BWAC Bible Study.
Presenter: Damaine
Franklin
Oneness with God
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Scripture Basis: The Creation of Man
Gen 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man
of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul”
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Adam’s Oneness with God
God Given Roles:
• Adam was a son of God. Gen 1:26, e.g. Gen 5:3 (likeness, image)
• Adam was a bridegroom. Gen 2:22-23 (espoused to Eve)
• Adam was a priest. Gen 2:15 (see Num 3: 7-8) to dress and keep
• Adam was a prophet. Genesis 2:19 (speak on behalf of God)
• Adam was a king. Gen 1:26 (dominion was given to him)
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What is Meant by Oneness with God
The phrase oneness with God, does not suggest equality with God but
rather oneness in terms of mans spirit in a state of intimacy, harmony,
fellowship and unity with the Spirit of God.
1 Cor 6:17 “But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in
spirit”
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Gods Warning to Adam
Gen 2:16 - 17 And the LORD God
commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of the garden thou mayest freely
eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die.
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Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in
the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees
of the garden.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto
him, Where art thou?
The Death of Adam
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• Broken relationship with self. Gen 3:7, shame, low self-esteem, inferior,
unworthiness
• Broken relationship with God. Gen 3: 8-10
• Broken relationship with people. Gen 3:12, strife, suspicion, distrust and conflict.
• Broken relationship with the environment. Gen 3:17-18, Thorns and thistles
began to grow. Man began to suffer with his environment. Things like droughts,
floods, earthquakes, windstorms, animal savagery, plagues, and deformities
began to occur. Suffering and death entered the world.
Adam Lost His Spirit – The Four Bs
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“The Tripartite Nature of Man
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The Tripartite Nature of Man
The Human Body
The word body comes from the Greek word (soma).
This refers to the biological part of a person and
Gen 2:7 “And the LORD God
formed man of the dust of the
ground”
Rom 12:1 – bodies as living
sacrifice
1 Cor 6:19-20 Body is
temple
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The Tripartite Nature of Man
The Human Spirit
The word spirit comes from the Greek word (Pneuma).
This refers to the part of man which God communicates
with
Gen 2:7 “and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life”
Num 16:22 - 'O God, God of
the spirits of all flesh
1 Cor 2:11, your
thoughts and your spirt
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The Tripartite Nature of Man
The Human Soul
The word soul comes from the Greek word (psyche).
This refers to the mental and emotional part of a person.
Gen 2:7 “and man became a
living soul. ”
Mat 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul?
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The Tripartite Nature of Man
Characteristics
Body –Physical Soul - Psychological Spirit - Spiritual
• Spatio-temporal
• Material
• Mortal
• Natural
• Sensory
Consciousness
• Physical and Sensory
Development
• Intellectual
• Emotional
• Volitional
• Self-Conscious
• Self-Determination
• Cognitive
Development
• Moral
• Intuitional
• Theological
• Relational
• Innate knowledge of God
• Capacity for Abstract
categories such as goodness,
justice, temperance, infinity,
immutability, divinity, and
the like.
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God’s Flow of Communication With Adam
Body Soul Spirit
God
Channel
Rom 8:16 & Math 10:20
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Body Without The Spirit is Dead
Body Soul Spirit
God
Dead Spirit
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth.
James 2:26 For as the body without
the spirit is dead, so faith without
works is dead also.
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The Restoration of Man’s Spirit
Body Soul A Renewed
Spirit
God
Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
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The Restoration of Man’s Spirit
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the
Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
2 Cor 5:17 - 18 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new. And all things are of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath
given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so
be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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Oneness of Mans Spirit and the Holy Spirit
1Cor 1:29 - 31 That no flesh should glory in his
presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is
written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Heb 9:14 “how much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to
God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve
the living God?”
1 Cor 3:16 “Do you not know that you are the temple of
God and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you?”
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The Renewed Mind of Man
Rom 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. And be not conformed to
this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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The Struggle – Flesh Vs Spirit
The flesh and the spirit are at war in the battlefield of the mind.
Gal 5:17 “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and
the Spirit against the flesh; and these are
contrary to one another”
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The Struggle – Flesh Vs Soul
The lusts of the flesh war against the soul - intellect, emotion, will and person.
1 Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
lusts, which war against the soul;
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be.
2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.
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The Struggle – Flesh Vs Soul
The lusts of the flesh war against the soul - intellect, emotion, will and person.
Act 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back
part of the price of the land?
James 4:7 - 8 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist
the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye
sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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The Struggle – Flesh Vs Soul
The lusts of the flesh war against the soul - intellect, emotion, will and person.
Gal 5:22-23 The mind that is submitted to God (to His
Word) and is spiritual (walks in the Spirit) is renewed
day by day into the image of Christ ( Gal.5:16-18 ). It is
filled with the fruit of the Spirit- “love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law”
“I pray that they will all be one, just as
you and I are one—as you are in me,
Father, and I am in you. And may they
be in us so that the world will believe
you sent me”
Jesus Prayer for Oneness
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