06a) Physical and Emotional Growth, Part 1

Driving home: man as living soul is a psychosomatic entity and that his true identity cannot be understood does not even exist from this entity.

Compares the common misconception of man as a soul housed in a body (like a knife in its sheath) with the biblical view of man as a psychosomatic entity, emphasizing the integrated nature of body and soul.

with the man of God andasty and power and vibration in your systematic theology course under the corpus of human being that man is not simply or even essentially or primarily a soul housed in a body as a knife used in its sheath and in its glove from the scriptures that man as living soul is a psychosomatic entity and that his true identity cannot be understood does not even exist from this entity. When we are introduced to man in terms of the constitution of his being we are told in Genesis chapter and verse 7 that God having formed the man from the dust of the ground

4:18 - 5:44 Read in full sermon

Driving home: That there is a relationship between the physical and emotional drain of the ministry and the man's ability to even keep the eye of faith clear and to be a man of moral and spiritual courage.

The story of Elijah running from Jezebel after his great victory on Mount Carmel illustrates how extreme physical and emotional drain can lead to spiritual dejection and a 'death wish,' impacting a man's courage and faith.

who went down by the brook and apparently single-handedly slew them. Well, it's no wonder then that some painted witch says, by tomorrow this time, I'm going to get you. And the man runs like a coward and runs in such dejection that he says in that night, 19th chapter, I'm no better than my fathers. They lived, they labored, they prayed, and saw nothing. He had a death wish.

12:31 - 13:34 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin quotes extensively from Charles Spurgeon's 'All-Round Ministry' sermon, where Spurgeon openly shares his physical and emotional struggles, highlighting how bodily weakness…

An extended quotation from Charles Spurgeon's sermon reveals his deep personal struggles with physical illness and emotional despondency, demonstrating how bodily weakness can profoundly affect a minister's ability to preach and meditate.

Sermons called the all-round ministries are records of sermons that he preached at the homecoming of the men from the college. And it's here that Spurgeon opened his heart at a level that is rare, even in his lectures to us. Here he had all of his spirit sons and like a patriarchal family in the man of God, that are rare.

14:23 - 14:52 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not forget that you are human, with a nervous system and physical limits; acting as though it were not true is to your own peril and harm.

Compares a preacher bringing a tired mind to the pulpit, stumbling over words, to the impact of perpetual bodily weakness and dullness on the natural and emotional energy of preaching.

and in the conveyance with emotional energy. The bodily faculties are in a state of perpetual weakness, ness and dullness cannot but reflect acted in the lack of natural, physical energy in preaching, and the flatness in the emotional energy of the preaching. Just as when a man spends so much labor in the preparation of his sermon, sleep, and brings a tired mind to the pulpit, he will stumble over words and senses that otherwise would have flowed out of him as out of the Nertesian well. And so to you my brethren, taking up this, this concern of the physical and the emotional constitution of ma...

18:52 - 20:15 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not forget that you are human, with a nervous system and physical limits; acting as though it were not true is to your own peril and harm.

Describes the human nervous system as 'peculiar circuitry and fuses,' warning that running 'too much current over that system for too long' will lead to burnout, likening the body to an 'earthen vessel' with limits.

disembodied spirits to the work of and what we may or may not as new men in Christ, especially called and equipped by Christ, we are still human, H-U-M-A-N, by virtue of our own dissonance, our own distinct identity established by God in our creation, and interact subsequent to the fall. He who forgets this fact and acts as though it were not true, does so to his own peril and harm. God has made you with a nervous system, his own peculiar circuitry and fuses. You run too much current over that system for too long, you have a body called, your body called the escripter, and earthen vessel. Beyo...

20:15 - 21:37 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Finally, Martin asserts that the biblical doctrine of preaching demands concern for physical and emotional health because preaching is an exercise that engages the whole man—mind…

The account of Paul's 'messenger of Satan' (thorn in the flesh) is used to illustrate that while God can perfect His strength in weakness, we should not consciously weaken ourselves or expect miracles to compensate for self-neglect.

we have a right to expect that of God now what God may do is one thing for even the great apostle

43:00 - 43:10 Read in full sermon