Little Red Book Ministry

A. Free will in the garden
Genesis 2:16–17; 3:1–3

B. Free will in the Promised Land
Josh 24:15; Judges 5:7–8

C. Free will in the New Testament
John 8:36; Romans 10:13

II. Man: In the image of God
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7).

As we have seen in Lesson 5, God is a trinity with a Body, a Soul, and a Spirit. When He created man, He made us in His image, that is, with a body, a soul, and a spirit. However, only the body and soul of man are products of creation. The spirit was not created. The Bible is quite clear that God gave us a part of His Spirit. We are not told very much about how our spirit relates to our body and soul and this has been the source of much conjecture. We do know that it is our spirit that communes with God’s Holy Spirit as we saw in Lesson 7. We also know that in some way it is uniquely our spirit. Yet, even though it is our own spirit, it does not appear that any man’s spirit ever goes to hell. This experience appears to be unique to the body and soul of a “lost” or unsaved person.