You are very right spirit is what God recognise while soul is also invisible aspect of the body...

tpia@:
thread doesnt have to be frontpage.

@ topic

i think soul has to do with blood, and others are also correct.

not counting the thread derailers.

There are two words that are often used interchangeably but actually they are different. There is what we call the “Soul” but we also have something very different which we refer to as our, “Spirit.” So for instance, if we look at the following scripture in Hebrews 4:12 it says,
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Thessalonians 5:23

By looking at this scripture we can see that the bible makes a clear distinction between soul and spirit.
To make it simple let’s take a look at a chart. This chart was originally designed more than 30 years ago by our founding pastor and teacher, deep in the mountains of Korea where he grew up. He too wondered about the spirit and what happens after you die, and after many deep prayers this is the design that Jesus gave him through inspiration.
1. The Physical Body.
2. The Soul (Mind)
3. The Spirit [spiritual body]
1. The Physical Body.

In the past 100 years we have been able learn a lot more about the physical body through the advances in science and medicine. Much is known about the physical body and you will spend many hours studying it in school so we don’t need to elaborate on it here. But once we begin to study human nature and human behavior we immediately go beyond the physical level. Everything beyond this point goes outside the scope of physical science and into the sciences of psychology or sociology, and finally religion. This brings us to the level of the Soul or the Mind.
Psychology

In one of the youngest sciences, psychology, scholars often begin trying to explain about this concept of “the Mind.” Of course we have a brain which is a physical entity, but when they are talking about the mind it is different than the brain. They are talking about something that is intangible. The soul is not something we can grab, touch, weigh or measure.
2. The Soul

“Soul” is a religious term but it might make more sense for you to think of it as the Mind. From here we derive our thoughts, our Will, desires, our emotions, as well as our ability to reason. This goes beyond the physical level into the mental level. So for example the physical body let’s you know when it’s hungry and craves certain tastes and addictions. These signals are sent to the brain and the mind tries to work out a solution to answer that need. A more developed mind can overcome the immediate desires of the body in favor of eating healthier foods out of concern for sustaining the long term health of the body. The body seeks only immediate satisfaction. It always avoids discomfort, doesn’t like to sit still and read, and it is not our physical body that desires to learn.
3. The Spirit

All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. – 1 Cor 15:39-40

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. – 1 Cor 15:44

Just as surely as you have a physical body that lives in the physical world you also have a spiritual body which lives in the spiritual world. Just as there is both male and female, there is also both physical and spiritual. While alive in this world they are all connected.

Your spirit resembles your physical body just like your physical body resembles your parents. The spirit can see, touch, smell, taste, and hear just as much or more than the physical body. Your spirit feels things very intensely at the spiritual level which is by far the highest level or deepest level. The health of our faith determines what kind of life the spirit lives. And according to how you are influenced spiritually determines whether your spirit will go towards either the heavenly spiritual world or suffer in deeper and deeper levels of Hell. The fate of eternity is determined by how well your spirit develops. This is why it is so vital to understand properly.

This is not in anyway an attempt to derail the topic.But,if the body is the hardware as people have said here.
And,the soul that sinneth is out-rightly condemned to Hell fire which is believed to be very hot/a place prepared
for punishment.

How do you feel without the hardware( the body )? especially since the soul has lost the ability 'to feel' after death
i.e the body has been dropped.

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SOUL.
The bible was originally writen in Hebrew and Greek. When writing about soul, the Hebrew writers used the word ne'phesh, Greek used psy-khe'. These two words appear over 800 times in the bible. Now examine the way soul or souls is used in the Bible, it refers to PEOPLE, ANIMALS or THE LIFE THAT A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL LIVES.
1. When soul refers to PEOPLE. 1 Peter 3:20.
2. When soul refers to ANIMALS. Genesis 1:20,24, Genesis 9:8-10. Leviticus 11:46, Numbers 31:28.
3. When soul refers to LIFE AS A PERSON. Exodus 4:19, John 10:11.
In all these Bible passages, the word "soul" refers to a person as a whole.

