2. Psalm 8:4 Colossians 2:8 1 Timothy 6:20
“What is man?”
Psalm 8:4
Colossians 2:8
1 Timothy 6:20

3. WHAT IS MAN MADE OF? Two Basic Components: Matter & Spirit
Three Different Choices:
1) Man is matter only
2) Man is spirit only
3) Man is both matter (body) and spirit
Secular Humanists would take #1
Eastern Mystics would take #2
Christians would take #3

4. BODY
Several terms used to describe physical of materialistic nature of man.
Such as: sheath, outer man, body, and flesh
“Flesh” often misunderstood leads to some serious consequences – Romans 8:1-13; Galatians 5:16-21
Romans 2:28; Galatians 4:13
Man is BODY

5. SPIRIT Spiritual nature that makes up the inner man 1 Samuel 18:1
Job 14:22
Matthew 10:28
Acts 2:25-31
Man is SPIRIT

6. BODY & SPIRIT
Combination of material (body) and spiritual (soul) elements
Daniel 7:15
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Man is not a spirit that has a body – man is spirit and man is body

7. FALSE CONCEPTS ABOUT MAN
Picture of man in N.T. nothing more than re-hashed composite of Platonic & Aristotelian dualism
Acts chapter 17
Apparent quote of Menander & Epimenides – 1 Corinthians 15:33; Titus 1:12

8. FALSE CONCEPTS ABOUT MAN
“For in Him we live, and move, and have our being” Acts 17:28
Greeks failed and were unable to discover & adequately know the Supreme Intelligence of the Universe
Some make connection between the dual nature of man & the pagan philosophical construct of dualism

9. FALSE CONCEPTS ABOUT MAN
Manichaeism says creation began with two coeternal, independent principles:
Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, God and Matter
Augustine was an adherent of Manichaeism- doctrine of original sin
Colossians 2:8

10. BOTH BODY & SOUL ARE GOOD
Genesis 1:31
Sin And Its Effect
Genesis 2:17
Romans 6:23
Genesis 3:22-24,19

11. BOTH BODY & SOUL ARE GOOD
1 Corinthians 15:22
Hebrews 9:27
Matthew 18:2-4
Romans 7:9-11
1 Corinthians 15:26
James 2:26

12. Genesis 1:26,27 John 4:24 Acts 17:28,29 Ecclesiastes 12:13
MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
Genesis 1:26,27
John 4:24
Acts 17:28,29
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Matthew 22:36-40

13. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?
Man in image of God possesses inherent:
Dignity
Meaning
Worth

14. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?
Must have a unique respect for human life – Exodus 20:13; Matthew 19:18; 1 John 3:15
Makes murder wrong – capital punishment right – Genesis 9:6
Must have genuine yearning to reach the lost for Christ

15. SUMMING UP WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
Man is both body and spirit
Man dies spiritually when he sins – 1 John 3:4
Choice implies free moral agency, makes man personally responsible for his own sinfulness – Ezekiel 18:1
Romans 5:12
1 Corinthians 15:26,27

16. SUMMING UP WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
Salvation involves both body and soul – Romans 8:23
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 “…Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”