Today, corruption and defilement of ones flesh and the inborn spirit are topics. Awareness and self-will in mankind may be dominated, made abominable and profane, or permanently separated from GOD by the repeated operations of sin. Only through the active presence of divinity and imparted gifts of spirit do the living receive existence and the necessary substance that establish rebirth, and the new creation. A fighter at “Yahoo! Answers (UK & Ireland)” who uses the ID “Infinite Lives” (Level 5 with 6,396 points, a member since April 01, 2015) posted the following:
Is the spirit corruptible, like the body?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jeremiah 1: 4-10, King James Version, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Passion of Christ? (03/16/2017); Thoughts on Sexual Relationships (03/07/2017); About The Great Whore? (06/24/2016); The Cross Condemns Fornication (05/20/2016); Sin Also Made Incarnate? (04/25/2016); The Return to Dust? (06/14/2015); Self-control and Law (04/15/2014); A Conflict of Interest? (04/16/2014)
“Infinite Lives”, acknowledging the connections among things written in the Scriptures that are provided to ensure discernment and self-government, “corruption” is understood primarily using language focused on things carnal, material, and social. We speak, therefore, in terms of decay, rot, and uncleanness that disqualifies a person from participation, service and worship within a congregation or group of believers. Many mature Christian believers agree that the offspring of Adam all are born in a condition or state of “defilement of spirit,” and must be reborn through operations of divinity that include atonement, water baptism, healing, repentance, and sanctification. As it were, the inborn spirit must die, be buried, become resurrected (we say, born again), and must develop and become mature (we say, grow up again) to be gathered to GOD in a harvest by Jesus Christ.
The spirit substance from the makeup of divinity that was originally imparted (we also say, breathed out) from God, who is immortal, immutable, and invisible can not be altered or changed through human awareness and self-will. Included are faith, forbearance, forgiveness, holiness, hope, joy, longsuffering, lovingkindness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Even so, the context and process for duration, existence, access to GOD, and interaction with Deity (we say, personal relationship) were changed: Life in mortal man will be interrupted; man is subject to death (sleep), and to a second death (annihilation; perdition; utter destruction). Fornication (the joining of spirits through sexual activity) introduces death and spiritual confusion to the inborn spirit; and engaging the occult should be understood as exposing ones spirit to corruption and defilement.
Given the operations to cleanse, perfect, and renew ones spirit all must be carried out and performed by divinity, the holy writings do not provide much “how to” and secular information for acquiring and maintaining a godly spirit. Even so, there are admonitions, provisions, and warnings to nourish, reinforce divine law, sacred consciousness, and committed self-will. Consider again the following:
(1.) Isaiah 29: 9-11, King James Version (KJV): 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
(2.) Romans 5: 13-15, KJV: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
(3.) Leviticus 19: 31, KJV: 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
(4.) 1st Peter 1: 22-24, KJV: 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: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(5.) Proverbs 16: 32, KJV: 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (6.) Proverbs 25: 28, KJV: 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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