SPIRIT.
Hebrew - ru'ach, Greek - pneu'ma.
Psalm 104:29 states: "If you [Jehovah] take away their spirit[ru'ach], they expire and back to their dust they go. And James 2:26 says that "the body without spirit[pneu'ma] is dead. Therefore, without spirit, the body is dead. Spirit is an invisible force that aninates all living creatures.
For instance, when you put batteries in a portable radio and turn it on, the electricity stored in the batteries brings the radio to life, and without the batteries, the radio is dead. Like the batteries, they cant do anything on their own, they dont feel nor think. They are an impersonal force. So, when a soul (a person) dies, to the dust the soul goes and the spirit goes back to the giver. Read Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 34:14,15; Psalms 36:9. To be continue....[/b]

The body is a living soul, once it lives the body lives, but once it vacates the body the person's body becomes worthless and subsequently dies. The spirit serves as a guide in our lives. There are two different kinds of spirit, the good spirit (divine spirit from God) and the bad spirit (evil spirit from Satan).

Now, the manufacturer manufactures a car with all the necessary components including the battery (let's say the soul) which energizes the car to function. The car now needs a driver (let's say the spirit)to help it function. Here, whether or not the car can perform to maximum will largely depend on the driver (spirit).

To sum it up, spirit is different from soul; our body is a living soul and the spirit is an unseen force that assists us in our everyday life.

Emmy9ite: i dont agree with the part of the soul! If our spirits lives,does the soul die with the body??

the day u dies ur thoughts(soul) dies tooo

I hope dis will help.
Volume 1: Chapter 1

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY

The ordinary concept of the constitution of human beings is dualistic-soul and body. According to this concept soul is the invisible inner spiritual part, while body is the visible outer corporal part. Though there is some truth to this, it is nevertheless inaccurate. Such an opinion comes from fallen man, not from God; apart from God's revelation, no concept is dependable. That the body is man's outward sheath is undoubtedly correct, but the Bible never confuses spirit and soul as though they are the same. Not only are they different in terms; their very natures differ from each other. The Word of God does not divide man into the two parts of soul and body. It treats man, rather, as tripartite-spirit, soul and body. I Thessalonians 5.23 reads: "May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." This verse precisely shows that the whole man is divided into three parts. The Apostle Paul refers here to the complete sanctification of believers, "sanctify you wholly. "According to the Apostle, how is a person wholly sanctified? By his spirit and soul and body being kept. From this we can easily understand that the whole person comprises these three parts. This verse also makes a distinction between spirit and soul; otherwise, Paul would have said simply "your soul." Since God has distinguished the human spirit from the human soul, we conclude that man is composed of not two, but three, parts; spirit, soul and body.

Is it a matter of any consequence to divide spirit and soul? It is an issue of supreme importance for it affects tremendously the spiritual life of a believer. How can a believer understand spiritual life if he does not know what is the extent of the realm of the spirit? Without such understanding how can he grow spiritually? To fail to distinguish between spirit and soul is fatal to spiritual maturity. Christians often account what is soulical. as spiritual, and thus they remain in a soulish state and seek not what is really spiritual. How can we escape loss if we confuse what God has divided?

Spiritual knowledge is very important to spiritual life. Let us add, however, that it is equally as, if not more, important for a believer to be humble and willing to accept the teaching of the Holy Spirit. If so, the Holy Spirit will grant him the experience of the dividing of spirit and soul, although he may not have too much knowledge concerning this truth. On the one hand, the most ignorant believer, without the slightest idea of the division of spirit and soul, may yet experience such a dividing in real life. On the other hand, the most informed believer, completely conversant with the truth concerning spirit and soul, may nonetheless have no experience of it. Far better is that person who may have both the knowledge and the experience. The majority, however, lack such experience. Consequently, it is well initially to lead these to know the different functions of spirit and soul and then to encourage them to seek what is spiritual.

