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0:01 [Music] I'm very excited to share with you our new study in the word of God Called Life in 3D we're going to be looking at trilogies in the Bible the first Trilogy teaches us about health in 3D or three dimensions the Bible says that we're made Spirit soul and body these are the three components of the human personality and Paul the Apostle speaks of blessing over the people of God in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and he says may God himself the God of Peace sanctify you through and through May your whole Spirit soul and body be kept blameless
0:48 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ he adds This Promise the one that's God who is calls us he is faithful and he will do it health issues are our number one concern in life happiness depends on good health now healing is remedial it's fixing a problem it's curing the disease but health is developmental it's living a healthy life and setting goals that keep us living well health is about preventing illness developing our bodies and minds and souls so that we don't get sick here we learn about God himself I'm so glad that God is at work in our lives he personally is at work in all of our
1:36 Lives Paul tells us Philippians 2:13 God is at work in you so Paul says may God himself God isn't working all of our Lives as his people and he calls him the God of Peace who brings everything together and he says that God will make you whole Spirit Mind and Body Spirit soul and body so God doesn't just heal us but God works in our by the Holy Spirit to make us whole and complete healing fixes a problem but wholeness forms a person you see sin breaks us apart it fragments us and so many people feel like they're falling apart some people say I'm coming apart of the seems but when we know Christ is our savior and we are in a relationship with God
2:21 the spirit of God makes us whole so we're not fragmented we're not broken people now the term the God of Peace is an interesting term to call the Lord the God of Peace that means that he makes us complete whole and sound that's what the word peace means to bring things together in harmony the opposite of Peace would be division or fragmentation but God brings us all together many people think that just being a Christian is about going to heaven after this life but being a Christian is about living an Abundant Life today and the grace of God will make us whole our spirit our mind our soul our body the gospel affects the total person our relationships with
3:08 others to follow Jesus as Lord is to live the healthiest life possible now the human Spirit mind and body are parts of the whole person so you can't think of yourself as three parts the whole is greater than the sum of the individual Parts in other words if we were to dissect our bodies for example all these different parts we've got the the mind the brain the lungs all these organs but if you detach them then we die the parts only work if they're working together so you're one person so sometimes you'll hear a lot of teachers emphasize these three parts as though they are different parts but they're not they're three aspects of who you are of one person they don't function independently what happens in the mind
3:54 affects the soul and the spirit and the body so don't compartmentalize yourself you can't work on one part of your life you have to work on your entire life so when people talk about your faith life or your your inner life you really have to grow in all of your life at once because every part of our personality our spirit our soul and our body they're interconnected what happens in any area affects the total person so I want you to think of yourself as a whole person and always pursuing being whole and well not trying to fix one part of your life you want to improve your entire life and if you grow in one area of your life it will affect the other areas now this passage before us in 1
4:39 Thessalonians 5: 23 May the God of Peace sanctify you which is the word Holiness and think of how similar Holiness and wholeness are May the God of Peace who brings everything together may he sanctify you make you holy make you whole to affect your entire your whole Spirit soul and body not part of your soul not part of your body not part of your life see God is at work in the whole person to make you whole and complete and maybe you're broken maybe you're fragmented maybe there's an area of your life that's hurting but the grace of God can make you whole now this passage is very similar to the greatest commandment given in the Bible when we read in the Old Testament and of course Jesus quoted this as the greatest
5:25 commandment love the Lord your God with all your heart soul and strength look at that word all the same is the word whole not part of your heart not some of your heart all your heart your entire person love the Lord your God because healthy spirituality is based on relationship of love for God receiving the love of God not law and legalism and ritual but to love the Lord with all your heart all your soul all your strength well that's very similar to what Paul is saying your whole Spirit soul and body we have the same truth in mind here that God redeemed the whole person that we worship god with the whole person and that the grace of God in the living the Christian Life will
6:12 make every area of your life better now the problem we face is compartmentalization instead of completeness we get fragmented we get broken but Jesus has Lord over all areas of our life the spirit the soul which is also the word mind and the body they work together we need a health plan that covers our entire life not just part of our life just as we get full coverage on our cars for our insurance instead of just liability we need full coverage on our health so as a Christian you devote your entire life to Jesus and the grace of God will improve and heal every area of your life and make you a better person make your relationships better so let's look at these three components of
