The doctrine of the edification complex of the soul [ECS]

1. By definition, the construction of a house or a backbone of the soul occurs through the intake of doctrine. E)pignwsij residing in the soul and the spirit is the basis for constructing a house or backbone for the soul. The ECS is the bridge to supergrace. The consistent function of GAP under the authority of the believer’s right pastor is the basis for the construction of the ECS. This is emphasised in Ephesians 3:16-21; 4:11-13.

2. To understand the ECS as a structure in the soul, a little work on the etymology of the Greek. Our word is e)ij plus the accusative of o)ikodomh. O)ikodomh is made of two words: o)ikoj = a house or a temple; demo = a Classical Greek word for construction. So it means the erection of a temple, the erection of a structure, the building of a structure. O)ikodomh is used in Ephesians 4:12,16,29. A similar word o)ikodomia is the result of construction. The resultant construction of the ECS is the entrance into the supergrace life — 1 Timothy 1:4. O)ikodomoj emphasises the building and the one who builds it. It refers to the contractor which is doctrine — Acts 4:11.

3. The structure of the ECS. When doctrine is taught it becomes gnwsij, but by becoming gnwsij it can immediately become others things. If the individual listening to the doctrine is hypersensitive, subjective in any possible way then anything that touches a subjective nerve in the soul causes that individual to operate under dokew which is subjective thinking. That immediately eliminates any possibility of utilising the doctrine just learned in the ECS or advancing toward supergrace. Gnwsij must become and must remain immediately objective thinking or fronew. Fronew plus volition or faith transfers it to the human spirit and immediately changes it into e)pignwsij. Then e)pignwsij is sucked into the right lobe into the frame of reference, and there are two valves, one at each end of the memory centre. One valve processes it into vocabulary and categories and the other valve into the norms and standards, and all feed into the launching pad. This is important because we are going to see that scar tissue is not in the lungs of the soul but in the heart, the right lobe. So e)pignwsij is the basis for advance in the Christian life.

E)pignwsij is also known as sunihmi which means to know the underlying laws, the meaning of an object, the technical knowledge, and when e)pignwsij enters the human spirit it becomes sunihmi, and as sunihmi and e)pignwsij the construction of the ECS begins. The first floor, then, is grace orientation. This is absolutely essential. Without this floor you can’t function in anything. Grace orientation make it possible to advance when sooner or later there is conflict from the norms and standards of your soul and what is taught from the Word of God. The mastery of the details of life is almost a result of grace orientation. However, the relaxed mental attitude is not. The RMA means doctrine must conquer subjectivity in the life. Next we have the capacity for love in which the structure is almost completed, and that means category #1, category #2, and category #3 love. If you have capacity for one you have capacity for all. Finally we have the penthouse, +H, and from there entrance into the supergrace life. The believer enters the supergrace life after completion of the top floor; +H is sharing God’s happiness.

4. The usage of the word “edification.” a) One of the objectives of the pastor’s teaching of doctrine is the erection of the ECS, therefore the first use of edification is technical. In its technicality it means a complex structure in the soul — Ephesians 4:11,12. b) It has a general meaning. The local church with a maximum number of ECSs is a prosperous church — Acts 9:31. c) The objective of phase two is the ECS, not speaking in tongues — 1 Corinthians 14:3,4,12, 26. The thing that shows that you are advancing is not speaking in tongues but the construction of the ECS. d) Human knowledge or gnwsij puffs up while knowledge of doctrine through GAP edifies. So 1 Corinthians 8:1 distinguishes between the type of knowledge that causes you to advance and grow up and the type of knowledge of doctrine that causes you not to. It has nothing to do with academic learning.

5. The humanity of Christ possessed an ECS during the incarnation — Luke 2:40,52; John 1:14.

6. Rapid construction of an ECS comes from GAP under maximum pressure — James 1:2-4.

7. Relationship to the national entity is a very important factor. Your ECS has a lot to do with the condition of the country. The believer in the royal family has that privilege of developing through doctrine an ECS which provides personal stability and national stability. In tact, if there are enough ECSs the country is preserved in spite of the idiocy of its government, the men who are running it. All freedom gained by the military on the battlefield is exploited by the believer erecting an ECS — Jeremiah 42:10 states the principle.

8. There are a few synonyms for the ECS. a) The word “light” — Psalm 43; 119:130; Ephesians 5:8,9,13.

b) “Christ formed in you” — Galatians 4:19. c) The “new man” — Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10. d) The “perfect work” — James 1:4. e) “Imitators of God” — Ephesians 5:1, as per the Greek.

