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The transcription is about a teaching series on the concept of the Godhead. It encourages viewers to learn about different concepts of the Godhead and decide for themselves which one they agree with. The teaching series covers various topics related to the Godhead, including the meaning of names, worship, and the concept of spirit. The term "spirit" is defined and discussed in the teaching, exploring its various uses and meanings in scripture. The transcription also mentions that additional resources, such as videos, notes, and transcripts, can be found on the website godhonesttruth.com. When you read through your Bible, there's no doubt you'll eventually come across the word spirit in multiple times, even just in a single book. So, what is this word, this term, spirit? What does it mean and what is the Bible teaching us about this word spirit? That's coming up in this teaching. So this teaching is going to be all about the word or term spirit as a continuation in our Godhead series, learning about the subject of the Godhead. Now make sure to have your notebook out because there's going to be a ton of scripture and information contained in this teaching, and there's going to be a lot more that we did not include in this teaching. And for all of that, make sure to go to our website at godhonesttruth.com, click on the post for this particular drosh, and there you'll be able to find the on-demand video, the drosh slide that you see here on your screen. You'll also be able to find the notes that we took, and there's over 35 pages of notes for this one particular episode. In addition, you'll also find the transcript if that happens to be of use for you. So go check it out on godhonesttruth.com, or if you want an easier way, go down below in the description and you'll find a convenient link posted there that'll take you directly to that article post on our website. And that link in the description should be there whether you are watching on a video platform or whether you're listening through an audio podcasting platform. It makes it really easy and convenient, and it's provided for you down there in the description below. So before we get into this drosh of the teaching, let's go ahead and recap what we've covered earlier and the purpose of this series. So the reason we're doing this series is that so you, the viewer or listener, can start from a point of knowing absolutely nothing about the Godhead, learn what the Bible actually says about the Godhead and its various aspects and things that relate to that subject, and then at the end, decide for yourself which concept of the Godhead that you most agree with. Or maybe you think this is really all about splitting hairs, I don't see the importance of it, and not make a decision at all. Either way is fine. It does not matter which concept you come to align more with, and it does not matter if you decide not to take a stance at all. Scripture does not require you to adhere to any particular concept of the Godhead or salvation. And as such, we don't require you to either. So even if you disagree with us, hey, that's fine. We still love you. We're still brothers and sisters in Messiah. Let's hug, let's break bread, let's fellowship together, even though there may be something that we disagree. That's fine. We're still brothers and sisters. So with all that in mind, let's go ahead and recap what we have covered so far, and if you have missed any of these, make sure to go back and watch the previous episodes to get caught up on what we've talked about already. In episode one, we did the introduction and the terminology for the series. Like always, we went over the purpose of the series, what the series will cover, and what it will not include. We went over various terminology like fear-mongering, exegesis and eisegesis, Yahweh, Yeshua, Elohim, and how that relates to our English word of God or gods. We went over the four different concepts of the Godhead, which is Trinitarianism, Venetarianism, Biblical Unitarianism, and oneness, or what used to be known as modalism. We also went over the terms heresy and orthodoxy, and a brief survey of what is salvation, just to give you assurance that whichever concept of the Godhead you align with does not affect your salvation, and salvation is not dependent on you choosing one particular concept of the Godhead. Episode two, we went over the term God or gods as it relates to the Hebrew word Elohim. We went over the difference between names and titles. We went over the concept of invariant nouns. We went over the word Elohim and what that means in Scripture as it's in the Hebrew manuscripts. We went over the word God and gods. In episode three, we went over the Shema, what the Shema is. We covered ordinal numbers, cardinal numbers, and the difference between unity or unified and one. How the Hebrew word Ahad means one, singular, whereas the Hebrew word Yahad or Yahid means unified or unity. In episode four, we went over the phrase sons of God or son of God. It appears both ways in Scripture. We went over the term son of and what that meant in a direct and also an attributive way, like the son of jealousy or son of Satan, stuff like that, and also a direct way like son of Adam or son of Samuel or son of Jesse, etc., etc. We went over how this term son of God actually applies to angels as well as to men and also our Messiah, Yeshua. In episode five, we went over the meaning of names. What's in a name? We went over the names of places, men, women, and we also clarified and went over some further understanding to help you with this understanding of the meaning of names. In episode