QC and SG accountability (22/11/19)
We spent time talking about the TRAC Sunday sermon, where the speaker (Ps Jonathan) promoted a tripartite (body, soul spirit) view of man. This is the view that the ‘spirit’ is the part of man that relates to God, ad the ‘soul’, the living part that the animals have. My view is that Scripture is not clear that there is a clear distinction between soul and spirit (i.e. that man is bipartite). Scripture always sees every act of man as the act of the whole man (“a living soul” Gen 2:7. Job 33:4, 32:8). There is no separation between body and soul. The words soul (Heb nephesh , Gk psuche ) and spirit (Heb ruach , Gk pneuma ) are often used interchangeably. (e.g. Lk 1:46-47 “ 46 And Mary said:“My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior”) Scripture speaks of “body and soul” (Mt 6:25, 10:28). “body and spirit” (Ecc 12:7l 1 Cor 5:3-5). c.f. Mt 22:37 ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all...