Re: The Lexicon — "Exercised in Your Spirit"
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Originally Posted by aron
The spirit is an organ? Does the Bible say that, or did somebody rather push that notion forward? I would be curious as to the source of that.
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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth View Post
According to WL, the spirit is an organ for apprehending spiritual things just as the body is an organ for contacting the material world. He adds on and goes further to say that the spirit is actually a 'vessel' purposely created for containing God.
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The immediate source of the quote is Mephibosheth. My guess is that it is traceable at least to Watchman Nee. The spirit is never called an organ in the Bible in any of the versions I've read. I would check further for you but Living Stream Online Publication site is down at the moment.
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Ken Gemmer- Church in Detroit, Church in Fort Lauderdale, Church in Miami 1973-86
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