six, we went over the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That phrase was found in Matthew 28, 19. We went over that specific phrase, name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit. We went over what immersion or baptism was in the Brit Laitesha. We also went over the concept in Hebraic thinking of name as authority. We went over how the singular word name is used for multiple people in scripture, and we showed you examples. We backed up that point. And we also went over the Kama Johannion, that whole controversy that's happened in history, as well as some new information about the Lord's Prayer. We went over what's called the Shem Tov and the Didache, as well as the early writers and what they had to say about this phrase in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Then in episode seven, we went over the word or the concept of worship, how words are always evolving and how words we have today didn't always mean what they think they mean way back then. We went over the Hebraic or rather Semitic version and ways of showing respect. We went over what worship is in scripture. When you see that word in scripture, we went over worship in the Tanakh and how that was done, worship in the Brit Laitesha and how that was done. We also looked at some additional sources to further round out this understanding of the word or the term worship. So once again, if you happen to miss any of these things, go back and rewatch those episodes. There's going to be accompanying notes and on-demand videos and all that good stuff with all those too. So if you need to copy and paste to add to your own notes, more power to you. But by going back and watching these, you'll be able to get up to speed with where we are at now in this Godhead series. So in this teaching of Drash, we're going to be going over the word or the concept of spirit. Now spirit is one of those difficult words that can be extremely flexible in scripture. And we're going to go over a wide variety of uses in tonight's Drash, seeing how it's used in various ways. So definitely pay attention and make sure you get your notes ready because there's going to be a whole bunch of them coming your way and a whole bunch more on the article post on Godhonesttruth.com. But just trying to describe what spirit is, we can look in the dictionary to maybe get a start. Let's try that. Let's look at Merriam-Webster real quick. And for spirit, it defines spirit as an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms. Number two, a supernatural being or essence. Number three, temper or disposition of mind or outlook, especially when vigorous or animated. Number four, the immaterial, intelligent or sentient part of a person. Number five, the activating or essential principle influencing a person. Number six, a special attitude or frame of mind. Seven, a lively or brisk quality in a person or a person's actions. Number eight, a person having a character or disposition of a specified nature. Number nine, a mental disposition characterized by firmness or assertiveness. And these are just the ones I could fit on this slide from the Merriam-Webster entry for spirit. There's actually also more definitions for the term spirit. For instance, we say you can drink a spirit, like a distilled alcoholic beverage. You could spirit someone away, meaning take them away. So there are more definitions and ways of thinking of spirit that's not included here on this draw slide. I'm sure you might be able to think of some more. If you've got any, make sure to let us know down in the comments below. So moving on, I'm looking at the Cambridge Dictionary for spirit. A particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or a place. The characteristics of a person that are considered as being separate from the body and that many religions believe continue to exist after the body dies. Or the inner character of a person thought of as different from the material person we can see and touch. And also, a spirit is also something that can be felt to be present but cannot be seen, similar to a ghost. Now this whole ghost concept is foreign to scripture, so let's get that out of the way right now. When we're talking about spirit, we do not mean ghosts like the Wiccans or the Neopagans or things like that. No, that's not scriptural. When we talk about spirit, we're meaning something that cannot be seen, but something that can be felt. It's a presence in a manner, it's someone's disposition, something like that. Looking at Wikipedia.org, in philosophy and religion, spirit is the vital principle or animating essence within humans, or in some views, all living things. Although views of spirit can vary between different belief systems, when spirit is contrasted with the soul, the former is often seen as a basic natural force, principle, or substance, whereas the latter is used to describe the organized structure of an individual being's consciousness, and humans including their personality. So that's Wikipedia.org, I'm sorry, the Wikipedia entry for spirit. Here you can pretty much see what's going along with already. We'll look at the lexicons and the Bible dictionaries coming up in just a moment, but here's some of the more secular definitions for the word spirit. Now we also looked in the Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, and that was a massive entry. So we're going to go over one particular small section of it right here for you, and then go over another part later on in the drosh. But from the Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, for spirit, it says, quote, in some languages the term for spirit is essentially equivalent to the unseen