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<font size="3">A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY - 2001-06-23</font></h1>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3">Mrs.
Maryann Bilton from Yorkshire, England was my Elementary school
principal in Murrayville, BC from 1933-1937, and my teacher in Grade
7 & 8. She delighted in giving us Latin proverbs and maxims to
encourage us to do our best. The above title in Latin is, “</font><font size="3"><b>mens
sana en corpore sano.</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> From
this we should understand that the two impinge upon one another. If
we look after our bodies with proper diet, exercise, rest etc., then
our mind is sharper. Conversely when we look after our mind and pay
attention to read good wholesome things, and talk along the same
line, -- then our body also profits. Today we call it
“psycho-somatic” medicine. <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> But
the above philosophy or psychology is viewing man as a “dichotomy,”
a person of but two parts. This accords well with Behavioral
Psychology and Evolution, but does not accord at all with God’s
thinking in the Bible. After all, God is the Creator of all things,
and who should understand us better that the One who made us? <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> The
Spirit of our Creator speaks these words through the apostle Paul,
“May the God of </font><font size="3"><i>shalom </i></font><font size="3">make
you completely holy – may your entire </font><font size="3"><b>spirit,
soul and body </b></font><font size="3">be kept blameless for the
coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). God
is called the Father of the </font><font size="3"><b>spirits </b></font><font size="3">of
all men. Man is essentially spirit, has a soul and lives in a body.
God is also a spirit, and has made us in His image. Man is therefore
a Trichotomy, not a dichotomy. <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> When
man ever since Adam is born into this world, his spirit is dead unto
God. He is dead in trespasses and sins. When Adam sinned, his spirit
died to relationship with God, and his progeny has inherited his
fall. But when man receives the birth from above, his spirit is
resurrected, and immediately communion with God is restored. <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> At
this point the mind now must be renewed and brought up to the level
of the recreated spirit. (Romans 12:2). This is both immediate and
progressive. One man upon receiving this experience of the new birth
was asked to give his testimony. He said, “I feel damn good!” His
mind was not yet renewed. Three weeks later when asked to give his
testimony he said, “I thank God for saving me and giving me His
Holy Spirit on the basis of Jesus Atoning work!”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Perhaps
the following will help you to see the difference between soul and
spirit. In the universe we find 5 Kingdoms. The Plant kingdom reaches
down into the Mineral kingdom and by osmosis converts mineral life
into plant life. Then the cow from the Animal kingdom reaches down
and eats grass and converts it into the animal kingdom. Man then eats
hamburger and drinks milk, and converts the animal kingdom into the
Human kingdom. Finally God reaches down on the basis of the Atoning
work of Jesus at Calvary, and converts man into the Kingdom of God.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Now
separate the Animal kingdom from the kingdom of man, and you will see
the unique gift of God to man, his spirit. Animals do not worship God
– just look at the adoring eyes of a dog as he is with his master.
But God has made man for Himself, and he is restless until he finds
his rest in God (St. Augustine). Until man experiences the new birth
he is not much better than the animals. But once his spirit is alive
unto God – what a difference there is between man and animal or
bird life. <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Notice:
it is the higher kingdom in each case which initiates conversion unto
a higher level. Unless God enlightens the eyes of man and opens the
door of the Outer Court of the Tabernacle, he cannot see the Kingdom
of God. He must be born from above by the grace of God to enter the
Kingdom of God (John 3:3; 5). Then He can see Jesus as His Savior at
the Brazen altar, and the necessity of baptism and sanctification
through the laver. It is here that man becomes an evangelical
Christian.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> But
unless God again enlightens man in a higher level to see through the
door of the Holy Place, he cannot understand the filling or baptism
of the Holy Spirit. He will not understand the 7 spirits of God at
the Menorah, nor the 9 gifts of the Spirit and the 9-fold fruit of
the Spirit. He will not know how by the help of the Holy Spirit to
feed on Christ at the Table of the Bread of God’s presence, nor how
to worship in spirit and in truth at the Altar of Incense. When God
opens his eyes and man opens this second stage of the 60-fold
believer, he then understands the Feast of Pentecost or Shavuot, and
the testimony of Charismatic and Pentecostal believers.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> But
don’t stop here! Ask God to open your eyes so you can see through
the riven veil into the Holy of Holies. Like David enter in to sit
before the Ark of the Covenant, and worship God as one possessed of
Him. Here, having passed through the Feast of Passover with
justification by faith, and then the Feast of Pentecost in the Holy
Place – now enter into the Feast of Tabernacles, the GREAT feast of
the Jews. Here be possessed by the Holy Spirit and lose yourself in
Him. Here understand full intimacy with Jesus in the spirit and be
unto Him as He was unto the Father.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3">Here
understand chapter 5 and 32 of “Rees Howells, Intercessor,” by
Norman P. Grubb, the autobiography of Madam Guyon, the life of Amy
Carmichael, J. Hudson Taylor, George Muller, Andrew Murray and many
others.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Don’t
sell yourself short at any time of the initial states. Press on into
the Holiest of all, and there find the satisfaction of St. Augustine.
