A Spiritual Book.

Foreword:

I feel terrible not being able to find a job. Its easy to get beer and drugs but not a job. Why do things work that way? Why is a good heart clouded by such a busy, evil mind. How can sex, drugs and alcohol become priority for a 60 year old man that loves his family? Why can we not see the pain we cause them? We see the frustration and anger, but the pain they feel does not register with us. And as deep and dark as this is, it does not reflect in my heart! My conscience is not seared because it bothers me terribly.

Why then can I not do right by those I love? It makes me so depressed!

*Romans 7:15

[15]For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

Chapter One

"How Can We Become Captives of Our Own Soul"?

It seems as though we are prisoners of our own soul. For some reasoning beyond man, if the soul cannot maintain some sort of a clean spirit, it becomes captor of our hearts.
And though we feel remorse and sadness at the condition our relations are with loved ones, we live with guilt and pain far too much. I will try from deep within to write in the area of pain caused by a captured heart. It may not be a plyable answer but hopefully there will be a "forging of the key"in my attempts at putting into words how so many feel, yet cannot say it with any words.!

Chapter Two...

Soul and Spirit"are "Justified and Sanctified"

We must become, by the Soul, Justified, or made innocent; by the Spirit, Sanctified, or be made pure; and by Jesus Christ , are we Glorified, or Magnified to the Father. When sin interupts this perpetuation of God, the Soul becomes the binder, or hinderance, of Life in general. So that you understand; makes it more difficult with the aid of your heart, or conscience, to continue in willfull sin against your Creator.
You reach a point in your life where you ask yourself, "How much longer can this go on"?At that instant you place yourself in darkness away from the light. However, you also summons your spirit to fight for you...for we know not what we do...?

Romans 7:15
[15]For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
The Spirit of God cries out to you first that, through prayer and supplication your Father may hear! As long as you are flesh, you will sin. But, Christ makes it so that you will not commt willful sin. In this state you can be Justified; and when you are Justified, you will stop accidental, or incidental sin; then God can Glorify you and set you apart!
The whole purpose of your soul is to bear witness to the Law of God. If it weren't for the Law, sin could not live in you. But sin takes occasion to the Law.

Romans 7:18

[18]For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Ever heard the term "Break These Chains"? The man from Gadera, or Decapolis(which means 10 cities) Rome, Italy, had a legion of demons in him ( around 4,500) and Jesus sent them over the cliff with the pigs and broke the chain ( or, yoke,) from him. This man was in the Catacombs,(grave yard) cutting himself with sharp rocks.( He was in Soul-Captivity), or depression.

Chapter Three...

Bound by Comprehension"

When we become bound by the soul and there is no comprehension by the mind, while we are in such darkness, there is great despair. However, when you have the milk of the Spirit, (are familiar with your Bible, or Gods Word), the Spirit can revive in you the needed comprehension to be a "prodical son," so-to-speak! In other words, you have light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train! God spoke to you in your mother's womb.
That initial contact gave you enough familiarity with holiness to reach down and find a reason to not give up. But, the strongholds of the mind are a rebar in the cement; or, added hinderance to your depression.
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