one, and therefore the spirit of God is essentially equivalent to the invisibleness of God. In other languages, the term for spirit is equivalent to what is often translated as That is to say, the immaterial part of a person. In a few cases, the term for spirit is literally wind, but there are frequently difficulties involved in this type of terminology, since a term for wind often suggests calamity or evil intent. One meaning of spirit which must be clearly avoided is that of apparition or ghost. Frequently it is not possible to find a fully satisfactory term for spirit, and therefore in all contexts, some characterizing feature is added, for example, either of God or holy in the sense of divine, end quote. And that's from the Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament. So one thing that they said here that we just previously said, that we should not confuse this term spirit with something like an apparition or a ghost. That is not what scripture means by the word spirit. So there's no such thing as an apparition, there's no such thing as a ghost. We all know that. If you've watched the What Happens When We Die teaching, then you'll understand exactly what scripture teaches happens when we die. So there's no such thing as ghost. Also another thing that it says right here, too, it's something important to bring up, is that some people in some circumstances conflate the word spirit and soul, thinking of them as one and the same thing. But is that true? Or actually what does scripture say about soul and spirit? Are they one thing, one and the same, or are they two different things? Actually, scripture differentiates between body, soul, and spirit. Just a moment, we'll be getting into the verses. But hopefully body, everyone is familiar with that and knows what the body is. Soul is a dross in and of itself, but we didn't feel it relevant to this particular Godhead series. We may include it later on in our miscellaneous video or episode, but as of right now, we're just focusing on the word spirit and let it be known that scripture does make a distinction between body, soul, and spirit. Hebrews chapter 4, verse 12. For the word of Elohim is living and working and sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through even to the dividing of being, or soul, and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. First Thessalonians chapter 5, verse 23. And the Elohim of peace himself set you completely apart, and your entire spirit and being, or soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our master Yeshua Messiah. So in just these two verses that we've covered so far, you can see a difference and a distinction between body, soul, and spirit. So let's go ahead and start looking at spirit in scripture so we can get it right from the horse's mouth. Maybe not the best phrase to use in terms of the Bible, but we get it directly from the source. There we go. Starting out with Genesis chapter 1 and the very second verse. And the earth came to be formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit, that's the Hebrew word ruach, of Elohim was moving on the face of the waters. Genesis chapter 41, verse 8. And it came to be in the morning that Pharaoh's spirit, or ruach, was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mithraim, and all his wise men, and Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh. So here's just two examples amongst a plethora that we could show you for the word spirit which comes from the Hebrew word ruach, which is Strong's H3707. There's your outline of biblical usage from, I'm sorry, blueletterbible.org for page 1. Here's page 2 of the outline of biblical usage. And according to Strong's definition, ruach means wind, breath, life, anger, air, anger, anger, blast, breath, fool, courage, mind. In Browndriver Briggs' lexicon, it defines it as breath, wind, spirit, breath, wind, spirit, temper, disposition, spirit of the living, seat of emotion, seat or organ of mental acts, the will, moral character, spirit of God. According to Xenius' Hebrew lexicon, ruach means spirit, breath, anima, breath, life, the vital principle, meaning the vital principle to life, animus, the rational mind or spirit, spirit of God. Now, once again, I had to cut all these way down to get them to fit on a slide and not be completely confusing, but if you would like to view the full entries, you can go look them up for yourself in the respective lexicons or dictionaries, or go look at the notes in our post on godhonesttruth.com. And here's your Jethro dictionary of the Targums for ruach, meaning wind, air, direction, spirit, mind, disposition, because here it's got soul, but once again, let's not confuse and conflate spirit with soul. Then we go on into the B'rit Hadashah, and we get into the Greek side of things, and the Greek word for spirit that's commonly used is the word pneuma. We look at Matthew chapter 26, verses 40 through 41. And he came to the taught ones and found them asleep and said to Kepha, So were you not able to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit, pneuma, indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak. Romans chapter 8, verse 9. But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, pneuma, if indeed the spirit, pneuma, of Elohim dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the spirit, pneuma, of Messiah, this one is not his. So in the Hebrew text of the Temah, ruach was the word that's commonly used for spirit, and in the B'rit Hadashah, pneuma is the word that's commonly used for spirit. That's the Greek word. Now let it be known that there are many other, or I'm sorry, not many, but several other words from