RE: POST#28 Q: ..."
I have never found a scripture in the Bible that say we have "souls"..."
Let's do some spiritual math!
God created Man in His own SPIRITUAL Image, Likeness (Genesis 1:26)
God has no BODY.(sarx) God has no SOUL.(psyche)
God is SPIRIT. (worship Him in SPIRIT and in TRUTH) John 4:24
Man has a Body/
Soul combo which is
mortal.
AND Man has a SPIRIT which is
immortal.
Soul and SPIRIT are separate and different. SPIRIT "communes" with Soul.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 ...MAN'S 3 "PARTS"
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your 1.
SPIRIT (pneuma) and
2. SOUL (psyche) and 3.
BODY (sarx/soma) be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 4:12 (ALL NASB)
For the "word of God" is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword,
and piercing as far as the division of
SOUL(PSYCHE) and
SPIRIT(PNEUMA),
of both joints and marrow (BODY/SARX-SOMA),
and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the "heart".
of the heart...GREEK 2588...
kardia...denotes the (INTERACTIVE) center of all physical and spiritual life b. of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
c. of the will and character (CONSCIENCE?)
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your BODY (/SOUL combo) is a "temple"(house?) of (God) the Holy Spirit who is IN you, whom you have from God (the Father_, and that you are not your own?
For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
Ecclesiastes 12...
Remember God in Your Youth: AT DEATH, SPIRIT returns to God
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth,
before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say,
"I have no delight in them";...
For man goes to his
ETERNAL (spiritual) home while mourners go about in the street....
7 then the dust (Body/Soul combo) will return to the earth as it was, (Genesis 2:7)
and the SPIRIT (breath of life) will return to God who gave it. (Genesis 1:26)
8 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "all is vanity!
Isaiah 42:5 Thus says God the Lord,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its offspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it (Body/Soul combo)
And SPIRIT to those who walk in it,
Zechariah 12:1 ...Thus declares the Lord
who stretches out the heavens,
lays the foundation of the earth, and
forms the SPIRIT of man within him,
THUS: ManKIND is divided into 3 parts:
1. SPIRIT = (~God conscience/ spiritual GOD Image = pneuma),
2.
SOUL = (~psyche / personality / God CHARACTER~ Likeness = psyche) and
3. BODY = (~man's machine, controlled by brain bucket/CNS = sarx/SOMA)
The SOUL of Mankind (male and female) is also a DYNAMIC REACTION of its 3 parts:
1. MIND...the process of intellect...stored knowledge...its function is "thinking" / "reasoning"
2. WILL...your decision maker...your computer-reactor...your balancer
3. EMOTIONS...how you "feel"...natural reactions / intuitive responses
The Body of Man has its 5 senses / sensors (maybe 6?) to interact with environment....Biology 101
The Soul of Man is the "snowflake" individual personality which starts with some genetic predispositions and is generally developed in and around the brain "bucket" and CNS electrical conductions...Psychology 101
The Spirit of Man searches for its Creator,..Bible 101
At the time of salvation, the battle begins:
OLD MAN: BODY / SOUL against God ...
VERSUS.
NEW MAN: BODY / SOUL / CHANGED SPIRIT + Indwelling God The Holy SPIRIT.
Jewish tradition (?) believed that you:
1. KNOW in your "heart"...Spirit / conscience
2. FEEL in your "gut"...emotions
3. DECIDE in your "head"/brain...mind