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THE SPIRIT
The Spirit on the other hand is a separate entity.
The spirit is a component of God. It is of God but not
God. In human terms it could be analogised as a molecule
of the composition of spirit, the composition that is
called God. As in the body, each molecule has a
particular and definite function, so too with God, each
molecule has a particular and definite function.
This spirit that is included in the human being is
immortal; always was and always will be. It is the
animator of the human form and connected to the human
form through the mind. The spirit that is part of the
human being is not the total individual spirit that is a
component of God; it is a component of the individual
spirit. Humankind cannot have an acceptable concept of
what God is or how vast God is. Humankind cannot
have an acceptable concept of how many individual
spirit components make up God nor have an idea of how