God made man of spirit, soul, and body. Today Derek looks at these three parts to define what they are and how they work together. Apart from God, man’s soulish nature tries to run things. The divine connection of man’s spirit to God’s Spirit is necessary for man to become what he was made to be.

The nature of the seed determines the nature of the life within it. The new life is incapable of sinning, and it comes about by living a life of faith. It is born of incorruptible seed, feeds on the incorruptible Word of God, to become a partaker of the divine nature. As this happens, we are delivered from the corruption that is in the world through lust.

What happens with our spirit in regeneration? The regenerated spirit is conscious of God and can communicate directly with Him. The spirit can now function in our relationship to the world, in our times of worship and fellowship, and for receiving revelation from God.