both the Hebrew and the Greek that are translated into our English word spirit. But during this draw, just to get a concept of what the Bible is telling you spirit is, we're covering the two most commonly translated words into our English language as spirit. And that's the Hebrew word ruach and the Greek word pneuma. And the Greek word pneuma comes from Strong's G4151. Here is your outline of biblical usage from BlueLadderBible.org. And according to Strong's definition, pneuma, it means a current of air, breath, breeze, a spirit, the rational soul, vital principle, mental disposition, God, Christ, spirit, the Holy Spirit, ghost, life, et cetera. So once again, let's make sure not to confuse soul and spirit, not to conflate those two. And also understand that scripture does not teach and speak about ghosts. Good? Good. The Thayer's Greek lexicon for pneuma defines it as a movement of air, the spirit, the vital principle by which the body is animated, a simple essence, God's power and agency, the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of anyone, source of any power, affection, emotion, desire. And the Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament defines pneuma as spirit, spirit of God, Holy Spirit, things like that. And once again, this Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament was a massive entry, was a full entry. Click on the link down below to see our notes on godhonesttruth.com. So as we went over all those definitions and all those entries from the lexicons and the dictionaries, there was a common theme to every particular definition. I don't know if you realize it yet or not, but if you have, hold on to it because we're going to reveal that near the end of this dross, just to see if you can kind of pick up on it as we go on to have a more refined understanding and definition for spirit. But in scripture, there are actually a couple different types of spirit or spirit is described in four different types of ways. And these four different types are just the four types that I came up with. Other people may have more types or less, it all depends, but this is my own personal opinion. And the types of spirit that it talks about, or spirit as described as, is the spirit of man, spirit meaning supernatural beings, spirit of Yahweh or the spirit of the Holy Spirit, whichever way you want to put it. And then spirit in terms of an attribute, like spirit of jealousy, etc., etc. But first, let's start looking at some examples of the spirit of man in scripture. Deuteronomy chapter 2, verse 30, But Sihon, sovereign of Heshbon, would not let us pass over, for Yahweh your Elohim hardened his spirit and strengthened his heart to give him into your hands, as it is this day. Ezekiel chapter 11, verse 5, And the spirit of Yahweh fell upon me and said to me, Thus said Yahweh, Thus you have said, O house of Israel, for I have known what comes up in your spirit. Psalms chapter 32, verse 2, Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh imputes no crookedness, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. And this continues on into the B'rith Hadashah, Mark chapter 2, verse 8, And immediately Yeshua, knowing in his spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, Why do you reason about all this in your hearts? So just like us, Yeshua has a spirit as well. Luke chapter 1, verses 46-47, And Miriam said, My being makes Yahweh great, and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Savior. Acts chapter 7, verse 59, And they were stoning Stephanos as he was calling and saying, Master Yeshua, receive my spirit. So man, or humans, have a spirit. We saw that with the kings of Israel, the prophets, we see it with the mother of Yeshua, and we see it with Yeshua himself. So humans have a spirit, and we'll get into how that can be affected a little bit later on. But let's look at the term spirit as it regards supernatural beings, some examples from Scripture. 1 Kings chapter 22, verses 19-21, I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the hosts of the heavens standing by him, on his right and on his left. And this one said this, and another said that, and a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, Let me entice him. Here the setup we got is Yahweh is on his throne up in heaven, and he got the hosts of the heavens standing by him. What does that mean, hosts of the heavens? Well, in my humble opinion, I would say that hosts of the heavens is referring to the angels. All around him here in 1 Kings, some were on his left, some were on his right, and eventually one of them came up and said, Let me entice him. Let me go give him a spirit of lying, of falsehood. You read that passageway on the passage part. But it refers to this angel, and looking at it in context, this spirit is referring back to one of those members of the heavenly hosts. And a spirit comes up to Yahweh and speaks to Yahweh. So there's many different spirits, and one of the ways to understand spirit is as a spirit here in 1 Kings and other places as meaning an angel or a messenger if you want to get more technical. Acts chapter 16 verse 18, And she was doing this for many days, but Shaul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Yeshua Messiah to come out of her. And it came out that same hour. So here we have what I would refer to as a demon. But scripture is stating plainly in the Greek text, calling it a spirit. Here I would assume this would be the same class of like an angel, but referring to like one of the fallen angels, a demon, a servant of Satan, as it were. But scripture is referring to it as a spirit, and specifically the spirit that was in this woman that