Therefore, discarding the lie,
speak the truth, each one with his neighbor;(G)because we are
members one of another. Be angry, but do not sin; do not let the
do not let the sun go down on your anger, nor give place to the devil. The one who
don't steal, but work, using your hands
what is good, so that I have something to share with the one who
suffers need. No corrupted word should come out of
your mouth, but the one that is good for the necessary
building up, in order to give grace to the hearers. And do not grieve.
to the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the
Day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness,
anger, wrath, shouting and slander, and all malice. Rather be
benign to one another, merciful, forgiving one another
to others, as God also forgave you in Christ.
Col 3:5-10 Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you:
fornication, impurity, disordered passions, bad desires and
greed, which is idolatry; things for which the wrath of God
comes upon the children of disobedience, in which you
you also walked in another time when you lived in them.
But now let you also put away all these things: anger,
anger, malice, blasphemy, dishonest words of your
mouth. Do not lie to one another, having stripped yourselves
of the old man with his deeds, and clothed with the new, which
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according to the image of the one who created it it gets renewed until
full knowledge...

When we begin to live the gospel without renewing ourselves,

we become religious and we corrupt ourselves.
For they bind heavy burdens and hard to bear,
they put them on the shoulders of men; but they do not even with
They want to move it with a finger.

Romans 2:1-5 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man,

whoever you are that judges; for in what you judge
another, you condemn yourself;(A)because you who judge do so
same. But we know that the judgment of God against those who
They practice such things according to truth. And do you think this, oh
man, you who judge those who do such things, and do the same,
that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the
riches of His benevolence, patience, and long-suffering,
Ignoring that his kindness leads you to repentance?
But because of your hardness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up
for yourself will go for the day of wrath and revelation of
just judgment of God,
Rom 2:17-24 Behold, you have the nickname of Jew, and you
you support the law, and you glory in God, and you know His will, and
instructed by the law you approve the best, and trust that you are
guide of the blind, light of those who are in darkness, instructor
of the unlearned, teacher of children, who has the form in the law
of science and of truth. You, then, who teach another, do you not
Do you teach yourself? You who preach that it should not be
steal, do you steal? You who say that it should not be adulterated,
Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit
sacrilege? You who boast of the law, are you with a violation of the law
dishonors God? For as it is written, the name of
God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.