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                                                                      Lord's Light Ministry
                                                                          Linda Keith


                                                              Things Learned in Romans. Part 7

I have been asked to go back over the fact that we are a Spirit Being. Some of you already know, some haven't quite grasped it. This will also, work right into what we were looking at in Part 6, the Soul.

Gen 1: 27, "So God created man in the image of God..."

John 4:24, " God is a spirit...."

Now, this shows us clearly that IF God was/is a Spirit, then IF the man was created in the image of God, this means that BOTH are Spirit. NOW, once man was manifested into a flesh form, or body, THAT DID NOT change the fact of what he was and is. The man was put to sleep by God and as many have come to see, it speaks of NO WHERE in the bible that he awakened.

While he was asleep, the woman, the soul , called EVE, was brought forth from the man. Man was STILL a Spirit being. Let me say this, the Spirit Being that he is, is the SAME Spirit that Father was/is. There was NOTHING ELSE FOR GOD TO MAKE MAN FROM; man came from within God, making man the same thing that God was. Also, let me say, God WAS supreme and is and will always be the Supreme One.

But back to the soul or Eve. She was EVERYTHING that the man was. They were equal and both had the same power that Father put in each of them. They were united. But then, the woman or the soul desired what she was told NOT to desire. Now, the only thing that changed was the thinking. The soul still had everything within her that the man had been provided with.

Now, what this means is this: the soul became carnal in her thinking. The soul is where the emotions, desires and all carnality is. We are told by some that we are not to have emotions because they are carnal. This is an absolutely false statement. All through the bible we are told about the emotions that God has. He hated, He loved, He grieved, the same as the carnal man does with one exception, His emotions were and are righteous and holy. So, when we were placed, or manifested into the flesh body, the emotions were led by the soul.

Being that we are Spirit beings, that makes us MALE. The soul (Eve) is female. The plan of God has been for the man to bring back the woman into a state of marriage----REUNITED. Now, when this reuniting takes place, then the full manifestation of God takes place in and through us, His Body. His Fullness is seen in the earth, at that time. Some say that this will happen to the whole Body at one time. I don't believe this. Each man/woman has a rank and order. Some will not believe the things that Father is showing us about who and what we are, some do. Manifestation CANNOT take place in a person who doesn't know who and what they are. They are still Father's Sons, but, will not manifest into Fatherhood Consciousness when they don't even believe that they are as the Father is. They won't believe that it is not robbery to be equal with Father. IF you are ONE with a thing, you and that thing are in each other , as one person.

Now, for 2000 years we have been taught that the carnality is all the woman's fault and that she must be brought back to the man (the Spirit). We've been wrong. Let's look at some things.

Since Calvary, there has not been one human being born!

1Cor. 15:45-50, "And so it is written. The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first, which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

What does Jeremiah say we are called? "the Lord of Righteousness".

The "last Adam" was a quickening spirit. Are you in the first Adam or the last Adam? I'll tell you. The first Adam died on the cross with Jesus. Many teach that He dies as our substitute. That's not right, we died WITH Him.

1Cor 15:36, " Thou fool, that which thou sowest IS NOT QUICKENED EXCEPT IT DIE."

Rom 6:3-6, "Know ye not, that so many of us as WERE baptized into Jesus Christ WERE baptised into his death? Therefore WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead (this Christ that was raised was US, His anointed Christ, Jesus resurrected as FATHER , see John 17:4-5) by the glory of the Father, even so, we should walk with newness of life (His Life, because our life died). For if we have been (past tense) planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: KNOWING THIS, THAT OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." This flesh body is being destroyed by the changing of the new, incorruptible body.

Now, we resurrected as a Spirit being that lives in a flesh body, but, that flesh body IS NOT US. We did not resurrect as a human, we resurrected as what HE IS, SPIRIT. That is the real us. NO ONE SINCE JESUS' DEATH WAS BORN WITH THE ADAMIC NATURE! Last means....no one since. Aren't we told that we are seated in the heavenlies? Yes, we are. Then, we cannot be , the real us, cannot be flesh and blood because flesh and blood cannot enter heaven! Yes, this body is flesh (for now), but that body IS NOT US, it's how we get around.

