The Soulish Christian (Part 3)
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In “The Soulish Christian (Part 3),” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, the soulish life, salvation. Drawing especially from 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 5, Romans 12, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ.
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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 salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the cross and Christ’s blood while working through Romans 12, Hebrews 4, Romans 1. The message argues that Christ’s sacrifice and shed blood are presented as the foundation of redemption, forgiveness, and victory over sin. It connects this with the conviction that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on salvation while working through Ephesians 4. The message argues that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on spiritual deception while working through Ephesians 2. The message argues that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Romans 1. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Romans 1, Romans 2, Romans 3. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the soulish life while working through Peter 2, Luke 12, Romans 8. 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 test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the soulish life while working through Matthew 16, James 5, Revelation 20. 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 test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Revelation 13, Ephesians 5. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. 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.
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hallelujah lord we worship you we worship you jesus we praise your mighty name lord you are king of kings and lord of lords and lord you are worthy of worship you are the one who who came down here took the the form of man lord you lived a sinless life you willingly lay down your life on the cross to shed your blood to wash our sins away to purchase eternal salvation for us lord you came and then you rose from the dead to prove that you are the author of life you are the resurrection and the life and there is no other way to eternal life in heaven but through jesus through faith through repentance through intimacy and lord we are grateful today that we can know you we can know you for real not just in our minds not just as a creed or a belief but we can know you intimately in our spirit in reality and i thank you for that lord and it's in jesus name we pray amen and amen hallelujah hallelujah that is not really helping good morning good morning we want to welcome those listening by blog talk radio and through shoutcast radio to fire and grace church i'm pastor dean odell and again we welcome you we're going to continue this morning we're going to continue on the the series on the soulish christian this will be part three and we may have a part four now i said we we we might only have this might be the last one but there's just so much to this and there's so much going on um but we're going to just reiterate a little bit of what we covered last week because i want these things to sink down in your hearts and in your minds i really want everyone to learn this and be able to remember it and be able to you know chew on it and get it down in your spirit and be able to work it out in your life to live it to apply it and so that's why i feel the the necessity to slow down a little bit and to keep even overlapping and reminding you of certain things but we're talking about the soulless christian and the difference between being led by the holy spirit communicating with your spirit and your spirit man being the part of you that you live your
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christian life through rather than your soul your mind will and emotions now we talked about this last week of course first thessalonians chapter 5 verse 23 is kind of our foundational verse that spells out that each human being has a spirit and a soul and a body and i'm going to give you again the different parts now we all know what the body is made up of the body is our physical being five senses touch taste smell hearing seeing we have five senses and of course the bible refers to our flesh as the part of us where paul said in our flesh dwells no good thing our flesh nature has been corrupted by the sin of adam and eve passed down to us and that's why paul could say in the flesh dwell with no good thing because it will constantly desire to sin and to do the things of the evil nature okay the soul is the mind the will and the emotions your consciousness it is what makes you you i mean everybody has a body everybody has a spirit but the soul is the real you that's something you need to understand i mean when we when we die if we uh if we die before jesus comes the body's just gonna go back to dust it's gonna go back to what it was made out of the spirit again like i talked to you last week the spirit is the very breath of god it is the life of god it's what he breathed in us and that will return to him but the soul the soul is who you are the soul is the consciousness it's what makes uh dean dean what's what makes bill bill it's what makes patrick patrick it's it's just that's who you really are um it's not this physical body okay um but the soul being the mind the will and the emotions is still part of the natural man okay now we know that when jesus comes jesus says at the resurrection or when he comes that the body he said this in first thessalonians 4 we back up a little bit in first thessalonians 4 when he talked about what people call the rapture or the resurrection of the righteous he said the dead in christ will rise first and then we which are alive and remain will be called up to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord now paul said it this way in first corinthians 15 51 through about 53 there when he said in the moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet what we will be changed
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and this corruption or this corruptible mortal body will put on incorruption all right meaning that the moment jesus comes whether we're dead in christ or whether we're still alive there's going to be a transformation of the body from a mortal body to an immortal body it'll still be a physical body remember when jesus rose from the dead he told them he said a spirit does not have flesh and bone like me he physically bodily rose from the dead and the bible is very clear first john that when we see him we shall be like him meaning the moment that he appears the moment he descends from heaven with the shout with the voice of the archangel with the trumpet of god the moment the resurrection takes place or the rapture whatever you want to call it but the moment that happens there's going to be a transformation of this body the flesh will no longer be like it is now it will be transformed into into a supernatural resurrected body but that's at the end that's at the resurrection that's at the second coming of jesus now right now the bible says for born again christians and we'll look at this and titus in a minute that if you've been born again through believing that jesus is god in the flesh that he died on the cross for your sins that he rose from the dead the third day and you believe the word of god and you've con you've confessed you're a sinner and you've repented and doing your your best to turn from sin and walk with him the bible says you will have a supernatural experience where your spirit is regenerated that's that's a new testament word that means made new and that's when we get the the second corinthians 5 17 verse he said if any man be in christ he is a new creature or a new creation all things are passed away and behold all things become new now let me tell you that becoming new is a process and what starts when you're saved when you're born again truly with true faith and true repentance in the lord jesus christ washed in his blood and walking with him when you're truly born again the process of all things becoming new happens the first thing that happens is your spirit man is completely regenerated made alive by the life of god there is a resurrection that happens in your spirit man that's been alienated and separated from the greek word the zoe life of god okay now i just told you that the body's not going to be made new until jesus returns so when is the soul made new ah the soul the mind your mind your will ability to make decisions your emotions your
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consciousness your personality is in the process of being renewed by the word of god and it is in this process where you will either through walking this out correctly your soul will be saved or it is through this process that your soul will be lost oh come on now don't shout me down when i'm preaching good i'm gonna give you some verses all right let's look at it the soul we're gonna keep establishing this everybody go let's go to romans chapter 12 first romans 12. first one you know and as i've said throughout this series at different points one of the first things we learn as a christian once we are saved and in the process of hearing the gospel and understanding the gospel the first process that we understand is that we've got to bring the flesh under control we can't let the flesh run wild and that's what the bible calls crucifying the flesh mortifying the deeds of the body as paul put it he said i bring my body under subjection i make it obey me i don't just let it do whatever it wants so we you know as christian a lot of christians here folks a lot of christians haven't even learned that lesson and that's really the first lesson that's that is the lesson that is what repentance means is that you choose to turn from sin and put to death through your faith in jesus and through the word of god you choose to cooperate with the holy spirit and put to death the deeds of the body like fornication premarital sex lust of the eyes adultery um drunkenness drug use you you the body wants to do those things right you put to death those things by saying lord forgive me i repent i don't want those things anymore give me grace give me power to walk that out and you believe in the cross what jesus did and you say and literally you come to a point where you really believe that i am crucified with christ the old man the old flesh nature you have to reckon yourselves dead to sin what does reckon mean you account it as done then you can to the point that you believe it you can say i am crucified with christ as paul said nevertheless i live i'm still alive
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