OVERVIEW OF BODY, SOUL, & SPIRIT

By Dennis Schmidt 11/2006

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This paper discusses body, soul, and spirit of man.  Man alone has a spiritual & moral nature made in the image of God.  His spirit was God breathed.  Man & animals each have bodies, spirits, and are souls.  What distinguishes man from animal is that both can think, but only man can reason.  God created man to have fellowship, but animals could not offer that fellowship.  Eve was created to give Adam that fellowship, whereas all the animals could not give Adam the fellowship.  All scriptures are from the King James' version Bible.

INDUCTIVE COMMENTS: 

THEME:  Soul = life.  The soul did not pre-exist.  The person became a living person (soul) after the breath of life came in.

Genesis 2:7

PURPOSE:  The person’s soul which is the person’s life is worth everything to that individual.

Matthew 16:26

KEY VERSE:  Man is a spirit within a body that makes the person a living soul individual  

Isaiah 26:9

Luke 1:46-47

1 Corinthians 6:20 

Hebrews 4:12

WHO:  God written mostly by Bible authors Moses, John, and Paul.

 

TO WHOM:  Elected Christians

 

WHAT:  Soul = life.  The soul did not pre-exist.  The person became a living person (soul) after the breath of life came in.

Genesis 2:7

The Greek's taught a soul was imprisoned in a body.  The Hebrew's teaching is that the person is a soul and it contains a spirit within the body.  This paper shows God saved the soul or person.

WHY: The person has a spiritual & moral nature which can reason.  The spirit lives in the body which makes him a soul.

Genesis 1:27

WAY: The breath of god gave the person life.

Job 33:4

WHEREAS: A living creature life is equal to the soul of that creature.

Genesis 1:24  

Genesis 2:7

Genesis 2:19 

WHERE:  Earth and heaven

 

WHEN: 

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Ecclesiastes 12:7

WHILE:  The daughter died and Jesus healed her.  Upon her healing, her spirit returned to her.

Luke 8:49

Luke 8:55

PAPER OUTLINE:

I) SOUL:

II) MAN MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE: 

III) MAN HAS A BODY OF FLESH (HE IS CREATED FROM DUST OF GROUND):

IV) MAN'S SOUL:

V) SOUL'S VALUE:

VI) SPIRIT:

VII) MAN'S SPIRIT:

VIII) GOD IS SPIRIT:

IX) JESUS WAS SPIRIT BUT BECAME A SPIRITUAL BEING:

X) ANGELS ARE SPIRITS:

XI) DO ANIMALS HAVE BODIES, SOUL, AND SPIRITS?:

XII) ANIMAL SOULS: LIVING SOUL = LIVING CREATURE:

XIII) ANIMAL SPIRIT:

XIV) SOUL/SPIRIT'S ORIGIN:

XV) SOUL COMES FROM GOD BREATH INTO A BODY:

XVI) SPIRIT COMES FROM GOD:

XVII) SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD:

XVIII) MAN'S SOUL & SPIRIT IN CONCEPTION & BIRTH:

XIX) MAN COMPOSITION:

XX) MAN A TWO/THREE PART PERSON?:

XXI) MAIN TEACHING OF THREE PART PERSON:

XXII) WHAT DID JESUS DIE TO SAVE?:

XXIII) MAN WHEN HE DIES:

XXIV) SPIRIT LEAVES BODY:

XXV) THOSE WHO DIE BEFORE HIS COMING:

XXVI) GIVEN THE NEW RESURRECTION BODY AT JESUS COMING:

I) SOUL: BODY + SPIRIT = SOUL; GOD NOR MAN CAN BE DIVIDED.

II) MAN MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE: HE HAS A SPIRITUAL & MORAL NATURE WHICH CAN REASON. THE SPIRIT LIVES IN THE BODY WHICH MAKES HIM A SOUL.

Genesis 1:27

James 3:8-9  WE = PERSONS; SIMILITUDE = IMAGE

III) MAN HAS A BODY OF FLESH (HE IS CREATED FROM DUST OF GROUND)

Genesis 2:7  HE BECAME A LIVING PERSON (SOUL) AFTER THE BREATH OF LIFE CAME IN.

IV) MAN'S SOUL: MAN IS A SOUL BEING WHICH CONTAINS A SPIRIT. THE SOUL IS THE CENTER OF: PERSON, LIFE, EMOTIONAL, DESIRES & APPETITES.

Genesis 46:18  SOUL = PEOPLE (LIVES)

Deuteronomy 12:20  PERSON'S DESIRES

1 Kings 11:37  SOUL = EMOTIONAL DESIRES

Psalms 23:3  SOUL = LIFE

V) SOUL'S VALUE

Matthew 16:26  SOUL = MAN'S LIFE

VI) SPIRIT: GOD IS A SPIRIT. HE IS EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. GOD LIMITS HIS ANGELS WHO ARE SPIRIT BEINGS. ALSO CALLED INNER MAN OR HEART.

