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Daily Meditation - The Word of God |
| April 15, 2004 |
| 77th Issue |
| WHAT
AM I, WHO AM I AND HOW AM I? "Now may peace of God Himself sanctify you completely: and may your whole Spirit, Soul and Body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Thessalonians 5:23) |
| By Dr. John Williams |
| (Founder/President) |
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| I. WHAT IS A "BODY"? |
1. Having
been Endowed with the following five systems consisting of a Skeletal,
Muscular, |
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| II. WHAT IS A "SOUL"? |
| Soul Consists of an Emotion, Will and a Spirit |
| A. EMOTION |
| Emotion has the
following attributes or Characteristics or Ability to have Feelings such
as: 1. The ability to Cry 2. The ability to Laugh 3. The ability to be Worried 4. The ability to be Afraid 5. The ability to be Calm 6. The ability to be Excited 7. The ability to be Sad 8. The ability to be Joyful 9. The ability to be Upset 10. The ability to be Angry 11. The ability to be Relaxed 12. The ability to be Artistic 13. The ability to be Aesthetic etc. |
| B. WILL |
| 1. The ability
to make Decisions 2. The ability to do the Right or the Wrong Thing 3. The ability to Lie or Speak the Truth 4. The ability to be Stubborn or to Yield 5. The ability to Agree or to Disagree 6. The ability to Resist or to Submit 7. The ability to Accept or to Reject 8. The ability to do Good or Evil 9. The ability to Choose 10. The ability to Work or Choose not to Work 11. The ability to be Social or Anti-social 12. The ability to be Generous or Stingy/Miserly 13. The ability to be Gentle or a Rude 14. The ability to be Neat or Clumsy 15. The ability to be Sophisticated or Simple and Naive |
| C. MIND |
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Characteristics of the Mind are: 1. The ability to be Intelligent 2. The ability to Understand 3. The ability to be Logical 4. The ability to be Creative 5. The ability to be Imaginative 6. The ability to Meditate 7. The ability to Think 8. The ability to Interpret 9. The ability to Rationalize 10. The ability to Question 11. The ability to Comprehend 12. The ability to Articulate 13. The ability to Express |
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| III. WHAT IS A "SPIRIT"? | |
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The Spirit has the following abilities and
characteristics: 1. The ability to be Immortal 2. The ability to be Invisible 3. The ability to be Intangible 4. The ability to Transcend and Control the Body and the Mind 5. The ability to bear the "Fruit" of the Spirit (Exhibit and Grow in the Characteristics of God such as: Love, Joy) 6. The ability to exercise the Gifts of the Holy Spirit 7. The ability to be Inseparable from the Soul, but separable from the body at death 8. The ability to have Spiritual Understanding 9. The ability to have be filled with Spirit of God or Satan 10. The ability to be Godly or Satanic 11. The ability to have Spiritual Understanding 12. The ability to Dream Dreams and See Visions 13. The ability to Yield to the Evil Spirit 14. The ability to Discern and Yield to the Holy Spirit 15. The ability to Receive, Possess and Use the Spiritual Power 16. The ability to Discern the Will of God 17. The ability to flow with the Holy Spirit fulfilling His Plans
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