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To: Ken4TA
Where in the Bible (or even tradition [oral transmission] handed down by the Apostles) does it say that God put a "soul" in our body?

Apparently you're with the folks who claim that the soul and spirit are one in the same...

There are over 1000 verses in the scriptures that contain the words soul or spirit or both...I'll post just a sampling but it would seem that a cursory study of the issue should put any doubts to rest...

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.

Jdg 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

3Jn 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

1Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1,272 posted on 02/26/2010 6:56:33 PM PST by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
"Where in the Bible (or even tradition [oral transmission] handed down by the Apostles) does it say that God put a "soul" in our body?"

Apparently you're with the folks who claim that the soul and spirit are one in the same...

What's the matter, don't you understand the question? You never made any effort to answer it. And you apparently didn't read my post where I specifically mentioned that not once do the Scriptures mix up the terms "soul" and "spirit". They apply to different things, and are never one in the same!

There are over 1000 verses in the scriptures that contain the words soul or spirit or both...I'll post just a sampling but it would seem that a cursory study of the issue should put any doubts to rest...

Your sampling doesn't show anything in respects to what I said. Anyway, yes, there are many more places than the 1,000 you mention.

In the NT we find the word "spirit" 385 times.
In the OT we find the word "spirit" 400 times.
In the NT we find the word "soul" 105 times.
In the OT we find the word "soul" 752 times.

Of these 1642 times we find that not once is one used for the other. To the amazement of many, the OT mentions "dead" souls 26 times - souls can die! And the NT also says that many times - if one lets his/her eyes see what is said. And, BTW, not once do you find any "soul" going to Heaven at death, but, however, we do find that the "spirit", i.e., the breath of life returns to the One who gave it to mankind (and the animals also! Man and animals, they both have the same spirit)!

Pay attention to this:
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. "

My questions to you, if you dare answer them by reading what it actually says: "What two things made man a living soul? Does this say that God put a "soul" into the body of man?

I'll anxiously await your two answers.

1,278 posted on 02/26/2010 8:22:30 PM PST by Ken4TA (The truth sometimes hurts - but is truth nonetheless!)
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