Other portions of the Scriptures make this same differentiation between spirit and soul. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Heb. 4.12). The writer in this verse divides man's non-corporal elements into two parts, 11 soul and spirit. The corporal part is mentioned here as including the joints and marrow organs of motion and sensation. When the priest uses the sword to cut and completely dissect the sacrifice, nothing inside can be hidden. Even joint and marrow are separated. In like manner the Lord Jesus uses the Word of God on His people to separate thoroughly, to pierce even to the division of the spiritual, the soulical, and the physical. And from this it follows that since soul and spirit can be divided, they must be different in nature. It is thus evident here that man is a composite of three parts.

THE CREATION OF MAN

And Jehovah God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Gen. 2.7 ASV). When God first created man He formed him of dust from the ground, and then breathed the breath of life into his nostrils. As soon as the breath of life, which became man's spirit, came into contact with man's body, the soul was produced. Hence the soul is the combination of man's body and spirit. The Scriptures therefore call man a living soul. The breath of life became man's spirit; that is, the principle of life within him. The Lord Jesus tells us it is the spirit that gives life (John 6.63). This breath of life comes from the Lord of Creation. However, we must not confuse man's spirit with God's Holy Spirit. The latter differs from our human spirit. Romans 8.16 demonstrates their difference by declaring that it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God. The original of the word life in breath of life is chay and is in the plural. This may refer to the fact that the in-breathing of God produced a twofold life, soulical and spiritual. When the in-breathing of God entered man's body it became the spirit of man; but when the spirit reacted with the body the soul was produced. This explains the source of our spiritual and soulical lives. We must recognize, though, that this spirit is not God's Own life, for the breath of the Almighty gives me life (job 33.4). It is not the entrance of the uncreated life of God into man, neither is it that life of God, which we receive at regeneration. What we receive at new birth is God's Own life as typified by the tree of life. But our human spirit, though permanently existing, is void of eternal life.

"Formed man of dust from the ground" refers to man's body; "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" refers to man's spirit as it came from God; and "man became a living soul" refers to man's soul when the body was quickened by the spirit and brought into being a living and self-conscious man. A complete man is a trinity the composite of spirit, soul and body. According to Genesis 2.7, man was made up of only two independent elements, the corporeal and the spiritual; but when God placed the spirit within the casing of the earth, the soul was produced. The spirit of man touching the dead body produced the soul. The body apart from the spirit was dead, but with the spirit man was made alive. The organ thus animated was called the soul.

Man became a living soul expresses not merely the fact that the combination of spirit and body produced the soul; it also suggests that spirit and body were completely merged in this soul. In other words, soul and body were combined with the spirit, and spirit and body were merged in the soul. Adam in his unfallen state knew nothing of these ceaseless strivings of spirit and flesh which are matters of daily experience to us. There was a perfect blending of his three natures into one and the soul as the uniting medium became the cause of his individuality, of his existence as a distinct being. (Pember'sEarth's Earliest Age) Man was designated a living soul, for it was there that the spirit and body met and through which his individuality was known. Perhaps we may use an imperfect illustration: drop some dye into a cup of water. The dye and water will blend into a third substance called ink. In like manner the two independent elements of spirit and body combine to become living soul. (The analogy fails in that the soul produced by the combining of spirit and body becomes an independent, indissoluble element as much as the spirit and body.)

God treated man's soul as something unique. As the angels were created as spirits, so man was created predominantly as a living soul. Man not only had a body, a body with the breath of life; he became a living soul as well. Thus we find later in the Scriptures that God often referred to men as souls. Why? Because what the man is depends on how his soul is. His soul represents him and expresses his individuality. It is the organ of man's free will, the organ in which spirit and body are completely merged. If man's soul wills to obey God, it will allow the spirit to rule over the man as ordered by God. The soul, if it chooses, also can suppress the spirit and take some other delight as lord of the man. This trinity of spirit, soul and body may be partially illustrated by a light bulb. Within the bulb, which can represent the total man, there are electricity, light and wire. The spirit is like the electricity, the soul the light, and body the wire. Electricity is the cause of the light while light is the effect of electricity. Wire is the material substance for carrying the electricity as well as for manifesting the light. The combination of spirit and body produces soul, that which is unique to man. As electricity, carried by the wire, is expressed in light, so spirit acts upon the soul and the soul, in turn, expresses itself through the body.

