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To: Diamond
Do you really want me to expound on Luke 16:19-31 and Luke 23:39-43, especially with the tenor of your post?

There are many other Scriptures that bear on the subject, including those which use the word, "spirit", many of which indicate that man does not cease to exist when his body dies.

Hmm...now it's not just an "immortal soul" being talked about but also an "immortal spirit." Which is it? Or is there two "immortal" entities within the body of man?

You still want me to expound on those passages mentioned?

57 posted on 06/06/2008 5:38:14 PM PDT by Truth Defender (History teaches, if we but listen to it; but no one really listens!)
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To: Truth Defender
Do you really want me to expound on Luke 16:19-31 and Luke 23:39-43, especially with the tenor of your post?

Feel free. Knock yourself out. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the "tenor" of my post.

Hmm...now it's not just an "immortal soul" being talked about but also an "immortal spirit."

Now sure what you mean by "...now". I've only posted one post to you prior to this one. I will say that that your phrase, "immortal spirit" is a category error. Scripture NEVER modifies the word "spirit" with mortality or 'immortal' the way you just did. A spirit is never once said to die in Scripture. So your "immortal spirit" is a straw man.

You might want to comment on the following ways the word "spirit" is used in Scripture:

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Spirit: (Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thessalonians 2:8 it means "breath," and in Ecclesiastes 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished (Acts 7:59; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 6:20; 7:34), and the soul in its separate state (Hebrews 12:23), and hence also an apparition (Job 4:15; Luke 24:37,39), an angel (Hebrews 1:14), and a demon (Luke 4:36; 10:20). This word is used also metaphorically as denoting a tendency (Zechariah 12:10; Luke 13:11).

In Romans 1:4,1 Tim. 3:16,2 Cor. 3:17,1 Pet. 3:18, it designates the divine nature.

If you don't like that dictionary pick any reputable lexicon you want and expound to your heart's content.

Cordially,

59 posted on 06/06/2008 7:02:53 PM PDT by Diamond
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