Man is a spirit living in a body through which he participates in physical events. The spirit in man distinguishes him from animals and makes it possible for him to know God. Neither man’s body nor soul is in God’s image, for God has neither. Man’s spirit is in the image of God. Separation of man’s spirit from God’s Spirit brings spiritual death to man. God declares, “Your iniquities have separated between you and your God” (Isaiah:59:2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
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Separation of the spirit from the body brings death to the body: “As the body without the spirit is dead” (James:2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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