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Man: Body, Soul & Spirit. Different Ideas About Man. Strictly physical, no soul or spirit Man made up of body and soul/spirit Man made up of body, soul and spirit. Different Ideas About Man. Strictly physical, no soul or spirit Dangerous, leaves no reason to do right
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Different Ideas About Man • Strictly physical, no soul or spirit • Man made up of body and soul/spirit • Man made up of body, soul and spirit
Different Ideas About Man • Strictly physical, no soul or spirit • Dangerous, leaves no reason to do right • Nothing can happen to us after death • Bible cannot be correct if this view is true
Different Ideas About Man • Man only body and soul/spirit • Soul and spirit used to speak of the same things at times?
Different Ideas About Man SOUL SPIRIT The air we breathe, wind, Eccl 1.14-17, etc. A non-physical being, Heb 1.14 A person, 1 Jn 4.1 (spirits and false prophets same) • A person – Ezk 18.20; 1 Pet 3.20 • Life – biological life – Mt 2.20 • The mind – Josh 23.14
Different Ideas About Man SOUL SPIRIT The air we breathe, wind, Eccl 1.14-17, etc. A non-physical being, Heb 1.14 A person, 1 Jn 4.1 (spirits and false prophets same) The soul, Gen 35.18 with James 2.26?? Attitude, 2 Tim 1.7; 1 Pt 3.4; Gal 6.1 • A person – Ezk 18.20; 1 Pet 3.20 • Life – biological life – Mt 2.20 • The mind – Josh 23.14
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit 1Th 5:23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless (ESVST)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit Greek: WHOLE (Being) The spirit – The soul – The body
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (NKJVS)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit If man is spirit, soul and body, then he is “triune” Gen 1.26 “…in the image of God…” There is more correspondence in this than at first meets the eye… The Father – Has Life in Himself The Son – the One Who became a “Living Soul” The Holy Spirit – Bears witness with our spirits, etc.
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The body: that which is “dust and ashes” and will return to the earth, not indestructible. Gen 3:19 “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” (NKJVS)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The soul: that which was made by God, directly, when man was made in His image, the “life-force” that animates the body, eternal: Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (KJVStrongs)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The soul: that which was made by God, directly, when man was made in His image, the “life-force” that animates the body, eternal*: Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (KJVStrongs) *Mt 10.28
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The soul: that which was made by God, directly, when man was made in His image, the “life-force” that animates the body, eternal: Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (KJVStrongs) Mat 20.28 “…the Son of Man came…to give His life (soul)”
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The spirit: that which came directly from God and goes back to Him, eternal, indestructible: Ecc 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. (NKJVS)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The spirit, by itself, is not the whole man. Pro 20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. (NKJVS)
Man: Body, Soul AND Spirit The body may die, but the soul and spirit live on. Rev 6.9 “souls” under the altar in heaven Will be reunited with a new body, 2 Cor 4.16-5.5