Shaul was casting out of her. So spirit can refer to an angel or as one of the demons, one of the fallen angels that possesses people. Then looking at Revelation chapter 1 verse 4, Yohanan, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia, favor to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne. What are these seven spirits that are before the throne of Yahweh? Well, like we saw back in 1 Kings, this is more than likely referring to the angels, the heavenly host that is around Yahweh there at his throne. Further evidence of this interpretation is given in Revelation chapter 8 verse 2, which says, And I saw the seven messengers, or angels, who stand before Elohim, and to them were given seven trumpets. So here in 1.4, we see the seven spirits, and later on in 8.2, it's referring to them as the seven angels. Further evidence, at least in my opinion, that the spirits spoken of in 1.4 and also back in 1 Kings, that it's the angels, or an angel, the heavenly host that surrounds and serves Yahweh. So now let's look at Yahweh and spirit as it relates to Yahweh. Once again, this is going to be a sub-subject of spirit that we're going to be looking at in its own episode coming up next week when we talk about the spirit of Yahweh, the set apart spirit, the spirit of the holy, or the holy spirit, whichever way you want to put it. But here's just a brief example of scripture talking about the spirit of Yahweh. Judges chapter 6 verse 34, Then the spirit of Yahweh came upon Gidon, or Gideon, and he blew the shofar, and Abiezarites and the Abiezarites gathered behind him. 2 Samuel chapter 23 verse 2, The spirit of Yahweh has spoken through me, and his word is on my tongue. Matthew chapter 3 verse 16, And having been immersed, Yeshua went up immediately from the water, and, see, the heavens were opened, and he saw the spirit of Elohim descending like a dove and coming upon him. Pretty much everyone is probably familiar with that verse. So we've seen that man, or humans, have a spirit. The angels in heaven, the demons, the fallen angels, even, are referred to as spirits. We saw that Yeshua has a spirit, and we can also see from just a few verses we discovered, as well as many, many others in scripture, that Yahweh himself has a spirit, and Yahweh is spirit. We didn't cover that verse, but hopefully everyone knows what I'm referring to there in scripture. But spirit can function and be affected in various ways, almost like you would someone else. Even though our spirit is not separate from us, it's a part of who we are, making up our being, which is body, soul, and spirit. Let's start looking at Genesis chapter 45, verse 27. And when they spoke to him all the words which Yosef had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons which Yosef had sent to transport him, the spirit of Yaakov, their father, revived. Exodus chapter 35, verse 21. And everyone whose heart lifted him up, and everyone whose spirit moved him, came, and they brought the contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of appointment, and for all its service, and for the set-apart garments. Psalms chapter 34, verse 18. Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those whose spirit is crushed. Psalms chapter 51, verse 17. The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, a heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, these we do not despise. Proverbs chapter 15, verse 4. A healing tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it crushes the spirit. Proverbs chapter 15, verse 13. A glad heart makes good a face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken. John chapter 13, verse 21. When Yeshua had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and witnessed and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you shall deliver me up. So our spirit, even Yeshua's spirit, can be affected in a variety of ways, just like you would affect some other actual person. Such as a spirit can be revived, it can be moved, it can be broken, crushed, stricken, troubled, various other ways if you look up the corresponding passages in scripture. But the spirit can function in various ways and be affected in various ways, just like you would someone else. And we can even have our spirit affect other people without actually being in the room as well. Take for instance, you have someone named John, and he is the boss of a company. Well John is very angry and upset for literally no good reason at Jim. So John tells his secretary to go and fire Jim for absolutely no reason. Well now the secretary is coming in the name of her boss and telling Jim he's fired. And that spirit is communicated and transferred through that secretary from John to Jim, even though John is not in the room. That same spirit is still there, that spirit of anger or discontent or hatred or however you want to describe it. So our spirit can affect people when we're not even close to them. Pretty much, how would you think about it, we don't really think about such a situation explicitly, but we do understand such a concept implicitly. We go through certain situations like that all throughout our lives, even a spirit of love. We have a loving spirit towards someone else, and let's say I am in love with a certain lady and I'm not near her, maybe she's at work. So I buy her flowers and have them delivered to her work in the presence of all her co-workers. She's getting that spirit of love that I'm sending forth even though I'm not anywhere near her. Our spirit can be sent out in various ways, it can affect other people in various ways, and our own spirit can be affected as well, even like an actual person being affected. Because