Many teach that the Adamic nature is still in us. I don't believe that. There is NOW, since Calvary ONE NATURE. Many teach that the spirit of man and the Spirit of God are both living in us. That is not true either.

Eph. 4:4, "There is ONE body, and ONE SPIRIT, even as you are called in ONE hope of your calling."

Well if there's only ONE SPIRIT in us, why have we been acting, speaking, thinking like the spirit of man? Because we have been taught for as long as I can remember that the soul is still wandering around under the carnal influence. Well , that 's not true either. The soul IS united with her husband (the Spirit) since he woke up.

2Cor. 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things ARE become new."

Now there are those who are teaching that this reads, "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation, the old things HAVE passed, ARE passing, and SHALL CONTINUE to pass away; behold all things HAVE become, ARE becoming, and SHALL CONTINUE to become new. And all these NEW THINGS are of God."

This scripture was and is a scripture that was inspired of God. Now, you can change it to any language you want to, but, it IS STILL MAN'S INTERPRETATION. As for me, I will take the inspired Word says. Let the Spirit of God witness HIS TRUTH to you. God does not speak in any natural language, He speaks in Spiritual language and the natural CANNOT understand it. Don't take what I think or anyone else's thought, as to what is the true. Let Father tell you the Truth.

To me, IF the inspired Word says: ARE, IS, CAN, , then I will continue to see it as HE sees it. We ARE what HE says we ARE. And IF ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW, then that includes ALL THINGS, EVEN the soul !!

We've kept our focus on what we were taught in the past. But, Father says, "Be established in PRESENT TRUTH". He reveals Present Truth EVERYDAY!! And if it is different from what the church system taught, then you have the right to believe whichever you want to believe.

We have been taught that our soul was our enemy. Well, she isn't. She was renewed at the same time that ALL THINGS were renewed. We are told that we HAVE the mind of Christ. Yet, we're taught to wait, wait, wait, it'll come; well that is a bunch of hogwash (to put it nicely). IF Father say WE HAVE, then we HAVE and we don't have to wait for anything. It's up to us where we keep our focus. For 2000 years we've been waiting because we were told to by man's teaching. That's where our focus has been.

But, there are those who are keeping their focus on what and WHEN FATHER is telling them and it's not on waiting! It's not on MAN'S interpretations. It's not in some natural language, IT IS IN SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE, the witnessing of the Spirit.

Let's look at some more about the soul.

ROM. 7:1-4, "Know ey not, brethren, [for I speak to them that know the law), how that THE LAW HATH DOMINION OVER A MAN AS LONG AS HE LIVETH?" Look at this as our old man. As long as we think we are still MAN, with the spirit of MAN, the old MAN is not dead.

VS 2) For the woman (our soul) which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband, SO LONG AS HE LIVETH: BUT IF THE HUSBAND BE DEAD, SHE IS LOOSED FROM THE LAW OF HER HUSBAND."

IF the spirit of MAN is living in you, your old man isn't dead, or you THINK he's not dead. Although , without knowing, your husband IS dead and now you have a NEW HUSBAND!! Hallelujah!!! The one she was united with in the beginning!! Now, IF you think that the spirit of man is still in you, AND the Spirit of God, look at what you're called.

VS 3) "So then IF, while her husband liveth (the spirit of the old man) she be married to another man, (the Spirit of God) .She shall be called and ADULTERESS: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."

This thinking that we are both the spirit of man and the Spirit of God, that makes us DOUBLEMINDED. Even COMMON SENSE tells us this, but take it to Father, let HIM tell you. Our focus HAS GOT TO BE TURNED TO TRUTH. The soul is not an enemy, she is united with her husband , the spirit. When we keep our focus on the truth, it takes root and then it brings forth fruit.

James 1:18, "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruit."

This means we are to be a Godkind of people.

Luke 21:19, " In your patience possess ye your souls.".

With us as Spirit, the only way we can possess our soul is to know where she is. She is back with her husband. Let this truth be worked in you, let it get rooted, and you'll see a change in your body. Amen.

Be blessed.