使人成为活的魂
神使人成为活的魂，使人有魂作他的人位，有他的个格，并作他接触精神界的器官。魂介于我们外面的身体与里面的灵之间，乃是我们的人位。藉着魂我们接触精神界的事物。
使人有三部分－灵、魂、体
神造人有三部分。帖前五章二十三节说，我们有灵、与魂、与身子。希伯来四章十二节说，我们的灵能与魂分开。神为甚么这样创造人？乃是要使我们成为奇妙的人。我们所以奇妙，因为我们有三部分。人不简单。不要以为你自己很简单。说到魂，我们有心思、情感、意志；说到体，我们有许多肢体。医学界花了多年工夫研究人体，至今还是不太能了解。在我们的灵里，又有良心、直觉、交通。神这样奇妙的创造了我们，因为祂要我们成为祂的容器。我们的体存活，使我们成为活的器皿盛装神。我们要成为这样的器皿，不仅需要里面的灵，还需要外面的体，使我们能活在地上，运用灵来接触神，接受祂进来，盛装祂，甚至吸收祂。
人的三种需要─物质的需要、精神的需要和属灵的需要
在人群社会中，人只顾前面两种需要，而忽略第三种需要。这就是在这里要有教会的原因，因为惟有教会能帮助人满足第三种需要。也许你有最精美的物质享受，以及最上好的精神满足，但你仍有所缺。你需要属灵的享受，你需要神。你的深处需要得着满足。因为我里面满足了，我就不在乎汽车、洋房。我的灵因神而得满足，因为我的灵是被造来盛装神的。
为着达成祂的目的，神首先造人作器皿，以盛装神自己作生命。人的魂是人的人位，有他的整个个格，是个完整的人位。但神创造人的用意，不是要人用自己彰显自己，乃是要人这完整的受造者，能接受神作生命，而用全人彰显神。所以除了魂，人还需要有特别的器官来接触神，这器官就是人的灵。
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To Make Man a Living Soul — 1 Cor. 15:45
God made man a living soul that man may have a soul as his person with his personality and as an organ to contact the psychological realm. In between our outward body and our inward spirit is our soul, our person. By means of the soul we contact psychological things.
To Make Man a Tripartite Being – Spirit, Soul and Body
God made man as a tripartite being. First Thessalonians 5:23 says clearly that we have a spirit and soul and body. Hebrews 4:12 says that our spirit can be divided from our soul. Why did God create us in this way? Simply that we may be a wonderful person. We are wonderful because we are tripartite. Human beings are not simple. Do not consider yourself as simple. Related to the soul we have the mind, the emotions and the will. Related to the body we have many members. Within our spirit we have the conscience, the intuition and the fellowship. God created us in such a wonderful way because He wanted us to be His container. Our body exists so that we may be a living vessel to contain God. If we are to be such a vessel, we not only need the inward spirit, but also the outward body to enable us to live on this earth, exercising our spirit to contact God, take Him in, contain Him and even assimilate Him.
Man has Three Kinds of Needs – Material Needs, Psychological Needs and Spiritual Needs
In human society, people take care of the first two needs and neglect the third. This is why the church is here, for only the church can help people to satisfy the third need. Although you may have the finest material enjoyment and the best psychological satisfaction, you are still short. You need spiritual enjoyment; you need God. You need to be satisfied deep within. Since I have been satisfied within, I do not care very much about a car or a house. My spirit is satisfied with God, for my spirit was made to contain Him.
For the fulfillment of His purpose God firstly made man as vessels to contain Himself as life. Man’s soul is his person with his personality. It is a complete person. However, God’s intention in creating man was not that man should express himself with himself. God’s intention was that man, as a complete, created being, might take God as life and express Him in all his personality. Therefore, in addition to his soul, man needs a specific organ to contact God – the human spirit.