our spirit is a part of us, and when our spirit is affected, that pretty much means we are affected. But just to cover some miscellaneous information about spirit, as we went over at the beginning of the teaching, spirit is something that is very flexible and can be translated into English in a variety of ways, and it's not always translated as spirits when it comes to scripture, even across various translations. For instance, we look in Genesis chapter 3 verse 8. And they heard the voice of Yahweh Elohim walking about in the garden in the Kul, Ruach, of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves in the presence of Yahweh Elohim among the trees of the garden. So here Ruach is translated as Kul. Genesis chapter 7 verse 15. And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh, and which is the Breath, Ruach, of life. So here Ruach is being translated as Breath. Jonah chapter 1 verse 4. And Yahweh sent out a great wind, Ruach, on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was thought to be broken up. So again, Ruach is not always translated into the English word spirit. It can be translated in a number of different ways, as we saw here with Kul, or Breath, or Wind, but it can be translated as spirit too, depending on the context of the surrounding text. One important thing to consider when thinking about the word spirit, when you're talking to other people, sometimes people, even though in your mind you consider them to be wrong, and you've got a differing viewpoint on a certain subject, they might tell you something to the effect of, well, the spirit told me it was true. That's their rationalization for believing whatever it is they're believing. This is not always true. Now when you say the spirit, you've really got to ask them, well, which spirit are you talking about? More than likely they're going to be meaning the Holy Spirit, but there are various spirits out there that can affect and influence us towards a specific direction. This phrase, well, the spirit told me it was true, I've actually had firsthand experience with this when speaking with Mormons. I've tried to get them to examine and look at the Book of Mormon, how it relates to scripture, but they won't hear none of it. They'll simply say that Mormonism is true because the spirit told me it was true. I contend that it wasn't the Holy Spirit that was telling them it was true, it was actually another spirit, and scripture actually warns us about such a situation. 1 John 4, verse 1, Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Mark 1, verse 23, And there was a man in their congregation with an unclean spirit, and he cried out. So we know, directly from scripture, that there is more than one spirit that's out there trying to affect us, trying to influence us. Sometimes it's the spirit of the Holy, or the Holy Spirit, other times it is unclean spirits, actual demons sometimes. Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12, Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the forties, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness and the heavenly. That's a good warning to always keep in mind. And finally, with Proverbs chapter 16, verse 32, He who is patient is better than the mighty, and he who rules over his spirit is better than he who takes a city. Good advice. Rule over your own spirit. You can't rule over other people's spirits, I mean, you can crush their spirit, you can strike their spirit, what have you, but you can't rule over it, and sometimes the hardest spirit to rule over is your own. Here in Proverbs it says, He who rules over his spirit is better than the mighty, the strong men. Good advice, definitely, something to keep in mind, write that down in your notes. Rule over your own spirit. So, in summary, spirit is defined in various ways, but generally it's defined as an animating or vital principle held to give life, a supernatural being, temper or disposition, wind, breath, and or attitude or frame of mind. Like I said earlier, all these definitions that we went over have one particular thing in common. Have you realized it yet? That particular thing in common is that spirit, even across all its various definitions, spirit can be thought of as something as an invisible force, presence, or effect. The Bible describes a difference between body, soul, and spirit. We went over those verses and it was clear, the Bible differentiates between body, soul, and spirit. The Hebrew word commonly used for spirit is ruach, and the Greek word commonly used for spirit is pneuma. Now, once again, these are just the two commonly translated words as spirit. There are others, but these are the two that are most used. Spirit in Scripture can be categorized in four different ways, my own personal opinion, as man's spirit, as supernatural beings, spirit of Yahweh, and sometimes spirit of jealousy or other attributes, things like that. A person's spirit can be revived, moved, broken, crushed, stricken, troubled, and various other things. Just like you would another person. You can revive another person, you can move another person, you can break another person, crush another person, strike another person, trouble another person. But when it comes to your spirit, it's all one insane thing. Your spirit is a part of who you are. You are your body, soul, and spirit. And finally, don't trust every spirit, but rather test the spirits to see whether they are from Yahweh or whether they are not from Yahweh. Do not trust every spirit, but test the spirits. And that's just the God honest truth. So thank you for joining us for this drosh, we really appreciate it. 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