RE: [TruthTalk] TOE revisited

[Slade Henson]

Hello, Judy.   You say that God is Spirit. This is true. Is man spirit? Man has spirit. We were created as a living nefesh... translate that any way you want. You guys throw these terms [spirit, soul] around without definition and when you try to define them they still make no sense to me. No hope there, I'm afraid.   I THINK the problem arises in something far deeper than a vague, mystical definition: it lies more in the part of speech. You define spirit as a noun, perhaps, or some other derivation of that concept. I define spirit as a verb or some derivation of that concept.   Man is spirit like man is... skin and bones. Right? That's what you think, right?   Slade thinks "we must worship in Spirit and Truth" -- Spirit being HOW we worship (i.e., a command must be obeyed from within -- motivated by love for God & Man -- otherwise it;'s not obeyed).   Let me reiterate to you. I CANNOT separate flesh and spirit. It makes NO SENSE to me.   Making humanity in His image as nothing to do with "man being spirit." It's man HAVING Spirit (see two paragraphs above). If I can't get you to understand this, there's no point in continuing because we are speaking so differently, it's becoming an exercise in futility.   -- slade -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Monday, 20 December, 2004 06.44 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] TOE revisited On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:59:37 -0500 "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Essence "Spirit, Soul, Body (Triune Being)" has nothing to do with he "Us" in the Creation narrative. Essence has nothing to do with God being "One." jt: Of course it does Slade. God is Spirit and Man is spirit; being made in His image is what differentiates mankind from the animals.   The Hebrew text (as a rule) deals strictly with action,i.e., verb forms as opposed to static "To Be" forms. For instance, Echad (One) in Deuteronomy 6:4 is a VERB. -- slade   jt: How IYO would the above change the face that God is Spirit and so is Man?