Dictionary of Bible Themes Every aspect of the human personality, including the spirit, was affected by the fall. At regeneration the human personality is transformed by the Holy Spirit. Numbers 16:22The human spirit is directly created by God See also Isaiah 42:5Zechariah 12:1 Hebrews 12:9 "human fathers" is literally "fathers of our flesh (bodies)", i.e., there is an antithesis between those who are the fathers of people's bodies and God, who is the Father of their spirits. Thus bodies are derived from parents but souls from God. Jeremiah 17:9The human spirit was affected by the fall See also Genesis 6:5Psalms 64:6; 78:37 Matthew 15:19 Ezekiel 18:31 pp Mk 7:21 Ezekiel 36:26-27The human spirit is renewed by the Holy Spirit at regeneration See also Psalms 51:10Jeremiah 31:33 Ezekiel 11:19 John 3:6 Romans 8:10 Galatians 5:22-23 Hebrews 12:22-23 The regenerated human spirit beyond death See also It is perfected in heaven 2 Corinthians 5:8Romans 8:23 See also It is incomplete without a resurrection body 2 Corinthians 5:1-4See also 3233 Holy Spirit & sanctification4018 life, spiritual 4195 spirits 5135 blindness, spiritual 6020 sin 6139 deadness, spiritual 6154 fall, the 6626 conversion 6644 eternal life 6728 regeneration 8320 perfection 9410 heaven |
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