is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." Col. 3:9, 10.

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Cor. 3:18.

"And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. 4:23, 24.

You see it was both man's spiritual and moral being that was created in the image of God. It is the volitional part, hence, it became depraved by sin. Man is morally depraved. But through Jesus Christ the soul is now restored and changed back into the moral image of God again, and that is declared to be a state of "righteousness and true holiness." In the work of redemption which brings us back into the image of the glory of God, it is not our body that is thus restored, but "he restoreth my soul." Psa: 23:3. Halleluiah to his matchless name forever and forever!

The above is absolute proof that man possesses an immortal element, separate and distinct in substance from the body, created in the image of God, defiled by sin, and again restored to a state of purity through the blood of Christ. And the same inhabits a mortal body, mortal flesh, which is simply "the earthly house of this tabernacle," which will return to dust again, while the former will live forever.

By a careful study of God's Word, any unpreju

diced mind will be led to see that there are three states of human spirits clearly taught. The first is in union with an animal body. This state terminates at death. The second state is that in which human spirits are separated from their animal bodies. This commences at death and terminates with the resurrection of the body. The third state commences with the reunion of spirit and body in the resurrection, and continues ever after. In the following chapters we shall consider man in these three states, as taught in the Bible.

THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN UNION WITH AN
ANIMAL BODY.

This is the present state in this life. This is why man is a little while inferior to angels. See margin Heb. 2:9. He now inhabits a fleshly, animal body, therefore he is called "mortal man." I shall in this work use the terms "soul" and "spirit" interchangeably. It is true that there are scriptures where these terms are used out of their general order and do not signify the same thing. There are places in the Bible where the term soul is used to denote the whole being of man. And spirit is sometimes used to denote animal life, activity, etc. But when these terms are both applied to man's inward being they denote the same thing.

But some may ask, Why the two terms if they both denote the same thing-the immortal part of man's being? We answer, For the same reason that the two terms "body" and "flesh" are used to denote the physical and material part of man. Flesh and body have their distinct shades of meaning, and yet both denote the corporeal part of man. And just so the same shade of distinction exists between the two terms commonly used to denote or represent the invisible part of man. The term flesh denotes animal matter as a substance, while body refers to the organic form of that matter. So the word spirit refers to the immortal part of man as a real spiritual and invisible substance, while soul refers to the same substance in its organic form, the real inner man, or "spiritual body."

That man has a physical body, which is mortal, but few deny. In Rom. 6: 12, 13; 8:11; 2 Cor. 4: 11 (which texts have been already quoted) it is clearly stated that man inhabits a physical, fleshly body. And the same is the mortal part of his being. But the same Bible teaches that a spirit being dwells inside this mortal house. "But there is a spirit in man." Job 32: 8. God "formeth the spirit of man within him." Zech. 12:1. "A spirit hath not flesh and bones." Luke 24:39. "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?" 1 Cor. 2:11.

Without comments, these scriptures simply declare in so many words that a spirit being, a being in

form, dwells inside our earthly bodies. The same is a conscious entity capable of knowing the things of a man. Therefore it follows conclusively that in this life the human spirit dwells in union with our animal body. "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Cor. 6:20. "The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit." 1 Cor. 7: 34. How clear this testimony. Man is not wholly a material being, neither is he wholly a spiritual be- ing. But he is "both spirit and body." "But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn." Job 14:22. Mark the language. Soul within and flesh upon him.

fers pain the other mourns.

While the one suf

Man is a two-fold being. "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Mat. 26: 41. "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." 2 Cor. 7:1. Filthiness of the flesh refers to unclean habits and practises, any uncleanness that men practise with their bodies. Filthiness of the spirit applies to inherent depravity, which from within works out through the members of the physical body.

All the foregoing scriptures clearly prove that the soul of man is a spirit being, separate and distinct in substance from the fleshly body, and yet in union

with it. Jehovah is declared to be "the God of the spirits of all flesh." Num. 27:16. Not simply the God of fleshly bodies, but the God of the spirits which dwell in these earthly bodies. He is "the Father of spirits." Heb. 12:9. Paul speaks of "the spirits of just men made perfect." Heb. 12:23. "Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" Micah 6:7.

As before observed, this last text shows that it is not the body but the soul that is the volitional part of our being. Notice the distinction between the physical and spiritual. "The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul." The apostle John, in writing to Gaius, says, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2.

Adventists make no distinction between soul and body. They reason that the soul simply means the entire being of man, including the body. As before stated, there are a few texts in the Bible where it is so used and applied. In fact, it is thus commonly applied to-day. For example, when people are in a state of extreme suffering, it is customary to say, "Poor souls! they need our sympathy." Or when people are suffering for food we say, "Poor souls! they are hungry; let us feed them bread," etc.

Because the term soul is thus applied to the whole being of man in a few texts, and there are found expressions like the following, "Soul that eateth