Resurrection Life of Jesus Church
A STUDY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
PART 4: SPIRITUAL VS. PHYSICAL
RLJ-2019
JOHN S. TORELL
JUNE 15, 2025
THE MAKEUP OF A SOUL
Our physical bodies on earth are solid when they collide against each other and it is the same in the spirit world. Invisible to the physical eye, the soul is solid spiritual matter and consists of a spiritual body and a spiritual brain. The soul brain comes pre- programmed by God and has the following programs installed: trust, love, faith, knowledge of right and wrong and a language learning ability.
See the appendix as I will be referring to its diagram from this point forward.
A baby that is born to Christian parents will display these programs but not all homes operate under ideal conditions. Most children have these programs destroyed or negatively altered when they are exposed to ungodly television programs, music, and the humanistic brainwashing that takes place in the public schools.
The language program usually lasts until a child is around eight or nine years old and then it begins to fade and it becomes harder to learn another language. A child that is reared in a bilingual family will easily learn both languages.
The soul brain is described in the Bible as the “eye,” “heart,” and “mind” and consists of two compartments: the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is like the processor in a computer and the subconscious mind is like a hard drive.
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23)
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” (Matthew 12:34-35)
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2)
The subconscious mind in the soul is wired to the subconscious part of the physical brain, which controls the automatic functions of the physical body. It controls the heart, the digestive system, the endocrine system, blood pressure, etc.
This means that when there is damage to the soul, it is the subconscious mind (hard drive) that contains them. These damaged areas are points of contact for demons to enter and most diseases originate from the subconscious soul mind, which creates negative energy that alters the set functions of the human endocrine system and the digestive system. The affected person will be unable to figure out why he is sick in the body and the conscious mind of his soul is unable to reach into the subconscious mind and discover the problem.
Hypnosis is a satanic method that people use to get access to the subconscious part of the soul brain. People involved in mind control use extreme traumas to create splits in the subconscious part of the soul mind, and each trauma is a point of contact for demons that will manifest as a split personality. Each demon will have a different voice and a different personality.
DEMONIC ACTIVITIES
As I have previously stated, demons will infest the subconscious part of the soul mind and from there they will control the person’s conscious mind and the physical body.
Hate creates so much negative energy that it eats on the body just like rust does with iron. Bitterness creates arthritis and each disease in the physical body has a spiritual root that is the result of a demon sitting in the subconscious mind of the soul. These different demons will attack the physical body and disrupt its normal functions, and since the soul must stay in the body, it will be severely handicapped. A sick body does not function very well.
When a person suffers a stroke, it destroys part of the physical brain. Since the soul has to work through the brain, it no longer is able to function normally. Thus, a person is handicapped and can no longer function in a normal manner.
The body will grow older and slowly become less functional but the soul does not age.
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are damages to the physical brain and in time these diseases will shut down the soul’s ability to communicate through the physical body.
Since the physical body is controlled by chemical secretions and electrical impulses, it is easy for demons to exploit soul damages to over produce or under produce chemical secretions and electrical impulses, which in turn causes the physical body to be dysfunctional.
THE SPIRIT
The Bible says very little about the spirit of a man. We know that when a human is conceived, the spirit dies upon contact with the soul because of Adam’s sin.
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)
Therefore, when that person is born again, the dead spirit is made alive.
“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:5-6)
The spirit’s origin is of the spirit world; it was created to operate with the soul mind and control it. When the Holy Spirit speaks to us, He communicates to our spirit, which works in conjunction with the soul mind and then to the physical body.
As I sit and write out this teaching, the Holy Spirit is speaking to my spirit, which tells my soul to transmit the information to my physical brain, which in turn controls my fingers and types out the thoughts the Holy Spirit gives me.
It is with our born again spirit that we read and understand the Bible. It is with the same spirit that we pray and it is also the same spirit that causes you to yearn for fellowship with God.
My understanding from the Scriptures is that the spirit does not have a sin nature. Any sinful action carried out comes about as a direct result of the soul. The apostle Paul describes a constant battle that takes place within every human being. (Romans chapter 7)
“For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing…” (Romans 7:15-18a)
Demons do not have the legal right to attach themselves to the spirit; the spirit needs to dominate the sinful soul and subdue it to obedience to God.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2)
This is a difficult concept to grasp, so let me illustrate it with computer terminology. The computer I’m using has a dual core processor, allowing it to multi-task different projects simultaneously. In like manner, God has provided us with a “God chip” to control the sin infected soul mind.
The more you pray, meditate on the Word of God and stay in a state of continual praise and worship; the stronger your spirit will be and your spirit will weaken the sinful nature in your soul mind.
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” (1 Peter 2:1-2)
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost…” (Jude 1:20)
The physical body is neutral; it is neither good nor evil. It is essentially an expression of the soul and the spirit, and if the inner man is good, the physical body will be good as well. You have only to look around to see what happens when the inner man is evil and begin to appreciate the words of Jesus:
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23)
The physical brain does not possess any personal character, nor does it store permanent memories or skills learned on this earth. All these things are contained in the soul and spirit. Therefore, when the physical body dies, it goes to the grave and returns to the dust from which it was taken, but the soul and spirit are eternal.
When the physical body dies, the redeemed soul and born again spirit continue to heaven with all your memories, education and skills because they were vested in the soul and spirit. If a man dies in his sins, the unredeemed soul is taken to hell where he retains the memories of life on earth along with the regret that he rejected the gospel message.
As far as I know, the spiritual and emotional maturity you attain before death will be what you retain into eternity. We will not grow spiritually in heaven; all spiritual growth happens exclusively on earth. When we get to heaven, our knowledge will be increased and we will know all the things that God has done and what He has in store for us, but our maturity is solely developed on earth. The apostle Paul gives us a glimpse of this understanding.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” (1 Corinthians 3:11-14)
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5:10)
Remember, it’s not so important how you begin your life after salvation, but how you finish it!
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