However, we must remember well that whereas the soul is the meeting-point of the elements of our being in this present life, the spirit will be the ruling power in our resurrection state. For the Bible tells us that it is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body (I Cor. 15.44). Yet here

is a vital point: we who have been joined to the resurrected Lord can even now have our spirit rule over the whole being. We are not united to the first Adam who was made a living soul but to the last Adam who is a life-giving spirit (v.45).

RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS OF SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY

It is through the corporal body that man comes into contact with the material world. Hence we may label the body as that part which gives us world-consciousness. The soul comprises the intellect, which aids us in the present state of existence, and the emotions, which proceed from the senses. Since the soul belongs to man's own self and reveals his personality, it is termed the part of self-consciousness. The spirit is that part by which we commune with God and by which alone we are able to apprehend and worship Him. Because it tells us of our relationship with God, the spirit is called the element of God-consciousness. God dwells in the spirit, self dwells in the soul, while senses dwell in the body.

As we have mentioned already, the soul is the meeting point of spirit and body, for there they are merged. By his spirit man holds intercourse with the spiritual world and with the Spirit of God, both receiving and expressing the power and life of the spiritual realm. Through his body man is in contact with the outside sensuous world, affecting it and being is affected by it. The soul stands between these two worlds, yet belongs to both. It is linked with the spiritual world through the spirit and with the material world through the body. It also possesses the power of free will, hence is able to choose from among its environments. The spirit cannot act directly upon the body. It needs a medium, and that medium is the soul produced by the touching of the spirit with the body. The soul therefore stands between the spirit and the body, binding these two together. The spirit can subdue the body through the medium of the soul, so that it will obey God; likewise the body through the soul can draw the spirit into loving the world.

Of these three elements the spirit is the noblest for it joins with God.

The body is the lowest for it contacts with matter. The soul lying between them joins the two together and also takes their character to be its own.

The soul makes it possible for the spirit and the body to communicate and

to cooperate. The work of the soul is to keep these two in their proper order so that they may not lose their right relationship ---namely, that the lowest, the body, may be subjected to the spirit, and that the highest, the spirit, may govern the body through the soul. Man's prime factor is definitely the soul. It looks to the spirit to give what the latter has received from the Holy Spirit in order that the soul, after it has been perfected, may transmit what it has obtained to the body; then the body too may share in the perfection of the Holy Spirit and so become a spiritual body.

The spirit is the noblest part of man and occupies the innermost area of his being. The body is the lowest and takes the outermost place. Between these two dwells the soul, serving as their medium. The body is the outer shelter of the soul, while the soul is the outer sheath of the spirit. The spirit transmits its thought to the soul and the soul exercises the body to obey the spirit's order. This is the meaning of the soul as the medium. Before the fall of man the spirit controlled the whole being through the soul.

The power of the soul is most substantial, since the spirit and the body are merged there and make it the site of man's personality and influence. Before man committed sin the power of the soul was completely under the dominion of the spirit. Its strength was therefore the spirit's strength. The spirit cannot itself act upon the body; it can only do so through the medium of the soul. This we can see in Luke 1.46-47: "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior" (Darby). Here the change in tense shows that the spirit first conceived joy in God, and then, communicating with the soul, caused it to give expression to the feeling by means of the bodily organ. (Pember's Earth's Earliest Age)

To repeat, the soul is the site of personality. The will, intellect and emotions of man are there. As the spirit is used to communicate with the spiritual world and the body with the natural world, so the soul stands between and exercises its power to discern and decide whether the spiritual or the natural world should reign. Sometimes too the soul itself takes control over man through its intellect, thus creating an ideational world which reigns. In order for the spirit to govern, the soul must give its consent; otherwise the spirit is helpless to regulate the soul and the body. But this decision is up to the soul, for therein resides the personality of the man.

