May I give you my TAKE TOO?
I hope you do not mind. I believe the human spirit is ETERNALLY ALIVE, once it is Born Again, biblically. I know their some churches put a lesser meaning on what born again means, but you and I, KNOW what it means. Some think it is
tongues, some think it is being a disciple, some think it is Church Membership, some think it is acknowledging the stories about JESUS are true, and we can deal with receiving Him as LORD later. We both know that is all a trick of the devil to get those settle for something LESS than GENUINE SALVATION.
We know it is mournfully acknowledging we are a Sinner, and Out of LOVE for HIM, we willingly receive HIM as our personal LORD, meaning MASTER. THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF SALVATION, when the Holy Spirit immersed our human spirit into the spiritual Body of Christ, of which HE is the Head.
The human spirit in us will never go back to spiritual death, once it is Eternally Alive. The INHERITED Sin Nature in our BODIES, will sin Less, and Less, and Less as we mature spiritually through taking in the WORD OF GOD in our hearts. Our Bodies will not be free from the influence of that Sin Nature, until the Resurrection, when we receive the GLORIFIED BODY that cannot even think sin.
1 John 3:14 (HCSB)
14 We know that
we have passed from death to life because we love [godly, self sacrificial LOVE] our brothers.
The one who does not love remains in death.
Philippians 1:6 (HCSB)
6 I am sure of this, that
He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.