Spirits Generate Minds but Flesh are of No Use
Christ Jesus once clearly mentioned spirit in comparison of flesh:
(John 6)62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
The human mind is based on the physical body but it is also linked with the spirit. But, it is not easy for us, the modern humans, to clearly recognize that there are spirits in or under our minds. However, we have to admit that our life does not depend only on our bodies, since we live guided by our minds.
We can also think of the God who has no physical body although He can have it as He wishes. As the God is a spiritual entity, we can be also spiritual entities. And, if we admit that we are also spiritual entities, we have to admit that the words delivered by Christ Jesus are spirit, since they give life to us and Christ Jesus is linked to the God. In other words, we have to understand our being spirits as we can think of the God who is spiritual existence. Through connection with the God, we can clearly recognize that there are spirits in or under our minds.
We can also think of the God who has no physical body although He can have it as He wishes. As the God is a spiritual entity, we can be also spiritual entities. And, if we admit that we are also spiritual entities, we have to admit that the words delivered by Christ Jesus are spirit, since they give life to us and Christ Jesus is linked to the God. In other words, we have to understand our being spirits as we can think of the God who is spiritual existence. Through connection with the God, we can clearly recognize that there are spirits in or under our minds.
First of all, everybody should admit that he has the mind as well as the body. The body is made of atoms, cells, and organs, which work based on the law of nature and do not produce the mind although they may provide special conditions on which the mind can be produced and work. We had better think that our minds are generated through work of our spirits. In this context, we or our minds came from the spiritual world. And we or our minds should go to the spirit world after termination of our physical life. What gives meaning to our life should be spiritual matters such as words of Christ Jesus.
In other words, we can only understand words of Christ Jesus from the spiritual view point. And, the Bible should be read from the spiritual view point.
Therefore, we have to understand that Christ Jesus especially told about our life in the spirit world after our leaving this world through physical death. And, Christ Jesus said that spirits of rich men cannot enter Heaven but those of poor men can. All of His teachings should converge on this teaching, since it is purely spiritual.
In other words, Christ Jesus as the Son of the God assured that spirits of poor men can be accepted in Heaven no matter how unhappy they are while living in this world. Everything related to flesh or elements in our physical life in this world is not useful in the afterlife. But, words of Christ Jesus are effective in the spirit world where our spirits will go after physical death in this world.
As a consequence, we have to try to be poor as much as possible while living in this material world so that we can be accepted in Heaven after physical death in this world. Probably, the more we earn money in this world, the more we should be drawn to the hells.
But, those brainwashed by Satan with money should hate this teaching of Christ Jesus. And, those who first followed Christ Jesus but eventually realized the true meaning of Christ Jesus would like to betray Him.
Finally, if we admit that we have spirits and Christ Jesus taught us in terms of spiritual truth, we have to believe that poverty in this world should be the key factor for our being accepted in Heaven when our spirits go into the spirit world after bodily death in this world.
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John 5, King James Version
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.