6:59 who we are what is the spirit this is the Great word Numa for the spirit of man the Holy Spirit the Numa the spirit we are an eternal spirit in a temporary body it is the human spirit that makes us aware that God exists now sometimes people are atheist I've no sure I've ever met a true atheist I've talked to some who think they are but I found that atheists love to talk about religion more than anybody so some people claim to be atheist or they're borderline atheist but everybody has an intuitive sense that God exists where does that come from it comes from the fact that we are Eternal spirits and that's why we naturally long for communion with God so the human spirit is that which makes us
7:45 God conscious and aware that God exists Ecclesiastes 12:7 speaks of the spirit it says that when we die the body returns to the dust from which it came and the spirit returns to the God who gave it remember Jesus said in John 4:24 God is spirit and those who worship Him must Worship in spirit and in truth it is the human spirit that longs to worship God that understands the need to worship that understands that that is the natural response of the created to the Creator that is the human Spirit within us so it's said God Consciousness and awareness Psalm 14:1 says the foolish said in his heart there is no God why is that foolishness because you have to deny your own natural intuition you know God exists and so an atheist is
8:30 always fighting against that they're always arguing with themselves and arguing with other people because that God awareness is always with them even though they're trying to intellectually Den not their Spirit knows that God exists that's why they're always in conflict and always want to talk about religion because that natural intuition the human Spirit within them Longs for a relationship with God in Romans 1:20 it says that since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities his eternal power and his divine nature have been clearly seen being made from the things that have been created so that men and women are without excuse so the human spirit is that God Consciousness you are intuitively aware that God exists that's the human spirit and it desires for a reconnection
9:16 with God because sin separates the human spirit from God that's what sin does it it kills the soul it kills the spirit it disconnects Humanity from God Isaiah 59 And1 The Prophet said your sins have separated between you and your God it's like the prodical son in Jesus story who ran away from the father and he was disconnected because he rebelled against his father that's a picture of sin repentance is when he came back home and he was restored to his father that's a picture of salvation by grace in Christ so the human spirit is aware that God exists and the human Spirit Longs for a relationship with God the psalmist talked about this in Psalm 4 42:1 and2
10:04 he said as the deer pants for the water so my soul Longs for you oh God in Psalm 63:1 David said oh God you are my God earnestly I Seek You in Philippians 3:10 Paul the apostles that I want to know Christ now we knew Christ as his savior he knew Jesus he met him on the Damascus Road what he meant was I long for a deeper closer relationship with Jesus so that's the human Spirit we're aware that God exists and we long for a relationship with God now we see that we also have a soul now this is the great word psyche it can also be translated the mind it consists of the intellect the will that is our decision-making ability and our emotion
10:51 our feelings all of that is a part of the soul the word psyche is the root of the word psychology kind of the study of the Mind the study of the mental process es and emotional responses the word psyche is used 100 times in the New Testament the word that he uses here the human soul the human mind the human intellect the human will the ability to make decisions the human emotions that's all the soul third John verse two John uses it when he said I pray above all things that you would prosper and be in good health even as your soul your very self prospers mental health and Psych ological well-being come from two things healthy thinking and emotional
11:38 balance so may the God of Peace sanctify you through and through May your whole soul your mind be kept blameless well how is that possible from healthy thinking and from emotional balance so the word of God helps us to have healthy thinking we read the scripture we hear the word of God preached and taught the word of God helps us to think accurately in a world of deception it gives us an eternal perspective in a temporal world that's the power of the word of God the truth of the word of God sets the soul free so that we have a healthy mind that we think in accordance with the truth of God so many people are deceived today and they're misled by their emotions misled by culture and they live an unhealthy life
12:25 because they have an unhealthy mind Romans 12 and 2 says we are transformed by the renew doing of our minds so the human soul that is well is characterized by healthy thinking and emotional balance we all have emotions anger fear love passion Joy depression sadness we are victims of our own emotions at times and our own emotions just take over us and sometimes control us but the God of Peace will keep us in a state of emotional Bal and when we're afraid when we're anxious when we're depressed the healing power of God's grace the visitation of God's presence makes us well how many times
13:11 have we been in a worship service if you've been in a worship service and you were angry or you were hurt or you were anxious or you were depressed and suddenly the music began and you begin to sing the songs of the Lord and thank God for his goodness and Grace and before it's over and you hear the word of God and the word comes like healing and good news said you left the house of God much better off than when you entered that's the therapeutic power of worship because your soul is healed In Worship You regain your perspective you regain proper view of life and things don't look as for voting as they did you put things in mental perspective and your emotions settle down and you get a grip you're not the victim of your fear you're not in the pit of depression you
