God's Masterpiece (Part 1)

Beloved, this Sunday I have been instructed by the Lord to write unto you from a series of letters entitled “God’s Masterpiece.” Man is a wonderful creature, consisting of spirit, soul, and body. All that is visible is the body. Yet, it is the totality of man that is considered the “Masterpiece of God’s” workmanship. That is why King David said, “I will praise thee [God]; for I am fearfully [respectfully] and wonderfully [miraculously] made” (Psalm 139:14). In other words, God had so much respect for the uniqueness of the human creation that he miraculously did not create anything like man. Nothing like man has ever been brought into being.

Precious Ones, we know that the body of humankind was “formed…[of] the dust of the ground.” We know that God “breathed into [man’s] nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). In other words, the union of the Spirit and the body apparently produced the soul.

Chosen Ones, the soul is never separated from the body – it is the seat of affections. Apparently, the Apostle Paul knew this when he wrote to the church that he established at Colossi. Paul said, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead [or are supposed to be dead to the fleshly desires], and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. [So] mortify [kill]…your members which are upon the earth” (Colossians 3:2-5). In other words, the soul is the subconscious realm of human activity and it cannot be separated from the body. When the soul is condemned, the body is also condemned. John calls “the heart” the conscience. He says, “if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things” (I John 3:20). This means that when our conscience condemns us, God already sends that signal to the mind, and consequently this results in the whole aura of man to be condemned. So, Beloved, whatever the soul feels, “God’s Masterpiece” feels it all over.

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this…

I love each and every one of you very, very much.
In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy