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Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 2:49pm On Jul 19, 2020
They think that it's an entity that leaves the body after death and goes to either Hell or Heaven.
What does the Bible says about thishuh Gen 2:7 KJV, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breath into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 'SOUL'".
Having proper understanding of the Scriptures we see that the SOUL consists of the body (dust) and spirit or breath of life ("ruach" in Hebrew).
When one dies, the spirit or breath returns to God and the body goes to the dust (decays).
So, the SOUL is you. You are a living SOUL!!!
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie: 12:29am On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
They think that it's an entity that leaves the body after death and goes to either Hell or Heaven.
What does the Bible says about thishuh Gen 2:7 KJV, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breath into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 'SOUL'".
Having proper understanding of the Scriptures we see that the SOUL consists of the body (dust) and spirit or breath of life ("ruach" in Hebrew).
When one dies, the spirit or breath returns to God and the body goes to the dust (decays).
So, the SOUL is you. You are a living SOUL!!!
I disagree...

So when God commands that we serve Him with all our heart, mind, body and soul, how do you reconcile the fact that the soul, body and heart are listed as separate pieces to the human? undecided
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by shadeyinka(m): 2:19am On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
They think that it's an entity that leaves the body after death and goes to either Hell or Heaven.
What does the Bible says about thishuh Gen 2:7 KJV, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breath into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 'SOUL'".
Having proper understanding of the Scriptures we see that the SOUL consists of the body (dust) and spirit or breath of life ("ruach" in Hebrew).
When one dies, the spirit or breath returns to God and the body goes to the dust (decays).
So, the SOUL is you. You are a living SOUL!!!
1. Can you please explain what you've said in the light of
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

It seems you believe that a human soul can be killed by people other than God. Is this true?

Is killing the body the same as killing the soul?

2. With reference to Gen2:7
Was man a dead soul before God breathe into him the breath of life?
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Dtruthspeaker: 6:21am On Jul 21, 2020
You guys up there are already doing a good job handling him so let me eject! cheesy
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Janosky:
shadeyinka:
1. Can you please explain what you've said in the light of
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

It seems you believe that a human soul can be killed by people other than God. Is this true?

Is killing the body the same as killing the soul?

2. With reference to Gen2:7
Was man a dead soul before God breathe into him the breath of life?
The mouth you use to claim that body and soul is different but on the matter of Yahweh and Jesus Shadeyinka talk say Jesus na Yahweh..
HYPOCRISY grin.

. The answer is yes.

Mark 3:4
" Is it lawful on the Sabbath to save a soul or destroy it?"

Matthew 10:39 "He who loses his soul for my sake......"

In Matthew 10:28, Jesus Christ is referring to the prospect of everlasting life which a sinner will lose when punished by God'.
God destroying the body and soul is the same as the rich fool who loses his soul.

The same as the man who commits suicide have killed his soul (no prospect of everlasting life).
Adam

Genesis 2:7 , in what realm was Adam living before Yahweh CREATED him?

Adam was non existent, he had no life anywhere.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Janosky: 8:24am On Jul 21, 2020
Kobojunkie:
I disagree...

So when God commands that we serve Him with all our heart, mind, body and soul, how do you reconcile the fact that the soul, body and heart are listed as separate pieces to the human? undecided
Is your heart separate from your body?
You think say you get SENSE?
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Dtruthspeaker: 9:26am On Jul 21, 2020
Janosky:
Is your heart separate from your body?
You think say you get SENSE?
Yes it is, if you use the senses (not sense organs but senses greater than your sense organs which we commonly refer to as perception) you are capable of.

Certainly not the one beating inside your chest which is also described as "heart" which is a pumping machine only and not like thinking person.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Janosky: 9:54am On Jul 21, 2020
Dtruthspeaker:
Yes it is, if you use the senses (not sense organs but senses greater than your sense organs which we commonly refer to as perception) you are capable of.

