The
Trinity of Man
The first time
it is recorded that God spoke to another being is in the 26th verse of
the 1st chapter of the Bible.
It is recorded in Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: again in the very next verse the scripture comments on the fact that man is made in the image of God.
Gen 1:27
So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
Now, according
to the Bible we see that man was created in the image of God. The next
logical question would be then, what does God look like? Since all
mankind doesn't look the same, and men and women certainly don't look
the same, what is the scripture referring to?
God doesn't
say "I will make man in our
image". He includes others in the creation process. Others that
evidenced by His own words must be able to create.
Remember He said
"let Us make". This simple phrase excludes the angels, as they are
themselves created beings and are never referred to as being creators.
On the other hand if we look at the first Chapter of the gospel of John,
we may see the answer to this question clearly revealed.
Joh
1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was. Vs-2 The same was in
the beginning with God. Vs-3
All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that
was made.
Then in John 1:14 we
read..,“And the Word was
made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus Christ is
God in the flesh, when we speak of the Trinity of man we are referring
to mankind in his whole being. Spirit, soul and body. (1Thessolonians
5:23)
The aspect of God that corresponds to the body or flesh of mankind is Jesus Christ. In fact we are told in
Romans
12:5, and 1 Corinthians chapter 12 that the church is the body of Christ
on earth.
Corporately the
visible church, those that have been redeemed, delivered and set free of
the power of sin by the blood of Christ are mandated to fulfill the will
of God on earth.
Individually
we are to regard these bodies as
earth suits that house our spirits and our souls. Our bodies are in
direct contact with our environment and "sense" what is going on around
us.
Our bodies are
used to actually maneuver and make changes to our surroundings as we
deem necessary. Our bodies include the sensory organs that provide the
signals to our minds that are processed into what we refer to as
feeling, seeing, hearing, tasting and smelling.
Since we are so
dependent on our bodies it is our responsibility to 1.) maintain them
properly; and 2.) to keep our bodies under submission to our spirit.
Here-in lies the problem, our bodies may be used as a terrific tool when
led by the Spirit of God, or a terrible weapon when under the influence
of the enemy.
In the 2nd
chapter of Ephesians we are declared to have been created for Gods'
purposes.
Eph 2:10
For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
The only means
to gaining complete command over our flesh, is to be born again. Until
we ask Christ to forgive us and free us from the hold sin has on us
through His shed blood, we remain slaves of sin (Rom.6:16) and fulfill
the desires of the flesh. (Galatians 5:
19 -21.)
Until the
spirit of man is quickened by the Holy Spirit, the only information his
mind receives is from his body. It is only by being born again, becoming
a new creation in Christ, led by the Spirit of God, that our bodies, our
flesh- man may become subject to, instead of the masters of, our souls.
