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Beyond the Sunset

Beyond the Sunset. What is the soul?. Agenda. Soul Definitions Does the soul exist outside the body? Is the soul immortal?. Soul Definitions. Substance of Life Genesis 2:7 Psalms 78:50 Group of People 1Peter 3:20 Spirit Acts 2:27. Soul Definitions. Distinct from “spirit”

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Beyond the Sunset

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  1. Beyond the Sunset What is the soul?

  2. Agenda • Soul Definitions • Does the soul exist outside the body? • Is the soul immortal?

  3. Soul Definitions • Substance of Life • Genesis 2:7 • Psalms 78:50 • Group of People • 1Peter 3:20 • Spirit • Acts 2:27

  4. Soul Definitions • Distinct from “spirit” • Hebrews 4:12 • I Thessalonians 5:23 DISCUSSION: In these verses, soul is distinctly different than spirit. What does soul represent here?

  5. Does the soul exist outside the body? The Claims • The dead “cease to exist” • The soul does not survive death [The dead are] “wholly unconscious, being entirely out of existence except in God’s memory.” ~ J.F. Rutherford

  6. Does the soul exist outside the body? • God of the living • Luke 20:37-38 • Gathered unto his people • Genesis 25:8-10 DISCUSSION: What does “gathered unto his people” mean? • Genesis 11:28

  7. Does the soul exist outside the body? “You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” C.S. Lewis(1898 – 1963)

  8. Is the soul immortal? The claims • No Bible verse explicitly states the soul is immortal • Only God is immortal • 1 Tim 6:14-16 • Josephus stated, the Sadducees believed: • the soul was not immortal • there was no resurrection • there was no afterlife

  9. Is the soul immortal? Logical Reasoning: • Major Premise: God is an immortal spirit • John 4:24; 1 Timothy 1:17 • Minor Premise: We are the offspring of God • Acts 17:29; Genesis 1:27 • Conclusion: Our image, that of an offspring, is an immortal spirit

  10. Is the soul immortal? • Death cannot kill the soul • Matthew 10:28 • The cry of the martyrs • Revelation 6:9-10

  11. Conclusion • “Soul” has numerous definitions • The soul does live outside the body • The soul is immortal

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