Certainly not the one beating inside your chest which is also described as "heart" which is a pumping machine only and not like thinking person.
grin grin grin

"The thinking person na your body E dey ?
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Dtruthspeaker: 10:37am On Jul 21, 2020
Janosky:
grin grin grin

"The thinking person na your body E dey ?
Yes, hin dey inside your body. Na hin go, wen una dey talk say person die and una go say "ol boy, U hear say Joe, don go?"

Na hin una dey refer to, wey u talk say don go" grin

Yet, una dey look d Kanda (body).
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 3:04pm On Jul 21, 2020
shadeyinka:
1. Can you please explain what you've said in the light of
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

It seems you believe that a human soul can be killed by people other than God. Is this true?

Is killing the body the same as killing the soul?

2. With reference to Gen2:7
Was man a dead soul before God breathe into him the breath of life?
Ezekiel 18:
20 The soul who sins is the
one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked man will fall upon him. 21 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will
surely live; he will not die.…

If the a Soul or man keeps all God's statues and do what just and right, does it mean that he will not diehuh
You see that this verse talks about resurrection of the righteous.

To back up Janosky points, those that their soul and body will be killed or destroyed in hell are the wicked. They won't be resurrected to life. So they are dead forever.
The righteous and the saved too will be in Hell but will raised up to life when Jesus comes back.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by PastorAIO: 3:23pm On Jul 21, 2020
This is part of the problem of reading the bible in the wrong language. I’m genesis what was breathed into Adam was Nephesh, not Ruach. There are so many different words that are translated as soul in the bible.

In New Testament the word translated as soul is Psyche.

Is Psyche nephesh? That is a debate that is yet to be had by those who are experts. If the nephesh goes back to god when a person dies then why does the psyche that Jesus talks about not do so? After all we hear of souls in hell.


cornelboy:
They think that it's an entity that leaves the body after death and goes to either Hell or Heaven.
What does the Bible says about thishuh Gen 2:7 KJV, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breath into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 'SOUL'".
Having proper understanding of the Scriptures we see that the SOUL consists of the body (dust) and spirit or breath of life ("ruach" in Hebrew).
When one dies, the spirit or breath returns to God and the body goes to the dust (decays).
So, the SOUL is you. You are a living SOUL!!!
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 3:30pm On Jul 21, 2020
Dtruthspeaker:
You guys up there are already doing a good job handling him so let me eject! cheesy
you think that you know the truthhuh Or you believe on what you were told, not from the Scripturehuh
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by PastorAIO: 3:43pm On Jul 21, 2020
Oops I made a mistake! What was breathed into Ha-adam was Nis-mat. and then Ha-adam became a living Nephesh.

Nismat can also be found in other parts of the bible. I just discovered from a concordance that it is used in Proverbs 20:27.

Proverbs 20
27The Nismat of man is the lamp of the LORD,
searching all his innermost parts.


So it seems according to this that that breath that we breathe is a spy that exposes all our deed to the LORD.


PastorAIO:
This is part of the problem of reading the bible in the wrong language. I’m genesis what was breathed into Adam was Nephesh, not Ruach. There are so many different words that are translated as soul in the bible.

In New Testament the word translated as soul is Psyche.

Is Psyche nephesh? That is a debate that is yet to be had by those who are experts. If the nephesh goes back to god when a person dies then why does the psyche that Jesus talks about not do so? After all we hear of souls in hell.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 3:50pm On Jul 21, 2020
Kobojunkie:
I disagree...

So when God commands that we serve Him with all our heart, mind, body and soul, how do you reconcile the fact that the soul, body and heart are listed as separate pieces to the human? undecided
Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 10:12
"And now, O Israel, what does the LORD
your God ask of you but to fear the LORD
your God by walking in all His ways, to
love Him, to serve the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul,

Don't you see that "soul" here means one's whole beinghuh

I could conclude that SOUL= SPIRIT+LIFELESS BODY.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 4:10pm On Jul 21, 2020
PastorAIO:
This is part of the problem of reading the bible in the wrong language. I’m genesis what was breathed into Adam was Nephesh, not Ruach. There are so many different words that are translated as soul in the bible.

