Reference: Psychology
Hastings
The Bible does not contain a science of psychology in the modern sense; but there is a definite and consistent view of man's nature from the religious standpoint. This being recognized, the old dispute, whether it teaches the bipartite or the tripartite nature of man, loses its meaning, for the distinction of soul and spirit is not a division of man into soul and spirit along with his body or flesh, but a difference of point of view
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Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast (dependable) spirit within me.
([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
How I want to be there! I long to be in Jehovah's temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts.
You brought godless foreigners into my holy place. You dishonored my temple when you offered fat and blood to me. You rejected my promise so that you could do all your disgusting things.
The Lord Jehovah says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.'
Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!
Paul looked straight at the Council and said: Fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day.
I exercise myself always, to have a conscience void of offense toward God and toward men.
They show the work of the law written in their hearts. Their conscience also bears witness, and their thoughts accuse or excuse them.
However I see a different law at work in my body. This law fights against the law that my mind approves of. It makes me a prisoner to the law of sin that is at work in my body. Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death? read more. Thanks to God, through our Lord Jesus Christ! So then I can serve God's law only with my mind, while my human nature serves the law of sin.
I tell the truth in Christ. I do not lie! My conscience bears witness with me in Holy Spirit.
That is why you pay taxes. They are God's ministers continually serving this very purpose.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding (mind) is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding (Greek: nous: mind) also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding (mind) also.
It is sown a natural body and it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body.
Give thanks to the Father, who made us partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light.
For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being vigilant with thanksgiving.
In his own time he made his word known through the message that was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior.
I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you should correct the things that were defective, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave you orders.
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
You should avoid foolish arguing and dissentions, questioning; and genealogies, and arguing about law, for they are unprofitable and vain.
This is a symbol that points to the present time. It means that the offerings and animal sacrifices presented to God cannot make the worshiper's heart perfect,
The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience. And we wish to live honorably in all things.