GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

God - All In All389means “to refine to gold.” It could also be implied to the process whenan individual comes to see “the truth” or “repents.”What Burns?What burns the longest - the body, soul or spirit? Paul desiredfor the church at Thessalonica to be fully preserved. Paul said:The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and Ipray God your whole spirit and soul and body bepreserved blameless unto the coming of our LordJesus Christ (I Thessalonians 5:23).It is not the body or the flesh that needs to be spared. The bodyis only an “outer covering” or “a garment.” Peter likened it to a“tabernacle” (II Peter 1:13). You need to be “clothed upon,” from“above” or from “heaven” (II Corinthians 5:2-4). These texts dealwith this teaching.First of all, the body and flesh do not make you sin. It is the mindthat operates from within the body of flesh. Secondly, it is somethinggreater that needs to be burned in the fire to be purified. Isit the soul, spirit or what? It is not the body. That is only thewrapper of something more vital - and more subject to sin. Thisis something that is motivated by desire. Consider the great sin ofEve in The Garden. It was her desire that led her to commit thatfirst sin.Now for the crux. It is your “spirit” or carnal heart which needsthe most burning in order to remove “the dross” (Matthew 15:18-20). This represents the fires of purification. This is the deathappointed, once, for all to die. It is the spirit or heart and mindthat must die or change. That is why everyone must repent to be