Every living thing (plant, animal and human) begets after its own kind. This is a law of natural science. The source determines the fruit. In fact, God stated it clearly
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. -Gen 1:24
And this is true in the Spirit realm, also. Our goal must be to differentiate between our soul and our spirit, knowing that each one of them beget after their own kind. Our objective is to learn to live ‘in-sync’ WITH and live FROM our spirit.
Premise, pathway and goal
A huge belief that governs over all of my serious discourses, is to try to ‘live, move and have my being’ in the Spirit. This is my premise, my pathway and my goal.
1. If I converse around mental / brainwave exchanges, then I beget the fruit of my brain which is: knowledge, data and basic truth, etc.
2. If I converse in and from my spirit man, I will beget the fruit of my spirit: spiritual life and Heavenly power, etc.
One begets knowledge and truth, the other begets spirit and life. Which will I choose?
Simply put
Body begets body – physical impact, offspring, etc
Soul begets soul – basic data and truth & soulish emotions
Spirit begets spirit – spiritual life-giving impartation
Any time we gather as a corporate expression of the body of Christ, we want to learn to discern our thoughts and impressions. Where are they from? Are they from our soul or from our spirit. Does what I’m sharing have the power to impart and awaken life? Or is it just facts and data? Believers actually have the ability to GIVE life, as we choose to activate in this mode. In this regard, we are like our elder brother Jesus (the last Adam), who was/is a life-giving spirit. This is very different from the first Adam who was only a living soul.
“The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” – I Cor 15:45
We ACTUALLY have the ability to GIVE LIFE! Learning to live this way will be a life quest and a years-long learning project because most of us haven’t been trained to live from our spirit. Most of the world and most of the church teaches us about our physical behaviors and our mental thoughts. These of course, are reflective of our body and soul. Even though religion references our spirit and that it is ‘saved’, we haven’t been taught about connecting and communicating with our spirit. This is a big frontier.
We want to do things for much more than just earthly impact. We’re reaching for spiritual and eternal impact. Imparting spiritual life from our spirits is very much in line with several passages in Scripture:
“Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.” – I Cor 2:12-13
This skill requires a disciplined effort from each of us, as we learn to differentiate between the sources of our thoughts and inspirations. Are our inspirations soul or spirit originated? And then we must use discernment as to when and how to share those thoughts and inspirations. Finally, the reason we want to learn how to ‘live, move and have our being’ in and from our spirit is because this skill must become first nature in order to live and rule in the Heavenlies!
“Our minds cannot be our ‘tour-guide’ through the Heavenlies.” – Bill Johnson
Think of it, co-governing with God in the Heavenlies will require much more than just our mental capacities! So, we call our spirit up to full height and full attention and fully authorize it to lead us into the Heavenlies (under Holy Spirit’s lead, of course). Happy spirit sailing!
Activation
Try this prayer to ‘Align our triune self’ (click here and here). Then speak to our spirit, acknowledge it, bless it, called it up to attention and full height, and commission it into its proper leadership position over our soul and body (under Holy Spirit, of course). It’s amazing how our spirit begins to stir and respond when we acknowledge Heaven’s proper order for our triune being. The Spirit of God and our spirit begin to resonate in harmony with each other and spill over into our soul. Actually, this Song of Solomon passage describes it pretty well.
“My beloved reached into me to unlock my heart. The core of my very being trembled at his touch. How my soul melted when he spoke to me! My spirit arose to open for more of his touch. As I surrendered to him, I began to sense his fragrance, the fragrance of his suffering love! It was the sense of myrrh flowing all through me!” – SoS 5:4-5 TPT
We’re learning. We’re learning how to become Jesus’ ecclesia – which is those who know how to speak from our spirit and by the Spirit of God and thus become confident and effective ruling ones.
O boy! This is exciting.
— MLH
Bob Jones video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gmg5MuB2_4 (start at 3:45mins
Mark Hendrickson
Beyond the Map 
