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Paul divides Christians into three categories:

(i) the #spiritual man (1 Cor. 3:1);

Spiritual - Being ruled by the Holy Spirit

(ii) the #soulish man (1 Cor. 2:14-literal translation);

Soulish - Being ruled by your own human personality (our mind, emotions, etc.).

(iii) the #carnal man (1 Cor. 3:1).

Carnal - Being ruled by bodily passions.

This corresponds to the threefold division of man's being, mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - spirit, soul and body.

When we are ruled by the desires of the body, we are carnal. But we can overcome those desires and yet be only soulish - ruled by the desires of the mind and the emotions. The spiritual man is the one who is ruled by the Holy Spirit and whose soul and body are under the Spirit's control.

Although the soulish man may not necessarily be "hostile towards God" as the carnal man is (Rom.8:7), he still cannot receive or understand spiritual things (1 Cor. 2:14), for they are foolishness to him. Even the distinction between soul and spirit when presented to him will appear as foolishness and unnecessary splitting of hairs, because he is soulish and is content with being soulish, for he has a good testimony before men. He who seeks the honour of men can never advance beyond being soulish.

In these days of large-scale deception in the Christian church, with multitudes of voices and manifestations, all claiming to be from God, it is essential, as never before, that we distinguish between soulish and spiritual activity, if we are to keep ourselves from the wiles of the evil one.

"The first man Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit" (1 Cor. 15:45).

We who have been delivered from the headship of the first Adam and transferred to the headship of Christ (the last Adam), need to understand what it means to cease living from the soul and to live in the Spirit.

It is not enough that the carnal element of our flesh be rendered inactive. The soulish element, though less ugly, is just as dangerous to spiritual growth, and must be dealt with too. We must seek to be saved increasingly each day, not only from the power of sin but also from the restless activity of our souls.

Soulish people will never be able to understand why Jesus spoke as He did on certain occasions. Once, when He was in the midst of a crowd and was told that His relatives wanted to meet Him, Jesus pointed to His disciples and said that they were His closest relatives (Mt.12:49,50).

His relatives and others must have considered that to be a hard and inconsiderate statement. But Jesus did not desire to have any soulish attachment to His relatives.


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About Zac Poonen:
Zac Poonen was formerly an Indian Naval Officer who has been serving the Lord in India for nearly 50 years as a Bible-teacher. He has responsibility for a number of churches in India and abroad.

He has written more than 25 books and numerous articles in English - which have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages. His messages are available on audio CDs and video DVDs.

Like the other elders in CFC, Zac Poonen also supports himself and his family through "tent-making" and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalty for any of his books, CDs or DVDs, that are published by Christian Fellowship Centre, Bangalore.

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