In New Testament the word translated as soul is Psyche.

Is Psyche nephesh? That is a debate that is yet to be had by those who are experts. If the nephesh goes back to god when a person dies then why does the psyche that Jesus talks about not do so? After all we hear of souls in hell.
you are sure about what you saidhuh
Psyche and Nemesh both means Soul in Greek and Hebrew respectively.
Ruach is Spirit in Hebrew.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie:
cornelboy:
Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 10:12
"And now, O Israel, what does the LORD
your God ask of you but to fear the LORD
your God by walking in all His ways, to
love Him, to serve the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul,

Don't you see that "soul" here means one's whole beinghuh

I could conclude that SOUL= SPIRIT+LIFELESS BODY.
Well, let me indulge your assumption for a bit there. If the soul indeed refers to the body and the spirit, then what is the strength referred to in the translation you posted there? undecided

By the way, what Bible translation did you get that from? undecided
It would make sense if we shared the same translation in trying to "duke" this one out, don't you think? grin
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie: 4:46pm On Jul 21, 2020
PastorAIO:
Oops I made a mistake! What was breathed into Ha-adam was Nis-mat. and then Ha-adam became a living Nephesh.
Nismat can also be found in other parts of the bible. I just discovered from a concordance that it is used in Proverbs 20:27.
Proverbs 20
27The Nismat of man is the lamp of the LORD,
searching all his innermost parts.

So it seems according to this that that breath that we breathe is a spy that exposes all our deed to the LORD.
I can believe that Nismat is the spirit inside of man, for I am of the mind that it was originally a direct extension from the Spirit of God into man in the beginning.
And if the spirit of man is a piece of God's own Spirit that resides inside of man from the beginning, then it is separate from that which really is man
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Dtruthspeaker: 4:48pm On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
you think that you know the truthhuh Or you believe on what you were told, not from the Scripturehuh
grin as I have seen, I do say, for If there was no Scripture, Would you not know that Good is better than wickedness?

Or do you need any one to tell you that if you do not eat, you shall die?
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 6:28pm On Jul 21, 2020
Dtruthspeaker:
grin as I have seen, I do say, for If there was no Scripture, Would you not know that Good is better than wickedness?

Or do you need any one to tell you that if you do not eat, you shall die?
see you hahaha you think David did not know the Law and 10 commandments when he cunningly take Uriah's wife, send him to war and kill himhuh
Some times one knows the good thing but because of one's weak flesh he/she chooses to do bad.

I strictly follow what the Bible teaches, the "word of life and truth".
Do you often study your Bible or just read one verse in one year and come here to talk about what your not sure ofhuh
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 6:32pm On Jul 21, 2020
Kobojunkie:
Well, let me indulge your assumption for a bit there. If the soul indeed refers to the body and the spirit, then what is the strength referred to in the translation you posted there? undecided

By the way, what Bible translation did you get that from? undecided
It would make sense if we shared the same translation in trying to "duke" this one out, don't you think? grin
your first question is foolish. If you don't know what your strength is, ask google.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie: 6:37pm On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
your first question is foolish. If you don't know what your strength is, ask google.
Is English a problem for you or something? undecided You already claimed my body as part of my soul, so where does my strength come from, thin air? undecided
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 6:49pm On Jul 21, 2020
Kobojunkie:
Is English a problem for you or something? undecided You already claimed my body as part of my soul, so where does my strength come from, thin air? undecided
I did not claim that, that's what the Scripture says.
The strength comes from you.
I use various translations and compare them for better understanding smiley

