Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by verse study through

the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

the soul and the spirit, as we pick up in Hebrews chapter 4 verse 12. And now with today's study,

here's Pastor Chuck.

It is the word of God that is able to divide between the soul and the script.

That's something that's hard for us to divide.

Man's soul and spirit are so intertwined.

There's such a crossover network between the two that it's really hard for us to discern when it has really

touched me spiritually or just touched me in a psychic way, in an emotional way.

In fact, the division is so fine that is only the Word of God that can make that distinction between that which is

solace and that which is spiritual. And then it is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the

hearts. Now, I'm going to trust in the finished work of Jesus, or I'm going to trust in my own works and my own efforts

to finish this work of redemption in me and perfection.

Now, if I'm trusting in my own works,

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