Contrary to the common knowledge, the word of God is not the food of the soul but the fruit of the spirit. A man who hears the word of God which is the seed coming from the sower is advised to hear, and heed, and keep, and do it.
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
Now, he that hear and do the words will have the spirit of faith in him as long as he continue to cleanse himself from the filth of flesh and spirit. The only way to retain the holy spirit of God is to keep oneself from being spotted, corrupted, and defiled by the world which is the seal proving that he is the child of God and his people.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth
them that are his. And, Let every one that
nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Having heard the word will teach a man to make war against his very own flesh lust, desires, and filth of flesh and spirit. This is the default curse from God which is the enmity between flesh and spirit, hence, the spiritual war.
The first level of war is the war that is carnal, meaning, man will be able to find out that the carnality of man will never lead to nothing but trouble, grief, sorrow, tribulation, misery, and affliction. The troubles brought about by the individual differences in interests, competing for resources, whether as a person or as a nation, will result in a bloody war or conflict. The other cause of these wars between nations and individuals are their ideologies some of them are claiming to be freedom fighters of sort.
James 4:1 From come wars and fighting among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not
Now, these wars happen because the people do not submit themselves to the will of God for lack of knowledge. The seeds broadcast by God which is the word will eventually die that it might settle or fall by chance upon a natural body or a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians
15:44 It
is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a
natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
The word fallen upon the natural body will only be able to preach and teach the word of God, at most, but will not have the spirit of God. Therefore, having not the spirit these are called the ministers of the word. There is a minister of the spirit and there is a minister of the word. Covet to be a minister of the spirit.
To them upon which the word have made head ways to overcoming the flesh lust and the filth even the desires of the flesh and the carnal mind these are the ones who are called the spiritual body. Their experiences are spiritual and the spirit will manifest upon them. Herein comes the discerning of spirits as they come to experience how the spirit works in them. This is the stage where the invisible is clearly seen which is based on experience on how a man is being created into becoming a new man.
Romans 1:20 For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Now, as the spiritual man continue in the spirit of fear and obedience to the Word of God it is that the spirit will eventually bear the fruit of the spirit which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
The experiences in knowing the holy and the profane spirits becomes profound and intense. It is in this stage that to them who are on the right track: the same are able to know the various holy spirits of God and their functions, twists and turns, and limits, and on how their work together, or compete, or synergize, or else, oppose each other along with the declared purpose, will, intent, time and judgment of God.
Going onto the right path, man will eventually be able to enjoy the reward of his own labour which is not actually his own work but the work of God through faith.
Now, know that the work of God is in the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry, and the edification of the church. Anyone, therefore, whose skills and interest and purpose is not honed in the spiritual having not the spirit of fear of the Lord and the spirit of truth, are none of his.
Hereby, will you know whether the minister is a minister of the spirit or the minister of the word only, making a big difference.
Trying the spirits whether they are of God becomes an instinct, hence, the devil will no longer have an inch to establish his beach head to launch a carnal war in a man.
When a man becomes spiritual carnal things becomes irrelevant. Carnality now becomes passé, hence, the rest of a man forth coming which is to cease from doing your own works but doing the work of God, instead.
Now, the fruit with the seed is the fruit of the spirit as mentioned earlier and this process cycles back to sowing again the seed by another spirit.
The first cycle is the making of a dead man into a living soul and the second cycle is to making a quickening spirit. There are endless cycles at the spirit level until the Spirit of God is sown, and so, the experience of being Godly on the level of Godliness is seen of angel, and justified, and glorified.
The key and the defining moment to a man walking in the spirit is the spiritual war: without it, man will never be on the right track, moreso, if man is not able to triumph over or overcome his enemies which are the principalities, the powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world and the spiritual wickedness in high places. Endure, therefore, hardness as a good soldier and arm yourselves with the same mind with God.
The figure you see on top is the spiritual cycle as discussed. The first cycle which makes a dead man into a living soul will produce fruit of Love, Joy, and Peace there is not necessarily the fruit of Longsuffering and Temperance. In fact, in the first cycle man, after he believes and accepts the Name of Christ, some would receive the gifts of the spirit like the gift of healing, the gift of prophecy, the gift of interpretation, the speaking of tongues and many other gifts, among others. This is the youth which king Solomon spoke of.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
It is now clear why many professing Christians are saying they are in the truth having the experience on the first cycle. They become the living soul as God would please to give them a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians
15:38 But
God giveth it
a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
It is even appalling to note if a man would claim to have attained the living soul level when they do not have the fruit of the spirit. Know that the fruit of the spirit is the food of the soul in the first cycle.
In the second cycle, it is the creation of the inner man's quickening spirit from being a living soul. Now, in this stage there is again a spiritual war between spirits which is between the holy and the profane spirit.
As the spiritual war, at all levels, define the spirit to be created or formed, whether it be holy or profane, profane having a separate path being sensual, will beget another spirit which is the spirit of faith.
Similarly, the spirit of faith will manifest in a man to give the discerning spirit the experiences that it will give a man making him more honed to the life in the spirit.
The fruit of the spirit becomes the food of the quickening spirit which is to say, and no longer, as a living soul. This is the second cycle. We can continue on to tell stories on how the spirit evolves in to bearing another spirit, yes, even inside the spirit itself like the spirit of glory it will evolve into a higher spirit of glory as it mutates from one glory to another glory.
Now, the minister of the Spirit is God and God is the giver of the seed which is the Word. Man is the sower who is also the husbandman of God on his vineyard, so to speak. Amen.
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