Do you know that some translations say "living being" instead of "living soul"huh undecided
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie: 6:53pm On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
I did not claim that, that's what the Scripture says.
The strength comes from you.
I use various translations and compare them for better understanding smiley
* You claimed that. The scripture there suggests there is both a strength and a soul component to man.
* You also claimed that the soul consists of the Body and the Spirit of man. And I asked you, rightly by the way, what the strength of man then is, if the soul consists of the body of man as well as his spirit. Obviously, I cannot exist apart from my body and my spirit now, can I? undecided
How can strength come from me when the soul already claims me i.e. my spirit and my body? undecided
cornelboy:
Do you know that some translations say "living being" instead of "living soul"huh undecided
Does not change the faultiness of the claim you make here. undecided

Please provide the bible translation abeg so we can move forward some.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 7:07pm On Jul 21, 2020
Kobojunkie:
* You claimed that. The scripture there suggests there is both a strength and a soul component to man.
* You also claimed that the soul consists of the Body and the Spirit of man. And I asked you, rightly by the way, what the strength of man then is, if the soul consists of the body of man as well as his spirit. Obviously, I cannot exist apart from my body and my spirit now, can I? undecided
How can strength come from me when the soul already claims me i.e. my spirit and my body? undecided
Does not change the faultiness of the claim you make here. undecided

Please provide the bible translation abeg so we can move forward some.
lol, you seem not to understand what your asking.
The strength mentioned there, is it spiritual or "the effort you make with your energy" huh
NIV, NLV, NASB, CEV, GNT, GWT and many more.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Kobojunkie: 7:15pm On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
lol, you seem not to understand what your asking.
The strength mentioned there, is it spiritual or "the effort you make with your energy" huh
NIV, NLV, NASB, CEV, GNT, GWT and many more.
Again, you claim the soul = spirit and body... so, where does strength come from? Obviously it cannot be from the spirit because according to you, the spirit component is already a part of the soul referenced in the verse. undecided
I believe this to be a simple English comprehension issue. Please go back, re-read and carefully digest what you said and what I have posted in response so you can understand that throwing in more bolts into the mix is not going to make this go away. undecided
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Nobody: 7:26pm On Jul 21, 2020
D Body, D Spirit & D Soul. E.g D Body Is Just Like D Clothes We Put On. D Spirit Is Like Our Body While D Soul Comprises Of Our Thoughts, Emotions Or Feelings Dat Gives D Sense Of Awareness.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by shadeyinka(m): 8:32pm On Jul 21, 2020
cornelboy:
Ezekiel 18:
20 The soul who sins is the
one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked man will fall upon him. 21 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will
surely live; he will not die.…

If the a Soul or man keeps all God's statues and do what just and right, does it mean that he will not diehuh
You see that this verse talks about resurrection of the righteous.

To back up Janosky points, those that their soul and body will be killed or destroyed in hell are the wicked. They won't be resurrected to life. So they are dead forever.
The righteous and the saved too will be in Hell but will raised up to life when Jesus comes back.
You didnt answer the question: What did Jesus mean by His word in Mt10:28
I said-

1. Can you please explain what you've said in the light of
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

It seems you believe that a human soul can be killed by people other than God. Is this true?

Is killing the body the same as killing the soul?

2. With reference to Gen2:7
Was man a dead soul before God breathe into him the breath of life?
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by shadeyinka(m): 11:05pm On Jul 21, 2020
+
Janosky:
The mouth you use to claim that body and soul is different but on the matter of Yahweh and Jesus Shadeyinka talk say Jesus na Yahweh..
HYPOCRISY grin.

. The answer is yes.

Mark 3:4
" Is it lawful on the Sabbath to save a soul or destroy it?"

Matthew 10:39 "He who loses his soul for my sake......"

In Matthew 10:28, Jesus Christ is referring to the prospect of everlasting life which a sinner will lose when punished by God'.
God destroying the body and soul is the same as the rich fool who loses his soul.

The same as the man who commits suicide have killed his soul (no prospect of everlasting life).
Adam

Genesis 2:7 , in what realm was Adam living before Yahweh CREATED him?

