What is Spirit?

[The servant]

What is Spirit in man? Does any one here have any idea of what Spirit really is, also to my thinking it seems that many people seem think that the earth is the centre and the only planet with life whole of the universe?
Do you recall the words of Jesus when He said my Fathers house has many mansions, I believe this does not just refer to the earth, so how do others picture these words.

Peace and Light

Peter

[JM]

Originally Posted by The servant

What is Spirit in man? Does any one here have any idea of what Spirit really is, also to my thinking it seems that many people seem think that the earth is the centre and the only planet with life whole of the universe?
Do you recall the words of Jesus when He said my Fathers house has many mansions, I believe this does not just refer to the earth, so how do others picture these words.

Peace and Light

Peter

Are you asking what Spirit is, or what Jesus apparently said?

[The servant]

Originally Posted by JM

Are you asking what Spirit is, or what Jesus apparently said?

I see what you mean it was a bit a bit of a double, question and answer,
I must be going of track a bit.
I meant to ask does any one know what spirit is. And I went on a bit.
too far.

Peace and Light Peter

[Someday]

Spirit is the Breath of God.

"God formed a man out of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7)

The word we use for this animating principle comes from a Latin form, spiritus, "breath." It is related to words like "aspire," "expire," "inspire," and "perspire," as well as "sprightly" (full of life, animated).

The Hebrew word in Genesis for breath is n'shamah and it comes from a root that means "blow," "breath," or "pant." In the Bible, it is used to describe God's breath as well as human breath. Breath is the element that God gave us that made us come alive. We retain this element, as it is the immortal companion of the body.

We in essence have a dual nature. Paul alluded to this duality when he wrote "it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body." (1Co 15:44 RV)

Many men have been misled by a theology that calls for a physical resurrection. This has been the undoing of a lot of philosophies and metaphysical reasonings that have arisen because of that false premise. Reading the text further proves that the resurrection is not physical. "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." (1Co 15:50 RV)

Blessings