Your Spirit and God’s Word

Man is a dual being, consisting of a mortal body and an immortal spirit (cf. Matt.10:28). While many spend great amounts of time, money, and energy caring for the body, relatively few focus on the condition of the “inward man” (2 Cor. 4:16). Since this latter part of man is the more valuable (Matt. 16:26), would it not be wise to focus the majority of attention and actions on it?

The Bible teaches that every soul shall reside eternally in one of two places: heaven or hell (cf. Matt. 7:13-14). It warns us of the latter and beckons us toward the former.

Consider a few points regarding this enduring Book and your eternal soul:

• The Bible is God’s Word and is designed to make man a complete being: ”All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

• The Bible will be the standard of judgment on the last day: ”He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (Jn. 12:48).

• The Bible should be diligently studied: ”These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11).

• The Bible must be personally applied to be eternally effective: ”But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (Jas. 1:22).

You possess an eternal spirit. Are you caring for it properly by studying and obeying God’s Word? Listen to the Master and consider your situation: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” (Matt. 7:21).