Actually the soul is the pivot of the entire being, because man's volition belongs to it. It is only when the soul is willing to assume a humble position that the spirit can ever manage the whole man. If the soul rebels against taking such a position the spirit will be powerless to rule. This explains the meaning of the free will of man. Man is not an automaton that turns according to God's will. Rather, man has full sovereign power to decide for himself. He possesses the organ of his own volition and can choose either to follow God's will or to resist Him and follow Satan's will instead. God desires that the spirit, being the noblest part of man, should control the whole being. Yet, the will---the crucial part of individuality-belongs to the soul. It is the will, which determines whether the spirit, the body, or even itself is to rule. In view of the fact that the soul possesses such power and is the organ of man's individuality, the Bible calls man's a living soul.

THE HOLY TEMPLE AND MAN

Do you not know, writes the Apostle Paul, that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? (1 Cor. 3.16) He has received revelation in likening man to the temple. As God formerly dwelt in the temple, so the Holy Spirit indwells man today. By comparing him to the temple we can see how the tripartite elements of man are distinctly manifested.

We know the temple is divided into three parts. The first is the outer court, which is seen by all and visited by all. All external worship is offered here. Going further in is the Holy Place, into which only the priests can enter and where they present oil, incense and bread to God. They are quite near to God-yet not the nearest, for they are still outside the veil and therefore unable to stand before His very presence. God dwells deepest within, in the Holy of Holies, where darkness is overshadowed by brilliant light and into which no man can enter. Though the high priest does enter in once annually, it nonetheless indicates that before the veil is rent there can be no man in the Holy of Holies.

Man is God's temple also, and he too has three parts. The body is like the outer court, occupying an external position with its -life visible to all. Here man ought to obey every commandment of God. Here God's Son serves as a substitute and dies for mankind. Inside is man's soul which constitutes the inner life of man and which embraces man's emotion, volition and mind. Such is the Holy Place of a regenerated person, for his love, will and thought are fully enlightened that he may serve God even as the priest of old did. Innermost, behind the veil, lies the Holy of Holies into which no human light has ever penetrated and no naked eye has ever pierced. It is the secret place of the Most High, the dwelling place of God. It cannot be reached by man unless God is willing to rend the veil. It is man's spirit. This spirit lies beyond man's self-consciousness and above his sensibility. Here man unites and communes with God.

No light is provided for the Holy of Holies because God dwells, there. There is light in the Holy Place supplied by the lampstand of seven branches. The outer court stands under the broad daylight. All these serve as images and shadows to a regenerated person. His spirit is like the Holy of Holies indwelt by God, where everything is carried on by faith, beyond the sight, sense or understanding of the believing one. The soul resembles the Holy Place for it is amply enlightened with many rational thoughts and precepts, much knowledge and understanding concerning the things in the ideational and material world. The body is comparable to the outer court, clearly visible to all. The body's actions may be seen by everyone.

The order, which God presents to us, is unmistakable: your spirit and soul and body (I Thess. 5.23). It is not soul and spirit and body, nor is it body and soul and spirit. The spirit is the pre-eminent part, hence it is mentioned first; the body is the lowest and therefore is last mentioned; the soul stands between, so is mentioned between. Having now seen God's order, we can appreciate the wisdom of the Bible in likening man to a temple. We can recognize the perfect harmony, which exists between the temple and man in respect to both order and value.

