Dichotomy - soul/spirit plus body ( 1 cor 7:34, James 2:26, etc)
or
Trichotomy - spirit plus soul plus body (1 Thess 5:23)
what about:
Input = spirit / breathed-in / wind / inner being
Output = flesh / body / members / outer being
Input animates output: James 2:26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
Spirit always controls flesh
but how about interaction between spirit & flesh = soul/heart/mind/neck
a Living and Holy spirit - generates an eternal and holy being
the original spirit blown into Adam then - is the Holy Spirit
but like in Stephen's speech - Adam rejected this Spirit
and listened instead to other spirits
the interaction between the flesh and spirit then produces Adam's character - a sinful puppet - controlled by an external spirit
salvation then comes with a 'renewed Spirit' - which unlocks the decayed and hardened deadwood, and allows the life-blood to now flow in and animate the flesh and release it from its puppet-life
the man is now a new man - a real man, animated flesh in submissive listening to the Counsellor
this then renews the soul - creates a new life
one that will continuously be renewed for all eternity - become a 'personality' identical to that of Christ
no wonder the necessity to separate soul from spirit and even flesh from bone by the Word of God (cf Heb 4)
still fiddling with this... let me know your thoughts
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