Genesis 6:3a And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man…
Flesh is that which we can see. Bones is that which we can almost touch – bones which will decay once more into the dust of time.
Spirit is quite something else: inexplicable, incomprehensible, immeasurable, untouched, unheard, misunderstood and mysterious to the simpleness of our complex minds.
Shall we complicate or clarify by equating to our spirit the very soul of our being – a human being, that is?
Genesis 2:7c … and man became a living soul.
“Hi, Roger,” a fellow man greets me. He is not talking to only the flesh of ears or the sore sight of his eyes. He speaks to my soul – my heart – my being in the image of the Living God.
God IS and we are created in His Image. In the image of His Spirit, our spirit is created.
Dear Father God, for this and for your Son and Holy Spirit I give you thanks.
Yet a Holy God cannot always strive with mankind, sinful in the flesh and decaying by the unholiness of our worldly soul.
Genesis 6
Increasing Corruption on Earth
3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years…”
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart…
Do you grieve your LORD God, o man?
Do you grieve Jesus Christ whose Name you claim, o christian?
Christ Jesus also speaks of ‘spirit.’ Hear the Word of God in your heart and soul.
John 3:3 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 4 Marvel not that I said to you, “You must be born again.”
IN Christ Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, you must be born again. The LORD God will not forever contend with your soul, dearly beloved lost one.
Repent of your sin! Do NOT contend with Christ our LORD.