Temple service moves according to the revelation in the Holy of Holies. All activities in the Holy Place and in the outer court are regulated by the presence of God in the Holiest Place. This is the most sacred spot, the place upon which the four corners of the temple converge and rest. It may seem to us that nothing is done in the Holiest because it is pitch dark. All activities are in the Holy Place; even those activities of the outer court are controlled by the priests of the Holy Place. Yet all the activities of the Holy Place actually are directed by the revelation in the utter quietness and peace of the Holy of Holies.

It is not difficult to perceive the spiritual application. The soul, the organ of our personality, is composed of mind, volition and emotion. It appears as though the soul is master of all actions, for the body follows its direction. Before the fall of man, however, the soul, in spite of its many activities, was governed by the spirit. And this is the order God still wants: first the spirit, then the soul, and lastly the body.

no soul no spirit, when ur heart stops dat when u cease to exist everywhere and anywhere, ok?

Each man and woman born
into this world is a being
made of three (3) distinct
components:
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV)
1: The BODY. This is your PHYSICAL component of being. It is flesh made from a collection of unremarkable mineral elements (but is mostly water) and is in
harmony with the nature and spirit of this world. It grows, matures, begins to deteriorate, eventually dies, and then decomposes back into its constituent elements and remains a part of the dust of the world. The body is a part of you but is NOT ALL of what defines who YOU are.
"And thou mourn at
the last, when thy
flesh and thy body are
consumed,"
(Proverbs 5:11 KJV)
2: The SOUL. This is who YOU are; it is a part of your SPIRITUAL component. This is your individuality, your "I AM" so to speak (made in God’s image), your "heart." Although your individual
soul did not exist before your
mother and father procreated you, it will exist forever. It cannot be killed by man:
"And fear not them
which kill the body,
but are not able to kill
the soul: but rather
fear him which is able
to destroy both soul
and body in hell."
(Matt. 10:28 KJV)
When your body dies your soul (YOU) will leave the body of flesh:
"And it came to pass,
as her soul was in
departing, (for she
died) that she called
his name Benoni: but
his father called him
Benjamin."
(Genesis 35:18 KJV)
3: The SPIRIT. This is the source of power and control for both your body and soul; it is either evil or good, darkness or light, unholy or
Holy, unclean or clean, of Satan or of God:
"But he turned, and
rebuked them, and
said, Ye know not
what manner of spirit
ye are of."
(Luke 9:55 KJV)
Where your soul spends
eternity after it departs is
determined by your personal
relationship to God (saved or
unsaved). You are an eternal
being. You determine your
own destiny. In fact, the
Bible says that you are a
"god" (small "g":
"Jesus answered
them, Is it not written
in your law, I said, Ye
are gods ?"
(John 10:34 KJV)
"So God created man
in his [own] image, in
the image of God
created he him; male
and female created he
them."
(Gen 1:27 KJV)

Spirits,souls and gods are people's imagination.None of these exist.A man is made up of his body,mind and personality.When he dies what is left is his personality.

A living man is termed soul, but wen d man dies , d spirit lives him n remain d body lying on d ground, so simply wen d spirit inhabit a body it becomes a soul, dat jus d simple diffrenc and relation.

~vicky~:



u dey feel me shey? thanks anyway

you are everywhere

In my view the body returns to the dust were it came from.
The Soul is the real man that stands during judgement rendeering account for a life well spent on earth,thus awaiting Gods final verdict.
The Spirit returns and unite with God as søon as the flesh gives up cause its d bedrock of all living being.
I summit my prayer.for refrences check back or go for the Word.

If d soul die then,why do people say may de rest in peace

Delafruita:
which of the oceans did you base your analogy on?

Delafruita:
which of the oceans did you base your analogy on?

nagoma: Spirit is a strong drink but don't drink methylated spirit. That is poison but used as a disinfectant.

Soul was the music played by Otis Reding and Soul Train and of course Soul Brother number One -dynamite James Brown!