13:56 have found this joy of the Lord that's why worship is so important in your Rel relationship with God is so important because it'll give you a sense of mental Clarity it'll give you a sense of emotional balance and that's what it means for the God of Peace to make you whole in terms of your soul and your mind your intellect and your will and your emotions and third of all there is the body so we are a human eternal spirit and the spirit lives forever we are aware that God exists and we long for God which is why Jesus came to reconnect us to the Lord and we have a soul a mind that we have thoughts and we make decisions we have emotions but when the grace of God is at work in our lives we have mental health and emotional
14:44 balance and then God made us physical beings we have these intricate bodies and anytime you study the intricacies of the design and function of the human body you are staring at the evidence that God exists the human body is a miracle of miracle Ires the greatest computer in the world that's never been rivaled is the human brain with its functions and abilities the human body is also under the grace of God even though we live in a temporal world and this is an imperfect world because of the fall of Adam and Eve and our bodies are decaying over time none of us like that but it's a reality we can be well physically and there are things we can do to live well and the body is the Soma the Greek word for the body is the Soma or the flesh
15:30 now when the sometimes speaks of Flesh it uses a different Greek word it's the word SAR so flesh is usually referred to not just the physical body but the sin nature so this we're talking about the Soma the physical body and your physical self is important to God Romans 12:2 says I urge you then brothers and sisters in view of God's mercy that you present yourselves a Living Sacrifice unto God that you present your bodies actually in this text you present your bodies as a Living Sacrifice unto God the Bible tells us that the physical body when we're born again becomes the temple of God in 1 Corinthians 6:1 19 and 20 Paul the Apostle asked a question do you not realize that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you
16:15 whom you've received from God you're not your own you're bought with a price therefore glorify God with your body now the body is cared for by healthy diet exercise and rest and I don't think often times we as Christians emphasize how important the sanctification of the body is he says may the God of Peace sanctify you through and through May your whole Spirit soul and body be kept blameless that it is our responsibility to keep the body blameless it is our responsibility to treat the physical body God has given us as a temple and to treat it with Holiness to treat it as sacred and we do that by having a healthy diet and that's very difficult sometimes in in the world in which we live with all the junk food we have and
17:02 so many things that we get to enjoy but we need a healthy diet and we need exercise we need to keep moving because that's so important in your blood flow in your cardiovascular system in the strength of your heart your heart is a muscle and the more you work out when you exercise you keep that muscle strong it's so important in your bone density to do workout or strength training it keeps the bones that are are soft and pliable instead of becoming brittle and breaking as happens over time with people and then when need rest and people need different amounts of our hours of rest but everybody needs plenty of rest and that's how the mind and the body rejuvenate itself in that time of rest so it's up to us to maintain the health of our bodies by treating our bodies as the Temple of the Holy Spirit
17:47 we're often compared in the Bible to Eagles I love the verse in Isaiah 40:31 that we shall mount it with wings as Eagles but you know an eagle will only eat live food buzzards crows and vultures will eat anything and the strength of the eagle is found in its diet Proverbs tells us only a fool feeds on trash Proverbs 15:14 think of that only a fool feeds on trash and the vultures and the buzzers and the crows they'll feed on anything but now an eagle very selective in his diet he'll only eat a live meal that he hunts and
18:34 prey fresh food and the word Trash In this passage in Proverbs means folly or foolishness or meaninglessness how much information that we have every day that's just sheare foolishness and meaningless see there's a mental diet as well as a physical diet so this principle of only feeding on healthy foods is true spiritually mentally and physically a healthy spiritual diet worship that has good theology in it music that teaches us about God not just empty words some worship songs have no spiritual meaning or application mentally feeding on the word of God when we go to hear preaching we need preaching that is based on the lordship of Jesus and the
19:22 scripture and physical food where we're eating healthy foods and avoiding foods that will weaken our bodies the body reproduces cells about 330 billion cells are replaced every day in our bodies equivalent to about 1% of our cells in our body in 80 to 100 days 30 trillion cells of your body will be replenished which is the equivalent of a brand new you the body uses food to build those cells you're constantly building Yourself by your spiritual mental and emotional diet so that you experience the grace of God that makes us whole
20:08 Spirit mind and body join me for prayer Lord thank you for your word today and I pray for your people that you the God of Peace who puts everything together will sanctify them through and through and may they come to a new understanding through this teaching today of what they can do to live a healthy life to bring every area of their life under the lordship of Christ I pray your blessing of healing and health on them today in Jesus name thank you for sharing this time with me and remember to share the Bible study with your family and friends invite them to this time of the word just 50 minutes a day that can change a person's life in the word of God let me ask you to do me a favor would you go now and follow me
20:54 on social media and also go to my YouTube channel Pastor David Cooper and subscribe and you you can also follow us on the mount pin YouTube channel as well but go to my YouTube today subscribe and share with others as well and let's stay connected Sunday's coming I'm looking forward to seeing you and your family in the house of God we've got a great day playing this Sunday I look forward to seeing you for worship God bless you have a great day [Music]
