God wants us healed unto wholeness, and that is a wholeness of:
- mind (as part of the soul)
- spirit
- body
- soul (which includes the mind)
All of which begins with an awakening of who we are in Christ.
The moment you believe, you are a new creation - fused here, now with His own Spirit. You are eternal, sealed, and forever. The old version of you - yes, with your old ways of relating to others and the world - are no longer at all practical for a life led and fueled by the spirit. We take off the old self of flesh, and put on the new self firmly rooted in Christ. For the old you and your old ways have been disarmed or set aside (apekdyomai), and we now operate from His ways of thinking and problem solving, not our own (1 Cor 2:16).
Therefore ....
Our thought life (minds) are made whole by governing our thoughts by the Spirit (Romans 8:6).
Our spirits are made whole the moment we believe. We are eternal, both death and sin forever put away - no longer a threat to our security in Christ (Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 9:26-28).
Our physical bodies are made whole through any spirit led combination of faith, trust, prayer, patience, perseverance, repentance, believing unto rest, agreement with God’s truth, submission unto God, resisting the devil, taking authority and enforcing God's legal work on the cross, and rebuking of all demonic principalities and lies.
Yes. It’s done, paid for. We stand firm until we see it materialize on either side of heaven!
But what about our soul? The soul is the you part of you. The soul consists of our feelings, emoting, thinking, throngs of the heart, our personality, our own will, affections, aversions, and our overall mental makeup. Yes, the soul (our essence) is the only eternal part of our bodies that will not fade with physical death. Yep, the you part of you IS forever!
But - while here in the earth - how are our souls saved or made whole?
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save (sōzō) their life (psychḗ: soul) will lose it, but whoever loses their life (psychḗ: soul) for Me (egō: I am) will find it.
Simply.
Instead of holding on to our way, we desire His way. Powered by love and spirit, we assume or take on His EGO or nature. We died. And, alive in Christ, we now live for the One who died for us (2 Cor 5:14-15).
We let go of our EGO and take on His! Yes. We take on His identity (egō) to find rest for our weary souls and to discover our true self rooted in I Am!