Lyzbet: Yes, d soul dies with d body

soul can never die with d body or else there will be no life after death, cos spirit is unconscious except soul. For instance when u were in d womb u av spirit and body only. Nd dat's why u dont knw anything. So when u die u continue to live and u can only be conscious of living aftr death if nd only if u av spirit and soul or else we remain as we were in d womb. Simple!

benodic: @ Emmy9ite



we do not possess soul. it is the other way round. we are souls wearing a physical body. all the various forms of life you see were all created by the Holy Spirit of God, the creative force, as clothes or bodies for souls to put on in order to experience life in the universes of God. when soul is done with each particular experience, it simply drops that body which goes back to dust and wears another one to continue its experiences.

Too much movies is bad for the psyche.

It is crucial for us to learn how to differentiate between our souls and our
spirits, and even know that the two exist. · In the original Greek New Testament the distinction is radical. Man’s spirit, or God The Holy Spirit, is defined as a pneuma. Our word pneumatic originates from this, and has to do with air or breath. The
Meridian Webster dictionary defines
pneumatic as something that is “moved or
worked by air pressure”. · Our spirit is the organ that God has given us to embrace, discern, and manifest the
pneumatic or windy movements of the Holy
Spirit. Our souls were never equipped for
this function!! The human spirit is the organ that gives residence, or is home to
God’s Holy Spirit. · The role of the human spirit is generally a passive or inactive one. The soul on the contrary is always active. Our spirit works as a protective womb for the presence
and the motions of the Spirit of the
Living God within us. It is very much
connected with our hearts, and our
consciences. Through its abilities, the
human spirit embraces, discerns, and reveals what Jesus does in the Holy
Spirit. John 4:24 God is a Spirit(pneuma): and they that worship him must worship him in spirit (pneuma) and in truth. John 3:8 The wind(pneuma) bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.(pneumatos). What is the Soul? · The soul (pyche or psuche in the Greek) is the combination of faculties
that consists of the mind, intellect, will,
and emotions. The soul performs
rational and intellectual functions. The
rational will never capture the wind!
This is why we are unable to discern God with our souls alone. · As we shall see later on, it is also impossible for God to dwell in our souls. One of the reasons for this is that our souls are open to the attack and
deception of the enemy. This occurs
because quite often our decisions are
based on feelings. God then, had to
create an organ within us which is not
affected either by our emotions or intellect; mainly our human spirits. Let
us observe the distinction between the
soul and the spirit. · The soul, as I said earlier, is a combination of our mind, will, intellect
and emotions. Its function contrary to
the spirit is not to reveal, but to actively
work and choose. It is the mediator
between our bodies and our spirits.
The soul is constantly involved in a struggle to choose between the
promptings of the Holy Spirit and the
promptings of our carnal flesh, our un
renewed minds, the world, and the
trickeries of Satan. The Spirit of the
living God within us, must become manifested enough to win the battle
for the soul. · The responsibility of the soul then is to submit itself continuously to the Holy
Spirit. When it does that, the soul will
take us in the ways of the Lord. God
must bring our will to a point where it
has no more desire than to submit itself
to the wishes of the Holy Spirit. Our emotions must be healed and stilled
before the Lord so that we can attend
to that “still small voice within”.
Immature believers, or believers that
are still bound in the throes of demonic
oppression or past hurts, are unable to discern clearly the quiet voice of the
Lord within. Because the emotions are
still screaming out, they drown out the
presence of the Lord. All deliverance,
inner healing, counseling, and therapy
must be directed at setting us free to hear and uncompromisingly obey the
Holy Spirit. Healing is the means of
becoming spiritual or pneumatic
Christians. Our mind and intellect must
be renewed by the word of God so that
it can adequately understand what the Holy Spirit wishes. · The spirit must become totally free, and delivered from all impurity and
bondage so that it stands out supreme. The Revelation of Christ in the Spirit

Ezekiel 18:4-The soul that sin shall die Genesis 2:7 man became a living sou1
So the soul is a living being, person, life itself, even animals are souls

Ecc. 12:4 The spirit returns to God who gave it Ps.146:4 His spirit depart, he return to the earth
Spirit is what give us life,breath of life w/o it man(and animal) dies. So when the person dies the spirit goes back to God, the rightful owner b/c he created us(if u believe so), so he decides whether a person lives again or not

Got it?

