The Soulish Christian (Part 1)
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In “The Soulish Christian (Part 1),” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the soulish life, the authority of Scripture, holiness. Drawing especially from 1 Thessalonians 5, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 14, John 4, the teaching emphasizes that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.
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Odle focuses on the soulish life. The message argues that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on worship while working through John 4, Colossians 2. The message argues that true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on worship while working through Romans 1, Romans 12. The message argues that true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Proverbs 18. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Leviticus 17, Hebrews 4. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the soulish life while working through Romans 7. The message argues that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through 2 Timothy 2, Matthew 16. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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hallelujah we worship the creator of heaven and earth lord the gospel of john says that speaking of jesus that you were in the world and the world was made by you and the world knew you not great is the mystery of godliness that god was manifest in the flesh lord we worship you because you are seated upon your throne you are high and lifted up you are above all other gods there is no other beside you the name of jesus is above every name and we worship you and we praise you this morning in jesus name we pray amen hallelujah good to worship the lord amen well i tell you i have to say that there's not many things in the past that i miss but the brownsville revival is one of them i was blessed and privileged to have a friend who was on staff at the church and i was blessed to hear about it early on um and then to live only about 150 miles away so i went weekly for a while and then once a month for a while and for about five years i visited the revival that went on and on and the presence of god was strong and then the gospel was preached in truth the cross was lifted up jesus was lifted up repentance was preached and uh sin was pointed out and exposed and many people i saw run to that altar in tears and repenting and giving their lives to the lord and many prodigals came home so the critics can say what they want but the power of god was at that revival and the fruit was there and it was lasting fruit amen boy we need another one we need another revival like that anyway this morning i believe i do have something that i believe the lord wants me to share with you once you turn in your bibles and go to um we're going to start in first thessalonians chapter 5. first thessalonians chapter five you're going to have to pay attention this morning this is not an easy subject to delve into nor is it an easy one to grasp but i think it's important for the christian if we're going to mature in the lord spiritually we're going to grow
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we need to understand this concept and it's the difference between the soul and the spirit what i'm going to talk to you about today we're going to call it the soulish christian okay you'll understand what that means more in a minute but um an important subject but before we delve into that real far i want to lay a little a little uh foundation here um first of all in first thessalonians 5 and verse 23 we learned something about the makeup or the nature of man right and this is uh verse 23. we're going to read it here it says in the very god of peace sanctify you wholly or completely and i pray god your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ now this is of course a prayer that paul prayed for them where he's praying that god would sanctify them or make them holy set them apart but he he put a division between what makes up a man and a woman what makes up a human being and he said there are three separate greek words he said spirit soul and body now if you'll notice the order that they're in spirit soul and body that's no accident because as a christian if you are born again then your spirit man has been regenerated it is the part of you that has been risen from the dead it is the part of you that's been made alive and connected back to god the soul is the mind-willed emotions we're going to get into that more here in a second but the mind is the part of us or the soul is the part of us that has to be renewed by the word of god and by the holy spirit and is in constant conflict because guess what the soul is the man in the middle the soul is caught between the spirit that is willing and wants to do what the holy spirit wants us to do and the soul is caught between the flesh that the flesh all the flesh wants to do is sin and evil the soul is caught in the middle okay now a lot of christians and especially in here we know the difference i've taught a lot about crucifying the flesh and getting the body under control and making it obey the lord right we're supposed to bring the flesh under control paul said that we all know obvious sins of the flesh right the sins of adultery or sexual sins and immorality um we we know about those drunkenness
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and drug abuse and you know we we know about those right and a lot of times i think christians uh get pretty happy with themselves if they conquered some of those sins of the flesh and and crucified the flesh and gotten some victory in that area and really we're supposed to right as christians that's one of the we are supposed to get victory over the sins of the flesh i mean that's what paul talked about in romans right how do we that are dead to sins how should we live any longer therein right shall we sin that grace may abound no god forbid right the christian uh one of the first truths that we really is supposed to be revealed to us is that before salvation we lived and indulged the flesh at will we lived after the flesh we walked after the flesh we pleased the flesh that was our primary motive and that's how it was our primary motor operation of life now we you know as a christian we don't even get this teaching anymore in most churches that to be a christian you have to repent turn from the sins of the flesh and make jesus lord of your life and then proceed in a life to mortify the deeds of the body to crucify it to to kill it to kill off those habits and sins that we indulge to not let the flesh rule you okay and that right there is hard enough in itself it can be done and it's not done through just sheer determination but you do have to make up your mind to cooperate with what the holy spirit wants to do right i mean you have to make up your mind you're not going to commit adultery when you're tempted to commit adultery right you have to make up your mind i'm going to obey god and then pray for god's grace and strength to do it okay but just crucifying the flesh and the affections and and lust of the flesh and the deeds of the flesh and the works of the flesh is not everything because there is the soul okay and this is the next really the next progression in christian life is to die to being led by your soul now let's define it again let me define these so you'll understand and i don't have time to develop the whole thing i'm just going to give it to you this morning because we're going to get into this the spirit man the spirit of man is where lies his conscience you can write these down what makes up the spirit of man of course paul said in first corinthians 15 it is a spiritual body therefore i believe it it has shape we know from his descriptions that the spirit man has eyes
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ears a mouth and a physical uh not physical but an outline of a body all right and it's the greek word pneuma for spirit but then in your spirit is where your conscience is what is your conscience your conscience is the instinctive understanding of right and wrong it is what god imprinted in us when he said that he put his law into our hearts even unsaved people have god's law written in their hearts that's why they know right from wrong that's why when you're a child or when you get into teenage years and even though you may not be a christian when you go and do your first sexual sin or your first bad you know immoral thing you feel so horrible about it that is your conscience that is your spirit that is the part of you that god imprinted his law in you so you would know right from wrong instinctively okay that's contained in your spirit another part of your spirit is the area of intuition okay now a lot of people think that's that in their in their soul they think suspicion is intuition okay but this is intuition has nothing to do with your mental suspicions all right intuition is where you perceive or sense or feel what's going on in the spirit world either with somebody or something this is the part where the holy spirit communicates to us supernatural revelation this is really the area where the gifts of the spirit work here okay word of knowledge when god reveals something either about the present or the past that you have no ability to know in the natural word of wisdom when he reveals to you something about the future so um when you walk up on somebody and you discern you perceive something everything that's coming out of their mouth sounds right and good but you in your spirit you sense no something's evil something's a myth something's wrong about this person something's dark here okay this is the area of perception or your intuition um also contained within your spirit is what i will call the area of worship or communication okay this is really the place where we communicate with god now i'm going to give you a bunch of scriptures in a second to prove all this out but he he talks about this is where you know when paul said when i pray in tongues in first corinthians 14 he said my spirit prayeth but my understanding is unfruitful he was talking about my spirit's praying to god my soul doesn't know what's going on
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