22 Dec OMMA Apologetic (9 of 14)
NINE (9 of 14): As integrated beings, our BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT are affected by each other in various ways.
Our Mission at On Mission Martial Arts is:
“TO CHANGE LIVES FOR GOD’S GLORY, USING CHRIST-CENTERED MARTIAL ARTS.”
This series of 14 blog posts seeks to define what we mean by glorifying God and what that looks like in our lives as a follower of Christ and what it looks like in the activities we participate in within our OMMA community.
Thanks for reading!
Marco
NINE (9 of 14): As integrated beings, our BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT are affected by each other in various ways.
At this point in this series of writings, we will now make a transition from these two means of growth and sanctification to consider how On Mission Martial Arts can be a vehicle the Lord uses to come alongside the church body and the family to help accomplish these things for participants in the OMMA community of Christian martial artists.
“Natural things were ordered for types of spiritual things.”
– Jonathan Edwards
Since the Lord created us as integrated beings (1 Thessalonians 5:23), the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Disciplines interact to deepen the strength of body, soul and spirit. Two distinctives of a martial arts program are the emphasis on the integrity of the person (body, soul, spirit) and the emphasis on intentional, systematic and progressive disciplines allowing one to eventually accomplish things that cannot currently be done. Success lies not in trying harder, but in training consistently.
Our prayer is that the training our students participate in through our OMMA classes, programs and other activities, will be used by the Lord to cause each of us to grow stronger in Him – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, for our good and His glory!
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
– 1 Thessalonians 5:23
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.”
– 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore, I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that , after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”
– 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Keep Fighting the Good Fight!
Blessings,
Marco
OMMA Founder/Senior Instructor
Yondan – 4th Degree Black Belt
Helpful article about the integrated nature of man:
https://bible.org/seriespage/2-man-trinity-spirit-soul-body
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