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A Biblical Understanding of WHOLENESS

A Biblical Understanding of WHOLENESS. GMM – Chapter 3 HHP – lesson 3. GENESIS LAYS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH. Especially chapters one, two, and three We must study these chapters carefully to understand: Who God is Who we are as persons What has gone wrong with us and with the world

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A Biblical Understanding of WHOLENESS

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  1. A Biblical Understanding of WHOLENESS GMM – Chapter 3 HHP – lesson 3

  2. GENESIS LAYS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH • Especially chapters one, two, and three • We must study these chapters carefully to understand: • Who God is • Who we are as persons • What has gone wrong with us and with the world • We cannot understand the Gospel unless we understand the teachings of Genesis 1 - 3

  3. WE WERE CREATED WHOLE Genesis 2:7a The Lord God formed man from the dust of the earth.

  4. WHAT DOES THIS TEACH US? • God made us and we are totally separate from him • We are not “emanations” from God, or simply extensions of His being • We are physical beings • Our physical body is good • Because it is God’s gift to us, we are responsible to God for how we care for it

  5. WHAT DID GOD MAKE OUT OF DIRT ? • God made all our cells, tissues, organs, and systems • He made them to function together • We are fearfully and wonderfully made • Yet when God finished making this body, it was not yet alive

  6. GENESIS 2 : 7 B • “God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being” • We are separate from God • Yet have something of God within us – • His image – Soul and Spirit

  7. THE IMAGE OF GOD • Genesis 1:26 and 27 • “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. • Let them rule….. • So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; • Male and female he created them.”

  8. MALE and FEMALE • Both are equal in God’s sight • In almost every culture in the world, EXCEPT THOSE BASED ON THE BIBLE, men dominate women • Wherever women are suppressed by men, this is unbiblical and morally wrong

  9. THE IMAGE OF GOD • Self-knowledge and personality • Thoughts, intellect, wisdom • Creativity and imagination • Relationships and communication • Feelings, emotions, intuition • Joy, appreciation of beauty • Sexuality: masculinity, femininity come from God. They are good.

  10. Matthew 22 : 37 - 39 • The biblical formula for Health – • RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS • With God • With others • With self • Right relationships favor health

  11. I THESSALONIANS 5 : 23 b • May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ • From God we are endowed with soul • He has also given us spirit • God is Spirit and we are spiritual beings

  12. DESCRIPTION OF TERMS • Mind – thoughts, intellect, reason • Soul – feelings, emotions, desires, beliefs, memories • Spirit – the will • Where we communicate with God or with other spiritual powers • Where we ask basic questions about life • Heart – mind, soul, and spirit together • “Inner being” is a similar term

  13. Proverbs 4 : 23 • Keep your heart with all diligence • Like a warden who guards a prison • Out of it come the springs of life. • The condition of the heart has a great influence on health and on response to illness

  14. SICKNESS OF THE BODY AFFECTS SOUL AND SPIRIT • Fear – of death, of pain, of incapacity • Anxiety • Guilt • Worry – about costs, outcome, consequences • Anger • These can impede the healing process

  15. PROVERBS 14 : 30 • Peace of mind make the body healthy • Envy is like a cancer • Psychoneuroimmunology described three millennia ago

  16. CONCLUSIONS • Physical illness affects soul and spirit • Care for soul and spirit is just as important as care for the body • We can learn much about care for soul and spirit from God’s Word • Healing of the heart FAVORS healing of the body

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