Adam was non existent, he had no life anywhere.
If the Soul is the Body then why would Jesus say we should not be afraid of the one who can kill the body without killing the soul. Can you please explain what Jesus meant by

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Because It looks like Jesus was saying that it is possible to kill the body without killing the soul. Please explain


Its almost amusing when even though you are taught that there are synonyms for SOUL such as LIFE, BEING, PERSON, you find a way to distance yourself from the Essence you identify as I, ME, MYSELF (that inward part of you which is your PERSONAL INTERNAL IDENTITY. To tell a lie, it is convenient to ignore the truth!
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by Dtruthspeaker: 3:50am On Jul 22, 2020
cornelboy:
see you hahaha you think David did not know the Law and 10 commandments when he cunningly take Uriah's wife, send him to war and kill himhuh
Some times one knows the good thing but because of one's weak flesh he/she chooses to do bad.

I strictly follow what the Bible teaches, the "word of life and truth".
Do you often study your Bible or just read one verse in one year and come here to talk about what your not sure ofhuh
You demanded 2 things,
cornelboy:
(1) you think that you know the truthhuh Or you believe on (2) what you were told, not from the Scripturehuh
I have answered to the effect that That Truth is Seen and Experienced in Nature.

Now you have Raised a Fresh Issue, no, 7 Fresh Issues of David and the Commandment and Uriah's wife and Weakness of flesh and Strict adherence to the Bible and Finally Accusing me of Reading the Bible once a year and Accusing me of talking about what I am not sure of.

From 2 simple issues Straightway to 7 Fresh issues and you expect me to think you are not an insane person?

Men, I bounce!
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 4:36am On Jul 22, 2020
Dtruthspeaker:
You demanded 2 things,


I have answered to the effect that That Truth is Seen and Experienced in Nature.

Now you have Raised a Fresh Issue, no, 7 Fresh Issues of David and the Commandment and Uriah's wife and Weakness of flesh and Strict adherence to the Bible and Finally Accusing me of Reading the Bible once a year and Accusing me of talking about what I am not sure of.

From 2 simple issues Straightway to 7 Fresh issues and you expect me to think you are not an insane person?

Men, I bounce!
lol, man, you bounce because you cannot prove your claim.
I did not raise any fresh issue, just explaining something from your last question.
I did accuse you, just asked some questions. smiley cheesy
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 5:06am On Jul 22, 2020
shadeyinka:
You didnt answer the question: What did Jesus mean by His word in Mt10:28
I said-

1. Can you please explain what you've said in the light of
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul . Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

It seems you believe that a human soul can be killed by people other than God. Is this true?

Is killing the body the same as killing the soul?

2. With reference to Gen2:7
Was man a dead soul before God breathe into him the breath of life?
1. People have the believe that when a person dies, his soul goes to Hell fire (the wicked and unsaved). But the Bible says Jesus himself went to Hell, but did not see corruption because he was raised up on the third day by God.

When Jesus was about to die, he said, "Father unto your hands I commit my spirit".

You see that when the spirit left him what remained was lifeless body or "dead soul". The spirit or breath of God is what gives us life.

Acts 2:27 refers to Jesus; "Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption".

Jesus was raised up to life, indeed his body did not see corruption or decay, his soul was not left in hell.

Most of the time you know, Jesus spoke in parables.
a. "Killing the body" symbolizes the first death.
b. "killing the body and soul" symbolizes the second death.

2. Yes, I could say "dead soul", but became living soul.
Re: Most Christians Do Not Understand What The Word "SOUL" Means??? by cornelboy(op): 5:09am On Jul 22, 2020
Kobojunkie:
Again, you claim the soul = spirit and body... so, where does strength come from? Obviously it cannot be from the spirit because according to you, the spirit component is already a part of the soul referenced in the verse. undecided
I believe this to be a simple English comprehension issue. Please go back, re-read and carefully digest what you said and what I have posted in response so you can understand that throwing in more bolts into the mix is not going to make this go away. undecided
can you share your knowledge about this from the Bible maybe I might learn from youhuh
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