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March 14, 2021May 27, 2021

The Great Exchange Pt. 3: The Soul and Spirit

We are made up of body, soul, and spirit. We are spiritual beings placed in a physical body. In our previous message, The Great Exchange Pt. 2: The Body, we answered the question, ‘What is the body?’ Yet, we still have our two main questions to answer:

1. What died the day Adam & Eve ate the fruit?
2. Are we able to get it back?

Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he preaches part three, The Soul and Spirit, of his eye-opening message series, The Great Exchange.

1 Thessalonians 5:23
Mark 15:37
Matthew 27:50
Matthew 8:16
Mark 6:7
Mark 6:13
Luke 4:41
Luke 11:20
Acts 19:13–16
Matthew 12:43–45
Isaiah 5:20
John 3:5–8
1 Corinthians 2:14
Romans 8:6
Ephesians 1:17
Romans 8:16
Psalms 51:10
Ezekiel 11:19b
Galatians 5:22–24
1 Corinthians 6:19
1 Corinthians 2:11–13
1 Corinthians 2:14
Romans 8:6
Ephesians 1:17
Romans 8:16
James 2:26
Genesis 5:3

Soul and Spirit Verses

The Soul

²⁸And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Hell.
Matthew 10:28

²⁶For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Matthew 16:26

³⁷And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
Matthew 22:37

¹⁹My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, ²⁰let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:19-20

⁸Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, ⁹obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9

²⁷For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
Acts 2:27

The Spirit

⁴⁰And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And He said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴²Again, for the second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
Matthew 26:40-42

²⁴God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you ¹⁰always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
Romans 1:9-10

¹⁵For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.
Romans 8:15-17

Spirit vs. Soul

¹⁸Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Matthew 12:18

²³Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23

¹²For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12

⁴⁶And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, ⁴⁸for He has looked on the humble estate of His servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;”
Luke 1:46-48

The soul and the spirit are two different parts that makeup who we are. We are spiritual beings with a soul, a spirit, and a body. Our soul is who we are; it is what is judged on Judgment Day. Our spirit is our connection to the spiritual realm around us. This is where we get our spiritual gifts, how we communicate with God and other spiritual beings, etc. Then we have the body, which holds both our spirit and our soul. This is what is perishable which is why we are given a new imperishable body when Jesus comes back.

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The Great Exchange Pt. 1: Where It All Began

The very first law God gave to mankind was to not eat of the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil, or they would die. We all know the story, Eve ate, then Adam ate, but neither one physically died. Why? Did God make an empty threat? What kind of death was God speaking of? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he answers all of these questions and more in his fiery message, The Great Exchange: Where It All Began.

Genesis 3:1-7
Revelation 2:24
Genesis 1:26
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Isaiah 6:5
Matthew 7:21–23
Matthew 6:22–23
Job 31:1
Matthew 6:22–23
Genesis 8:21
Psalms 34:8
Genesis 8:21
Leviticus 1:8–9
2 Corinthians 2:15–16

Where It All Began Verses

The Command

¹⁵The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. ¹⁶And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, ¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 2:15-17

The Sin

Adam and Eve didn’t just sin; they made an exchange. They exchanged their soul for knowledge.

⁶So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:6

¹⁶For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
1 John 2:16

The Consequence

Adam and Eve’s innocence was taken from them the day they ate the fruit from the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden of Eden. They didn’t die physically but spiritually. This is where it all began. This was the beginning of sin.

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Defending Your Faith Part Two: The Power of Knowledge

In today’s society, our children are raised in church, but their beliefs quickly change as soon as they go to university. But why? Were their foundations not strong enough? Were they not taught the knowledge of the Scripture so that they might be able to defend their faith? More and more Christians are pushing the Progressive-Christianity movement because they buy into one of two lies:

1. The Bible is outdated and can no longer be used for every circumstance in our culture today
2. Jesus loves everybody and just wants us to be happy

When ‘Christians’ push ‘progressive’ ideology, the one thing they never do is back up their beliefs with Scripture. How can we try to change the entire Church and what the Church stands for without knowing what Scripture actually says? We have taken away the most important aspect of our faith, the power of knowledge.

As we are compelled to put away Scripture more and more by the media and those in government, it has become more imperative than ever to actually know Scripture. Do you know your Bible? If someone questions your faith, can you defend it? If someone shows you another way of thinking, do you know the Scripture to determine whether they are right or wrong? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he goes into great detail on The Power of Knowledge.

1 Peter 3:15
Genesis 3:1
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Acts 17:11–12
Psalms 119:11
1 Corinthians 8:9–13
Revelation 12:11
Genesis 3:4–5
Genesis 1:26, 28
Revelation 12:7-9
Jude 10-13

The Power of Knowledge

²May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. ³His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, ⁴by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Peter 1:2-4

Peter says that we have been granted all things that pertain to life and Godliness by the knowledge of God. We have to know God, His attributes, feelings, and goals in order to grow closer to Him so that we might become more like Him and grow in Godliness. There is power in knowledge.

⁴Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?
Psalms 14:4

David equates the lack of knowledge to evildoers. Why? Because it is impossible to please God without knowledge. Why? Because it is impossible to please God without faith. And faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith comes through the power of knowledge.

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