It is only when God opens your eyes, and with great hungering and
thirsting you press into the Holies of all, that you will find true
rest unto your soul.</font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> One
other word needs to be said. God speaks to us through His word. Rees
Howells spent two hours a day letting God speak to him through the
written Word. Then he waited on God in prayer, not just speaking to
God, but letting God now speak to him by the word of the Spirit, the
Rhema word.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> The
written word in Greek is “Logos;” in Hebrew, “Davar.” The
living word of the Spirit in Greek is “Rhema;” in Hebrew, “Amar.”
Learn from these saints who have gone before us how to be with God on
His throne in heaven by knowing and walking in the written word –
but just as importantly, know God on the throne of your heart and
hear the 7-fold Spirit speaking and leading you from this place of
intimacy.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Remember
the word spoken to Madam Guyon by the Franciscan monk. He showed her
why her life was a failure. “It is, madam, because you seek without
what is within; accustom yourself to seek God in your heart, and you
will there find Him.” <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> God
is no respecter of persons – and what saints of yore have
experienced, you too can enjoy in God today. The Kingdom of Heaven is
within you! <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> It
was the above word that led Madam Guyon into an interior relationship
with God so deep and real, that men like Archbishop Fenelon came from
across Europe for her to mentor them. They knew she had found the
secret of intimacy and overcoming life in God.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> St.
John of the Cross thoroughly understood this same secret shortly
after the days of Christopher Columbus. He taught how to purge
oneself of the 7 capital sins of the flesh under the title, “The
Ascent to Mt. Carmel.” Then under its sequel, “The Dark Night of
the Soul,” he led believers into the second stage of purging their
spirit of these same 7 capital sins. Finally in his Song of Songs, he
showed how to enter into the Holy of Holies, and experience union and
communion with the Beloved of our souls. It is a 3-fold path,
paralleling the teaching of the Tabernacle of Moses. Notice how
truth so often comes in a 3-fold manner. Too many believers stop at
stage one – and even too many at stage two! No, don’t rob
yourself of the blessing of realizing the overcoming life in this
life. Press on for </font><font size="3"><i>all </i></font><font size="3">that
God has for you. The Feast of Pentecost is not the acme and final
goal, but the Feast of Tabernacles. There is the potential of an
experience in this today, not just tomorrow. Don’t short-change
yourself by settling for either step one or two. Possess and be
possessed by all of God.</font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> E.
Stanley Jones saw this same truth in his day. On the following page,
I am enclosing one of his readings. It concerns the possibility of
overcoming through the Holy Spirit those deep problems that lie in
our subconscious. <br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Have
you ever said, “I can’t understand whatever made me do that?”
Well, there is a hidden part of us that is not subject to our full
control. But when we let the Holy Spirit loose in our lives, He is
able to tame all the wild animals within us. Try Him! Invite Him in
to take full charge. Turn every compartment of your life over to Him.
He understands you, and He is able to do within you abundantly above
all you can ask or think according to His power that works in you!
J.A.W.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"> Taken
from “Abundant Living,” p. 15</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>John
14:25-26; 15:26; 16:7-14</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b> We
come now to the question: Can the </b></font><font size="3"><i><b>whole
</b></i></font><font size="3"><b>nature be changed – conscious and
subconscious? If so, how? The answer is that Christianity provides
for this deeper cleansing in its teaching and provision for receiving
of the Holy Spirit. The area of the work of the Holy Spirit is
largely, though not entirely, in the realm of the subconscious. There
the Holy Spirit works – purifying, redirecting, and dedicating
age-long driving instincts. The wild horses of nature roaming in all
directions are tamed and harnessed to the purposes of the Kingdom.
The Holy Spirit is tamer and redeemer, for only He can work at those
depths. “For the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God”
(1 Corinthians 2:10, Moffatt) – and man. But the Holy Spirit not
only fathoms the depths of man; He refashions the depths of man and
unifies man at the center, so that the conscious and the subconscious
speak the same language, understand each other, drive for the same
goals, and own a common Lord.</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b> But
here is where the Christian Church is weakest. It believes in and
teaches the Holy spirit – partly. The disciples were at this stage
when Jesus said to them: “He [the Holy Spirit] remains with you and
will be within you.” (John 14:17, Moffatt.) The Holy Spirit was
with them, but not within them. The same is true today. Most
Christians know the Holy Spirit is with them – He disturbs them by
momentary touches, by flashes of nearness, by illuminations and
insights, by saving here and saving there. But all this is “with,”
and not “within.” He goads us rather than guides us, illuminates
rather than invigorates, prods us into activity rather than
penetrates all activities – it is from without in, instead of from
within out. The capital and government is on the outside, rather than
on the inside. The sense of outsideness will persist in religion
until we enter into what the disciples entered into at Pentecost.
There they passed over from the “with” stage to the “within”
stage. Their religion was no longer a prodding, but a penetration; no
longer a restriction, but a release.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b> O
Spirit of God, I, too, long for this withinness – I would be every
whit whole. I would have the seat of Thy authority within me. For I
cannot conceive that Thou has come so far in Thy redemption and wilt
not come the full way. Thou wilt not stop on the threshold – Thou
wilt move within. Come, Spirit, come – within, within, entirely
within. Amen</b></font></p>
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