Page 98 - Prophetic Word Newsletter Archive 2011

IS A PROGRESSIVE ACTION

When God created Adam, we find these words describing what God created:

“AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND,
AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE;
AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL” Gen. 2:7

Man is a SPIRIT, he possess a SOUL, and he lives in a PHYSICAL BODY.
We find this confirmation spoken by the apostle Paul when he said,

“ NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF, SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY;
AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS

AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.”

1 Thess. 5:23-24

HOW Jesus is going to sanctify us completely (spirit, soul and body) is by means of who He is. Jesus
has a threefold revelation of Himself presented in Scripture that is the means by which He will “save”

the believer totally (spirit, soul and body). Here is that revelation:

"LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S
HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A
PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE
YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. AND WHERE I GO YOU KNOW, AND
THE WAY YOU KNOW. THOMAS SAID TO HIM, "LORD, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING,

AND HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?" JESUS SAID TO HIM,
"I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.”
John 14:1-6

How is Jesus going to show the way? It is not restricted to Jesus being “the way” via the new birth. It is
a progressive unfolding to the believer of Jesus Christ first as “the way”, then as “the truth”, and finally
as “the life”. Salvation is an ongoing progressive process in the life of the believer, just as Jesus’
revelation of Himself is an ongoing progression of revelation to be applied in the redemption of the
believer. Salvation first comes to the spirit, then it is worked out in the soul, and finally will be
manifested in the resurrected (or raptured) body of those for whom Christ died. Altogether, this is
“salvation”, and is best expressed by the concept of “being saved”. For instance, how can you say that
“I have been saved” when your body is yet to be ”saved” by means of resurrection or rapture? (Rom.
8:23-25) This stated “salvation” of the body is the final act of salvation. Everything pertaining to salvation
was not completed in the initial act of the new birth. There is more to come.

I would like to show you how the salvation process begins in the spirit, is then worked out in the soul,
and will only be finalized in the body, in the future, at the appointed day of the resurrection from the
dead, when the believer’s body that lies in the grave is finally resurrected. Here is that premise:

“WHERE I AM
I GO YOU THE WAY,
THE TRUTH,
KNOW,
AND AND
THE LIFE.
YOU KNOW
THE WAY.

BEGINS IN WORKED OUT IN FINALIZED IN

THE SPIRIT THE SOUL THE BODY

“I AM THE WAY” “I AM THE LIFE”

“I AM THE TRUTH”
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME”

Jn. 14:4-6