Let's understand the difference between the soul and the spirit. The
soul is essentially the ego. Soulish people are egocentric, concerned
exclusively with themselves. While the spiritual person asks, “How can I
glorify God?” the soulish person asks, “What’s in it for me?” The
contemporary church caters too often to this quest of personal gain
instead of God’s glory. This is the real truth of the apostasy of the
current church.
In 1 Corinthians 2: 14–15, Paul wrote, But the
natural
soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he
himself is rightly judged by no one. Did you know that we are composed
by Body, Soul and spirit?
Having seen preacher's for many years, I have seen soulish appeals to
emotion that move people to tears and make them excited—without changing
them spiritually . One week later, they are usually the same person
with the same problem, totally empty and still without the real Joy of
Christ. It is lamentable how many churches, pastors, evangelist
specialize in the realm of the soul rather than in the realm of the
spirit. People in the soulish realm are carried away with little effort,
setting themselves up for deception. I always remind you don't set your
eyes on man because he will always fail you but set your sight on the
Word of Christ.
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