Bible Snack #147

11 Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. 12 I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:11, 12 — The Life Recovery Bible).
 
Direct revelation is the preferred way that God teaches us. Yes, we all want to be taught, and we admire our human teachers, but when God speaks to us directly, we are more prone to look up and pay attention. The most common way that God speaks to us is directly through our spirit, though seldom do words come from that place. Our spirits, according to the Bible, are in our gut, or our bellies, or our intestines. The seat of the spirit upholds all of the soul. Our emotions are above our spirits—as are our minds and our wills—all three of which also have specific locations, and all three have a voice. The emotions are seated around the organ we call a heart. Scientists have recently discovered that the heart has a voice with which it communicates with the body. The will has a seat around the vocal cords. (I’m sure you realize that what you say is what you will.) Our minds are not our brains, but our minds are seated around our brains. Perhaps you can see from this brief description that we are a spiritual being, and the tools our spirit uses are the elements of our souls—our minds, our emotions, and our wills. God uses all of these to teach us.