VII) MAN'S SPIRIT: WORSHIP GOD IN BODY: PSALMS 95:6 & SPIRIT: JOHN 4:24

1 Corinthians 2:11  THRU SPIRIT KNOW OF GOD.

1 Corinthians 6:20 

THROUGH THE SPIRIT, IN US, WE CAN GLORIFY & WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT.

VIII) GOD IS SPIRIT:

John 4:24

1 John 5:6 

IX) JESUS WAS SPIRIT BUT BECAME A SPIRITUAL BEING:

Luke 24:39  JESUS HAS FLESH & BONES, BUT NO BLOOD (1 COR 15:50).

X) ANGELS ARE SPIRITS: GOD AT TIMES GIVES THEM BODIES (ANGELS SEEN)

Psalms 104:4

Hebrews 1:14 

XI) DO ANIMALS HAVE BODIES, SOUL, AND SPIRITS?

XII) ANIMAL SOULS: LIVING SOUL = LIVING CREATURE: THE SAME HEBREW WORDS.

Genesis 1:24  LIVING CREATURE/LIFE=SOUL

Genesis 2:19  LIVING CREATURE/LIFE = SOUL

Genesis 2:7 

XIII) ANIMAL SPIRIT: BEAST = ANIMAL

Genesis 1:30  THERE IS LIFE (IN NIV: BREATH OF LIFE).

Psalms 104:30  THEY = ANIMALS

Ecclesiastes 3:21 

XIV) SOUL/SPIRIT'S ORIGIN:

XV) SOUL COMES FROM GOD BREATH INTO A BODY:

Genesis 2:7

XVI) SPIRIT COMES FROM GOD:

Job 33:4  BREATH OF GOD GAVE LIFE.

XVII) SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

XVIII) MAN'S SOUL & SPIRIT IN CONCEPTION & BIRTH:

Genesis 46:26  SOUL'S = PERSONS. THE WHOLE PERSON IS IN THE CONCEPTION. GOD CEASED CREATING ON SEVENTH DAY.

ABORTION IS THEREFORE MURDER AS BABY HAS SPIRIT & IS A SOUL. A PERSON CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. HE IS COMPLETE UNTIL DEATH.

Hebrews 7:7-9  ABRAHAM PAID TITHES TO MELCHISEDEC. LEVI, HIS GRANDSON, WHO NOT YET BORN WAS WITHIN ABRAHAM PAYING THE TITHES.

James 2:26

XIX) MAN COMPOSITION:

XX) MAN A TWO/THREE PART PERSON?: SPIRIT + BODY = SOUL (WHOLE PERSON).

Isaiah 26:9

Luke 1:46-47 

1 Corinthians 6:20

Hebrews 4:12

XXI) MAIN TEACHING OF THREE PART PERSON:

1 Thessalonians 5:23 

Matthew 22:37  HEART = INNER MAN (SPIRIT); SOUL = IF THIS IS EMOTION, DESIRES, FEELINGS, & APPETITES THEN WHAT IS MIND?

XXII) WHAT DID JESUS DIE TO SAVE?: BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT OR WHOLE PERSONS.

1 Corinthians 6:20

WE (SOUL) ARE TO GLORIFY GOD WITH BODY AND SPIRIT (SOUL).

2 Corinthians 5:17  THE MAN, HE, WAS CHANGED, NOT JUST THE SPIRIT.

Ephesians 4:24  NEW PERSON OR MAN.

Colossians 3:10  MAN OR SOUL.

Hebrews 10:39

Hebrews 12:23  MEN = SOULS

1 Peter 1:9 

XXIII) MAN WHEN HE DIES:

XXIV) SPIRIT LEAVES BODY:

Luke 8:49  DAUGHTER DIED. JESUS HEALED HER.

Luke 8:55  SPIRIT RETURNED UPON HEALING.

Luke 23:46  JESUS SPIRIT/GHOST LEFT HIM UPON DEATH.

Acts 5:10  GHOST = SPIRIT

XXV) THOSE WHO DIE BEFORE HIS COMING: HE LIVE UN-NATURALLY WITHOUT BODY.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4

2 Corinthians 5:8 

XXVI) GIVEN THE NEW RESURRECTION BODY AT JESUS COMING:

1 Corinthians 15:44  MAN WILL BE SPIRITUAL (BODY + SPIRIT) NOT SPIRIT, BEING.

1 Corinthians 15:52-53  DEAD, PRIOR TO RAPTURE, GET NEW BODY.

The Greek's taught a soul was imprisoned in a body. The Hebrew's teaching is that the person is a soul and it contains a spirit within the body. This paper shows God saved the soul or person.

The resurrected body will be part of the soul. The body is needed to replace the sinful body of flesh and blood. The resurrected body will be flesh and bone.

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