Lesson Three

THREE LIVES AND FOUR LAWS

Scripture Reading

Gen. 2:7; Rom. 5:12, 19; John 3:15; Rom. 8:3; 7:15-16, 22, 24; 8:2, 4, 6, 13

Outline

1. Man having three lives
   1. The created life of man in the soul
   2. The evil life of Satan in the flesh
   3. The divine eternal life of God in the Spirit
2. Four laws related to man
   1. The law of God outside of man
   2. The law of good in our mind
   3. The law of sin in our flesh
   4. The law of the Spirit of life in our spirit
3. Our experience of the three lives and the four laws

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I. MAN HAVING THREE LIVES

In order to learn more about the divine life and its experiences, we must understand the three lives in man. Man is very complex. Animals only have one life, but we have three. This is strong proof that man is not an animal. Man has three parts-body, soul and spirit. Each of these three parts has a corresponding life.

A. The Created Life of Man in the Soul

The life in man’s soul is the created human life. It was put into man during man’s creation by God. [When God formed man of the dust of the ground, He breathed into him the breath of life, and “man became a living soul’’ (Gen. 2:7). This means that the human life obtained through creation is in man’s soul.]

There are three parts to the soul. The mind is the organ for thinking. The emotion is the organ for love and hatred. The will is the organ for making decisions. The soul is created by God to express God.
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