Physical vs. Spiritual
1. What is physical?
A. Existing in a form that you can touch or see. Of or relating to matter and energy; temporal
B. Pertaining to nature or natural productions or to material things.
C. Perceptible to the 5 senses: taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell. A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for perception.
2. What is spiritual?
A. Not tangible or material; not temporal
B. Mental; intellectual
C. Supernatural
D. Consisting of spirit whether of this world or out
E. Pertaining to the renewed nature of man
F. Pertaining to divine things
Terrestrial- pertaining to the earth and existing on the earth; the world or present state.
Celestial- heavenly; dwelling in heaven. Belonging to the upper regions or visible heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:40
3. Examples of Physical vs. Spiritual
A. Everything made in this world (physical) proclaims God (spiritual).
*Psalm 148
B. Old testament is a physical picture and the New testament is spiritual.
*Israel is the earthy (physical) people and the church is the spiritual people.
* God would do physical things to Israel: Isaiah 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; Jeremiah 3:8 God gave Israel a bill of divorcement;
Isaiah 54:4 Israel's widowhood. But He would never leave them spiritually.
*Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 1 Corinthians 10:5-11
*Hebrews 9 The feasts, priests garments, tabernacle/temple, sacrifices, etc. were a picture.
*Physical prosperity in the old testament was a picture of the spiritual prosperity now.
C. Physical (Flesh) vs. Spiritual
* Salvation is spiritual. God does the saving- not people.
Ephesians 2:8,9 We try to add physical things to be saved such as good deeds, baptism, or a prayer.
*The Body is physical but the resurrection is spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:42-49 ....It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit...
D. Letting the Holy Spirit guide our lives is living spiritual. Old nature (physical) vs. new nature (spiritual).
* Galatians 5: 16-25
* physical sanctification vs. spiritual sanctification
E. Law vs. Grace
*Even though the law itself is spiritual (Romans 7:14), righteousness is not of the law. Righteousness is by grace through faith. Ephesians 2:8,9
*Allegory of the Bond and Free Galatians 4:22-31 v.29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
4. Scripture examples of Physical vs. Spiritual
* Jesus is the only begotten son because of his resurrection and because of His physical birth. Begotten in resurrection is spiritual; it is not begotten from a physical birth.
Acts 13:32-34; Romans 1:1-4
Physical example: the dead came out of graves after the resurrection. That is a physical picture of what Jesus did spiritually.
*We are justified to God by spiritual but we are justified to man by works (physical).
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
*1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
*James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
* God won't forgive trespasses if you don't forgive. Spiritual is forgiven for the believer but there are consequences for the physical.
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
* All things are clean to those that are spiritual because we are living above the physical creation of what God set forth as sin. 1 Corinthians 8: 4-13
A. Existing in a form that you can touch or see. Of or relating to matter and energy; temporal
B. Pertaining to nature or natural productions or to material things.
C. Perceptible to the 5 senses: taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell. A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for perception.
2. What is spiritual?
A. Not tangible or material; not temporal
B. Mental; intellectual
C. Supernatural
D. Consisting of spirit whether of this world or out
E. Pertaining to the renewed nature of man
F. Pertaining to divine things
Terrestrial- pertaining to the earth and existing on the earth; the world or present state.
Celestial- heavenly; dwelling in heaven. Belonging to the upper regions or visible heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:40
3. Examples of Physical vs. Spiritual
A. Everything made in this world (physical) proclaims God (spiritual).
*Psalm 148
B. Old testament is a physical picture and the New testament is spiritual.
*Israel is the earthy (physical) people and the church is the spiritual people.
* God would do physical things to Israel: Isaiah 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; Jeremiah 3:8 God gave Israel a bill of divorcement;
Isaiah 54:4 Israel's widowhood. But He would never leave them spiritually.
*Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 1 Corinthians 10:5-11
*Hebrews 9 The feasts, priests garments, tabernacle/temple, sacrifices, etc. were a picture.
*Physical prosperity in the old testament was a picture of the spiritual prosperity now.
C. Physical (Flesh) vs. Spiritual
* Salvation is spiritual. God does the saving- not people.
Ephesians 2:8,9 We try to add physical things to be saved such as good deeds, baptism, or a prayer.
*The Body is physical but the resurrection is spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:42-49 ....It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit...
D. Letting the Holy Spirit guide our lives is living spiritual. Old nature (physical) vs. new nature (spiritual).
* Galatians 5: 16-25
* physical sanctification vs. spiritual sanctification
E. Law vs. Grace
*Even though the law itself is spiritual (Romans 7:14), righteousness is not of the law. Righteousness is by grace through faith. Ephesians 2:8,9
*Allegory of the Bond and Free Galatians 4:22-31 v.29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
4. Scripture examples of Physical vs. Spiritual
* Jesus is the only begotten son because of his resurrection and because of His physical birth. Begotten in resurrection is spiritual; it is not begotten from a physical birth.
Acts 13:32-34; Romans 1:1-4
Physical example: the dead came out of graves after the resurrection. That is a physical picture of what Jesus did spiritually.
*We are justified to God by spiritual but we are justified to man by works (physical).
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
*1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
*James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
* God won't forgive trespasses if you don't forgive. Spiritual is forgiven for the believer but there are consequences for the physical.
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
* All things are clean to those that are spiritual because we are living above the physical creation of what God set forth as sin. 1 Corinthians 8: 4-13