Hey Brother Forrest.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
We are born again through the spirit of God. The second birth as explained to Nicodemus. Through the blood of Christ our LORD and Saviour we are washed of our sin that we were "first born" dead in.
When we are born of the spirit, our Soul is bought and payed for, it belongs to God.
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Our Body is corruptible, it is not yet complete until it is raised incorruptible.
1 Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
This addresses a fact also that Christians who are "genuinely" born again, cannot be possessed, for we are born of God's spirit, our Souls belong to Him but our Mortal bodies belong to whomever we yield them to, good or evil.
A Christian certainly can "do" evil, but cannot be possessed "by" evil
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
I guess we can say that until that day when Christ calls us home we are not complete in him until we have immortality, until then we are wretched in the flesh
1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
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