SOUL MAN - MAGNIFY THE LORD

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In bringing our soul under control is to teach the soul man to magnify the Lord. Look at Luke 1:46-47. Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit does rejoice in God my Savior." If the soul does not magnify the Lord, he will magnify his own reasoning. He will magnify himself and exalts himself against the knowledge of God.

The Spirit always rejoice in God, but the soul has to be taught how to magnify God. The soul must magnify the name of Jesus or it will definitely magnify something else. The soul is very efficient in exalting things. It exalts self-knowledge that means lifting up our thoughts and conclusions on a matter over God's thoughts.

The soul will exalt self wisdom, this is the wisdom that has come from wordly methods or wordly training over Godly wisdom. This wisdom is called "sensual" in James 3:15. James calls this superficial wisdom not Godly, but earthly, unspiritual animal devilish demonical. The Greek word is"psuchikos" or fleshly. The soul will exalt self-revelation.

We see this so evident in the cults that have sprung up around us. Some man's revelation or vision began to be exalted over the Word of God, resulting in a cult. II Peter 1:20 very plainly tells us that "no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation." We must teach the soul man to magnify the Lord, to magnify His Word.

In others words we must exalt the Word above our reasoning, logic and imaginations that are contrary to God's Word. We must refuse to let soul man say "I am in so much pain, I will never be healed" We must refuse that thought immediately, because the word says, He healed me with His stripe two thousand years ago."

We must magnify that Word. If we do not, God's Word will not exalt us into health. Let us resolve to make God's Word the final authority in our lives. Let us, through God's Word, unite soul and spirit and go on in this life He has given us with power and victory. Spiritual maturity is what we are after, not just spiritual experiences.

Spiritual experiences require little soul discipline. Spiritual experiences are more the matter of the moment. They are temporary in a sense. You can not live, exist, subsist alone with hype and emotions, for they are temporary. You do not live in or by the experience, but hopefully it wil begin to lead on to a deeper journey.

If you do not have the discipline after the experience then you will lose the experience and what it was intended for. The soul needs renewal, not just an experience. Our soul need a journey. Our house need more than just a spray paint, it needs to be remodeled. It needs to be interior decorated. Our soul needs more than an experience, it needs to be touched by God. We need to asking ourselves what is the quality of my soul?

Do I have depth in my soul? People who have an experience with God and have no spiritual maturity or no depth put into their soul, many times will become empty, disillusioned, and go away from God after the experience. God is wanting to renew, restore, refurbish our house. He is wanting to be made welcome to come in and enter into every room of our house and begin to renew, restore, and redecorate.

He is the "Master Interior Decorator." God wants us to reflect Him in our spirit/soul/body. Man is a trichotomy (three part being) where God placed authority in the spirit of man. God made man in His image. God made us three part beings so that we could reflect God in every part.

If you haven't accepted Christ as your Savior simply say in an audible voice, in all sincerity from the depths of your heart, "Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me of my sins and accept me as Your child. I accept You as my personal Savior and I promise to follow the instructions of Your Word from this day on. If I fail because I am human, please help pick me up so I can try again! Thank you, Jesus, for saving me from all my sins. AMEN."