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NOTES FROM SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY BY ANDREW WOMMACK

CHAPTER 2

RELEASE WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY GOT

YOUR SPIRIT TOTALLY CHANGED AT SALVATION. UPON MAKING JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD, YOUR SPIRIT UNDERWENT AN ANSTANT AND COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION. YOUR BODY AND SOUL ARE ALSO BOTH IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE CHANGE IS NOT TOTAL, NOR COMPLETE.

THE CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE IN YOUR SPIRIT HAS TO WORK ITS WAY OUT INTO YOUR SOULS AND BODIES. THAT IS WHERE FAITH COMES IN BECAUSE EVERYTHING DID NOT SUDDENLY CHANGE.

BUT YOUR SPIRIT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED. YOU AREN’T IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET ANYTHING FROM GO. EVERYTHING YOU’LL EVER NEED IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ALREADY PRESENT IN ITS ENTIRETY I YOUR SPIRIT. YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT IS AS PERFECT AND COMPLETE AS IT’LL EVER BE THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY. YOU WON’T GET A NEW SPIRIT WHEN YOU ARRIVE I HEAVEN, AND NEITHER WILL IT NEED TO BE MATURED, COMPLETED, OR CLEANED UP FROM ANY DEFILEMENT DOWN HERE ON EARTH. YOUR SPIRIT IS--RIGHT NOW--AS PERFECT, MATURE, AND COMPLETE AS JESUS HIMSELF.

AFTER BEING BORN AGAIN, THE REST OF YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE CONSISTS SIMPLY OF RENEWING AND RELEASING. AS YOU RENEW YOUR MIND AND BELIEVE GOD’S WORD, YOUR SOUL WILL AGREE WITH WHAT’S ALREADY TRANSPIRED IN YOUR SPIRIT. WHEN YOUR SOUL COMES INTO ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IT SEES I GOD’S SPIRITUAL MIRROR, WHAT’S ALREADY IN YOUR SPIRIT RELEASES INTO YOUR SOUL AND BODY. THAT’S HOW YOU EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF YOUR SALVATION. IF YOUR SPIRIT AND SOUL AGREE, YOU EXPERIENCE THE LIFE OF GOD. THEN YOU HAVE TWO PARTS OF YOUR BEING AGAINST ONE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SUPERNATURAL FLOW OF LIFE FROM YOUR SPIRIT TO THE PHYSICAL REALM STOPS WHEN YOUR SOUL AGREES WITH YOUR BODY (MAJORITY RULES AGAIN) AND IS DOMINATED BY THE NATURAL REALM. YOU CUT YOURSELF OFF FROM EXPERIENCING GOD’S LIFE IN YOU WHEN YOU ALIGN YOUR SOUL WITH WHAT YOU CAN SEE, TASTE, HEAR, SMELL AND FEEL INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU PERCEIVE IN THE WORD. WHAT’S IN YOUR SPIRIT MUST FLOW THROUGH YOUR SOUL IN ODER TO GET OUT TO YOUR BODY AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD AROUND IT.

CONSIDER THIS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY.

THE OUTER CIRCLE IS YOUR BODY. IT’S THE PART YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL. YOUR SOUL IS AN INNER PART THAT CAN’T BE SEEN BUT CAN BE FELT. YOUR SOUL TOUCHES BOTH YOUR BODY AND SPIRIT. YOUR SPIRIT IS THE INNERMOST PART--THE CENTER OF WHO YOU ARE--AND IT CAN’T BE SEEN OR FELT. YOUR SPIRIT IS THE CORE OF YOUR BEING--THE REAL YOU.

AFTER GOD FORMED ADAM, HE BREATHED INTO HIM THE BREATH OF LIFE. (GEN. 2:7) . ADAM’S BODY AND SOUL (HIS PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PARTS) HAD NO LIFE IN THEM UNTIL “SPIRIT” OR “BREATH” WAS IMPARTED. YOUR SPIRIT IS YOUR LIFE-GIVING PART.

NOTICE HOW YOUR SPIRIT IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY YOUR SOUL. IT HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. THAT’S WHY EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT FROM YOUR SPIRIT TO YOUR BODY MUST GO THROUGH YOUR MENTAL, EMOTIONAL PART.