Logicbwoy:

Now find the bible quotes that support that nonsense

Soul is a complete person. Its d breadth of life dat make a soul a living soul(spirit) otherwise it wud av been a dead soul.(genenis 2:7) When a person dies d soul dies & d spirit return to d ground(Ezekiel 18:4) hop u ar cleared nw if nt let me know

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL UR REPLIES...I AM SO ENLIGHTENED NOW!

Lemme answer this question from the back.

When a person dies.....

the body goes back to the earth (some spirit beings dont have body)
the spirit goes back to God (wat makes us different from animals is the spirit)
While the soul goes for judgement (for sorting )

The soul is the decion maker in a person (Animals also make decision).
it decides weda to satisfy the body (u can get physically high by drugs) or the spirit (u can spiritually high by praying)
It is often said the body and spirit are always in constant war.
The body can get weak/strong and the spirit can also get weak/strong.

The soul is u, neva changing (I knew u before u were born) buh gathering experience.

I think so cos i have always thought so. Anybody can be wrong afterall. ;DLemme answer this question from the back.

When a person dies.....

the body goes back to the earth (some spirit beings dont have body)
the spirit goes back to God (wat makes us different from animals is the spirit)
While the soul goes for judgement (for sorting )

The soul is the decion maker in a person (Animals also make decision).
it decides weda to satisfy the body (u can get physically high by drugs) or the spirit (u can spiritually high by praying)
It is often said the body and spirit are always in constant war.
The body can get weak/strong and the spirit can also get weak/strong.

I think so cos i have always thought so. Consider it a thought anybody can be wrong afterall.

Adexy4us: Soul is a complete person. Its d breadth of life dat make a soul a living soul(spirit) otherwise it wud av been a dead soul.(genenis 2:7) When a person dies d soul dies & d spirit return to d ground(Ezekiel 18:4) hop u ar cleared nw if nt let me know

Then what will stand judgement

searay:
Then what will stand judgement

read Joh 5:28,29. Dead ones or dead souls in Christ memory wud hear his voice & b resurrection. Afta ressurectn is judgment. Did i hear u say wen is ressurectn "nobody knows d hr". Any mor questns pls?

Delafruita:
which of the oceans did you base your analogy on?

Hahaha
is an analogy case specific?

Delafruita:
and then tell us where the mind,conscience reside.in the body,soul or spirit?
or perhaps the body-soul-spirit is just another triumvate akin to the father-son-spirit triumvate

think this is a reference to the brain

Logicbwoy:



The breath of life could be anything...eg oxygen......keep peddling nonsense

when next you see or when you mold a statue, pump oxygen inside it will come to life

@Auwal87:

by auwal87(m): 2:23pm On Aug 07
Think of it like this, most simplest way to understand the difference.

Body = Hardware
Soul = Software
Spirit = Electricity

In Islam soul and spirit are different names for the same thing.
The thing that if in the body, the body becomes a living body.
The thing that if not in the body, before it is put in or after it is taken out, the body is not living, for sure.

Soul/spirit is like Man/Human

In the Quran naf of man is his soul. Then the same soul of man when looked at from spirituality aspect of the man is his ruh [spirit].

when the man dies, his body becomes lifeless, devoid of spirituality [he can not perform ibadat, acts of worship], and has no control of self [ability to stand, walk, talk, respond, etc, though he may still be able to hear, based on what the messenger [sa] said of the pagan makkan who died in badr].

Delafruita:
did they also receive the "breath of life" from yahweh through the nostrils?

that is if you take the breath of life to be oxygen like logic boy takes it.

But if you understand it to be the given of life force then you are on the right part.

Meaning he also gave the life force to this other creatures.
Peace