Romans 1:9 “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.”   As we will see in this section, scripture reveals to us that our inward man is made up of four separate parts. Those parts are our spirit, our mind, our will, and our conscience. The first part of the inner man which we will discuss is the spirit. In the passage of scripture quoted above the apostle Paul speaks about the

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John 3:3-5 “Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."  (4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"  (5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”   There are certain truths revealed to us in the New Testament that cannot be

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1 Corinthians 14:14 “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.”      Scripture reveals to us that our spirits also require prayer in order to grow strong. I am not referring to praying with our understanding however, although I’m sure that it does help in a limited way to pray with the understanding. I am specifically referring to praying with our spirits, for as we have already seen earlier the Christian has the ability to pray both with

John 4:31-34 “In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."  (32)  But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."  (33)  Therefore, the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"  (34)  Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”     Hearing the word of God is not the only source of spiritual food for our spirits, for Jesus mentioned another source of spiritual

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Luke 9:44-45 “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."  (45) But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.”    And so we come to the method of spiritual growth through meditation in God’s word. In the passage of scripture quoted above our Lord Jesus was trying to get the disciples to understand what wa

John 21:17 “He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.”   There are three methods that the believer can use to feed their spirits. The first and most common method (which we have already discussed) is to simply read the word of God, and all believers who desire to gr

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Luke 4:4 “But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'”   As we have seen in the previous section, scripture identifies two main categories of believers i.e. babes in Christ and mature believers. And so the question is asked how do believer’s transition from being babes in Christ (where all believers start out) to becoming spiritually mature. To answer that question we can look to the natural. There are two key

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1 Corinthians 3:1-3 “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.  (2)  I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; (3) for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?”    We have stated thus far that all believers come into the kingdom of God as babe

Luke 2:40 “And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”   One of the main differences between the New and Old Testament saints is that the New Testament saints can grow in spirit. The reason New Testament saints can grow strong in spirit is because they are born-again, whereas the Old Testament saints were spiritually dead. Sadly however, because most New Testament believers have very limited knowledge in this area,

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John 4:23-24 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.  (24) God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”   It is only under the New Covenant that the saints can worship God as He desires to be worshipped, for in the above quoted passage of scripture our Lord Jesus teaches us that because God is Spirit that He desires those who worship

Acts 2:4 “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”         One of the most enlightening aspects that help us to more clearly understand the spirit of the born-again believer is the gift of speaking in other tongues. In the above quoted passage of scripture we see the gift of other tongues being given to the New Testament saints for the first time on the day of Pentecost. The reason this gift was n

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Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,  (15)  who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   We have seen thus far that the born-again spirit has full and complete understanding of God’s word, because of which the spirit of the believer is ab

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