LOOK AT THE PIPE DIAGRAM.

ONE SIDE REPRESENT YOUR SPIRIT AND THE OTHER YOUR BODY. YOUR SOUL ACTS AS A VALVE IN BETWEEN THE TWO. WHEN YOU OPEN THE VALVE, WHAT’S IN YOUR SPIRIT CAN FLOW THROUGH TO YOUR BODY. DEPENDING UPON HOW OPEN IT IS, THE FLOW OF LIFE COULD BE JUST A TRICKLE, A SMALL STREAM, OR RIVERS. (JOHN 7:38). WHEN THE VALVE IS CLOSED, THE FLOW FROM SPIRIT TO BODY SHUTS OFF.

REMEMBER, IN YOUR SPIRIT YOU’VE GOT THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. (EPH. 1:18-20). YET IT’S POSSIBLE TO HAVE THIS POWER AND NEVER MANIFEST IT IF YOUR SOUL, LIKE A VALVE, STAYS CLOSED TO THIS TRUTH, YOU WON’T EXPERIENCE IT. WITHOUT OPENING THE VALVE BY RENEWING YOUR MIND TO GOD’S WORD,THE ETERNAL REALITY IN YOUR SPIRIT WON’T BE ABLE TO IMPACT THE TEMPORAL “REALITY” OF YOUR PHYSICAL REALM. ALL THAT RESURRECTION LIFE AND POWER JUST STAYS LOCKED UP INSIDE UNTIL YOU LOOK INTO THE SPIRITUAL MIRROR LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE REAL YOU AND RELEASE IT. YOU COULD ACTUALLY DIE WITH ALL OF THE POWER THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD SITTING UNTAPPED WITHIN YOU.

YOUR BODY DOESN’T REALLY CONTROL ANYTHING. IT JUST GOES WITH THE FLOW OF WHAT IT SEES, TASTES, HEARS, SMELLS, AND FEELS UNLESS OTHERWISE INFLUENCED BY THE SOUL. IT’S AMORAL--NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD. LEFT TO ITSELF, YOUR BODY JUST REACTS TO AND GOES ALONG WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PHYSICAL REALM.

WHEN YOUR SOUL AGREES WITH YOUR SPIRIT, THE LIFE OF GOD IN YOU WILL MANIFEST ITSELF IN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. YOU’LL EXPERIENCE HEALING, DELIVERANCE, ANOINTING, VICTORY, POWER, JOY, PROSPERITY--ON AND ON IT GOES.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T A PROCESS OF “GETTING FROM GOD”; INSTEAD IT’S A PROCESS OF RENEWING MY MIND AND LEARNING TO RELEASE WHAT I’VE ALREADY RECEIVED. THIS ERRONEOUS CONCEPT OF TRYING TO GET SOMETHING YOU DON’T YET HAVE CARRIES WITHIN IT AN ELEMENT OF DOUBT. YOU SEE A PROMISE IN THE WORD, YOU KNOW GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES, SO YOU START TOWARD BELIEVING GOD. BUT SINCE YOU CAN’T PERCEIVE IT YET IN YOUR MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, OR PHYSICAL REALMS, YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT’S ALREADY DONE. IN YOUR MIND, GOD’S PROMISE ISN’T A “REALITY” UNTIL YOU PHYSICALLY HAVE IT. GOD PLACED EVERYTHING YOU’LL EVER NEED INSIDE YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT. ONCE YOU BELIEVE YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IT, DOUBT IS ELIMINATED.

YOU AREN’T TRYING TO GET SAVED, YOU WERE SAVED. YOU AREN’T IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BORN AGAIN, YOU WERE BORN AGAIN. WHEN YOU CONFESSED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOUR SPIRIT INSTANTLY CHANGED. IN YOUR SPIRIT, YOU ARE BRAND NEW AND COMPLETE. GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED. THE REST OF YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T SPENT LEARNING HOW TO GET FROM HIM BUT RATHER DISCOVERING HOW TO RELEASE WHAT HE’S ALREADY PLACED WITHIN.