9. The ECS has a direct relationship to the supergrace life. Just before everyone reaches supergrace there is a great chasm he must cross. On the other side is the supergrace life. Across the chasm is a bridge, and that bridge is the ECS. The top floor of the ECS takes you right into supergrace, as per Philippians 4:4 cf. 1 John 1:4.

10. Two spirits are vital in the construction of the ECS. The Holy Spirit makes GAP function; the human spirit is the converter of building material in the function of GAP. The Holy Spirit — John 14:26; 16:12-14; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16; 1 John 2:27. GAP is the source of the ECS — Ephesians 4:12,13. For the human spirit as the target for GAP — Job 32:8; Romans 8:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12,13. Doctrine stored in the human spirit is used for construction material of the ECS — Ephesians 4:23,24; Colossians 1:9,10; 1 John 2:3.

The doctrine of the edification complex of the soul

1. The doctrine is based upon certain verbs and their cognates found in he Bible, both in the Hebrew and the Greek. E.g. in the Hebrew we have banah which means to construct and edifice. Its counterpart in the Greek is o)ikodomew which means to build or construct, to erect a structure. There are also some nouns that go with o)ikodomew — O)ikodomh which means the act of building or erecting a structure. It is quite common for the ECS. Then there is o)ikodomia which is the ECS, the result of erecting a structure. There is also o)ikodomoj which refers to the contractor or the builder or the function of construction.

2. GAP is the source of the ECS, Ephesians 4:12,13. In that passage we have all the ingredients for the ECS. The believer is a priest in the Church. As a believer priest he is to gather with others, this gives him his privacy. The message of the pastor-teacher is all that is important to the believers who hear him.

3. The believer’s ECS provides both stability for the individual and preservation for the national entity. It is the only way a believer can be happy. Furthermore, the ECS count is the basis for determining the preservation of the national entity, Jeremiah 42:10.

4. The rapid construction of the ECS comes from a maximum use of faith patience under maximum pressure, James 1:2-4.

5. The structure of the ECS. First floor: grace orientation. It is impossible to begin an ECS unless the believer is grace oriented; second floor: the mastery of the details of life, and capacity for these details; the third floor: the relaxed mental attitude of the believer’s soul. This is freedom from any habitual mental attitude sins because MA sins destroy any capacity for life; the fourth floor: capacity for love. This is important because all capacity for love does not start with people, it starts with God. As you develop occupation with Christ, then the other capacities fall in line; the fifth floor: +H, the door that opens the believer into the normal Christian life which is supergrace.

6. The biblical use of the word “edification.” It is used in Ephesians 4:11,12, as the objective of the pastor-teacher. His responsibility is to so communicate doctrine that those who are positive will hear and grow up into the ECS. The soul was saved in order that the soul might have something special from God. The soul is saved so that it can be structurised by God’s plan, and this is where the ECS comes in. The second use of “edification” is found where a local church with a maximum number of believers having an ECS is a prosperous church. Acts 9:31. The third use of “edification,” the objective of phase two is to erect the ECS, not to speak in tongues, 1 Cor. 14:3,4, 12, 26. Fourth, human knowledge has a tendency to pump up but the function of GAP in the sphere of love edifies, 1 Corinthians 8:1.

7. There are two spirits involved in ECS. The first is God the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. He functions in the intake of doctrine by which the ECS is constructed, John 14:26; 16:12-14; 1 John 2:27; 1` Cor. 2:9-16. The second “spirit” in the ECS principle is the human spirit. It is the target for doctrine by which material is made available for the construction of the ECS, Romans 8:16; 1 Cor. 2:12,13; Job 32:8. Only doctrine stored in the human spirit is construction material, Ephesians 4:23,24; Colossians 1:9,10; 1 John 2:3.

8. As a starting point for motivation the humanity of Christ possessed an ECS during the incarnation, Luke 2:40, 52; John 1:14.

9. Biblical synonyms for the ECS:

Light, Psalm 43:3; Psalm 119:130; Ephesians 5:8,9,13.

Glory is used for the ECS, Jeremiah 13:16; 1 Corinthians 11:7.

The fullness of God, Ephesians 3:19

Imitators of God, Ephesians 5:1. However, Eph. 5:1 not only refers to the ECS but emphasises it as the entrance into supergrace.

Christ at home in your hearts, Ephesians 3:17.

Christ formed in you, Galatians 4:19.

The new man, Ephesians 4:24.

The new, Colossians 3:10.

The perfect work, James 1:4.

Christ in you, 2 Cor. 13:5.

10. The supergrace life is the objective after the ECS. The ECS, therefore, is the entrance into the supergrace life. Once the top floor has been constructed there is a transition into supergrace. The top floor is God’s happiness shared with the believer.