Oh, Wow ! Say If I could see my spirit, would it look like me ? I mean, would I have a face ?
Would it look like my real face ? Would I have two arms and legs ? I mean, Does the Spirit Man
look closely like my real self (except it's spirit, not flesh) ?
Lets look at some scriptures please.
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.
1Co 15:45 And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Eze 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Rev_16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and
every living soul died in the sea.
The Soul is the totality of man not a part of man. The idea that a soul is a part of mine that leaves the body at death came from Greek Philosophy. You can do a quick google search and see what Socrates and Plato taught about the soul. If this was the standard belief back then it would have not been new ideas they would have been presenting.
Now concerning the spirit. Scriptures again.
Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Act 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
Luk_23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Job_27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and
the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job_32:8
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job_33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Jas_2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
It is clear that man is not a spirit but man has a spirit which when joined with the body gives life. Lets understand the spirit. God first made the body out of dust. Everything needed for the mechanics of the body to work was there but without the spirit nothing does what it is supposed to do. Its like having the TV unplugged. Perfectly working TV but unless it is plugged on, it can never work. So is the spirit. It gives the body intelligence so every part of the body knows what it is supposed to do.