Discovering The Soul

Theology
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What is the soul as described in the Bible? Given you understand what The Soul is in the Bible, someone may begin to understand exorcism. They may understand spiritual warfare. (2 Corinthians 10:5) They may come out with greater understanding of creation and God.

To measure if we are describing The Soul right, someone can internet search “The Soul and Bible Concordance,” and quickly come up with a lot of Bible verses referencing The Soul. Given we are getting it most right, we may be flush. We will be flush or level like in construction.

The Basis of Christianity

  • 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might… (Deuteronomy 6:5)
  • He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Luke 10:27)

Song to Preface this: Huey Lewis “Heart and Soul.”

What is a Soul? A soul is a person. Given The King of Salem had 50 Souls, he had fifty persons or servants. How did they identify themselves? Possibly as a servant of The King of Salem in some way. Loving The Lord with all your SOUL, may have to do with identity. Who was someone serving? Was someone a Servant of “Something Else” or a Servant of God? A child of God? A son of God? These may be good things to be as a Christian looking to love God with your Soul or identity.

A couple years ago I lived in walking distance from Duke University. Given someone was a Duke fan, or Duke Alumni, or had a lot of Duke Paraphernalia, they may have loved Duke University. How did they love Duke University? They loved Duke with their Soul or Identity. Someone with a Duke T-Shirt may be saying something about who he is, or was, or would like to be. When Duke wins or has done well in basketball, someone who loved Duke with their Soul or identity, they may have rejoiced. They felt good. In their soul, they rejoice, and feel a sense of happiness. That is where the soul is. Given anyone has been a sports fan at some point, and has identified as a fan of ___________ , they rejoice in their soul when their team does well. Given I was to look up Soul in a Bible concordance, there are many of these feeling or sensing type verses where the soul is a place inside someone where there is passion. Someone loving God with Their Soul in a world of materialism and commercialism may have given up their Nike and Adidas, to be more as “Plain as John the Baptist.”

The Soul and Identity.

True Statements:

  • The Song of Songs is in the Bible as a representation of God’s Love for Israel or The Church.
  • In the New Testament, The Church is a Bride for Christ.
  • Christ is to man as a man is to woman or Christ is the head of man as man is the head of woman. (1 Corinthians 11:3)

Marriage has been an important part of The Bible and Faith and growing in understanding.

  • Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, (1 Peter 3:1)

Woman is meek before her husband. Man is meek before God. A woman loving her husband with her heart and soul may have taken his name. She is forging a new identity as Mrs. _____________. A married woman with a hyphenated last name is one foot in, one foot out? Who or what does she love more? Her husband or Feminism? Maybe she didn’t quite want to leave her family and her old identity behind as a single female or “Daughter of?” Feminists tend towards socialism. Is a woman really married to her husband or more married to The State? Woman is meek before her husband. A man is meek before God.

Looking at the Soul like this, someone may be able to see God. (And Satan.) Something to pray about and reflect on with God.

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Given we are coming into an understanding of The Soul, what are Spirits? Spirits effect motivations. Here is a short list of some spirits mentioned.

What are these Spirits doing? They are influencing. They are effecting motivations. Someone with a seducing spirit or spirit of prostitution may have been on tinder in the wrong way? Someone with a lying tongue may have been a habitual liar? Someone with one of these spirits, their character may have been molded a certain way. Their soul, who they are, may have been molded to something. Part of their identity, even if it was subconscious, may have been molded to something. Some Spirits are generational. They may have been passed down from Generation to Generation. There may have been generational curses on some families. (Deuteronomy 5:9) Some spirits someone may have picked up by being in sin, and being unrepentant. Someone’s Soul or character may have been molded around something.

Given someone has God’s Holy Spirit, they say “Jesus is Lord.” They may tend to think about God, and talk about God a lot, and be prone to God-centric activities. Their Soul, and God’s Holy Spirit, overtime, may have entwined.

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So glad to see people who follow the whole bible view on this topic instead of the Greek influence of Dusilism and not jgo by just a couple verses that seem to say different .
Wish it was further discussed in its connections to other popular erros that millions are taught such as a soul (person) is mortal (not immortal ).
1 Cor. 15: 51 - 55 mortal man (saved) receive immortality only at the second coming when Jedus cones with his reward - eternal life (immortality.
1 Tim. 6: 16, only God has immortality.
Without the correct view with these other connections a person will be deceived into accepting Greek Dualism as Plato taught and not bible truth .

The word “spirit” can also be breath . As the breath goes back to God who gave it.
Most think the “spirit” is some kind of living entity that goes back to God (heaven) and lives in hesven until a resurrection.

Resurrection is another word that needs to be explained in relation with soul .

My two cents,

Prayers !

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A lot of spiritual things are complex and multifaceted. I was looking at one facet of the soul, particularly, how to love God with your soul.

The soul is immortal. The wages of sin are death. Given someone was separate from God, in sin, they would be going to hell or Hades. When Jesus died on the cross, Jesus went down into Hades, into Abraham’s Bosom, and freed the Righteous Dead.

Heaven is oneness with God. The only way to heaven, and eternal life, is through The Lord Jesus Christ.

Can a soul be destroyed? Yes.

  • 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. (Matthew 10:28)

I do agree, that philosophers have tended to work off of “Bad Philosophy.” Philosophy that was not rooted in God. Good theology would be that which helps someone grow in faith. (2 Corinthians 10:5)

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I don’t care to get too deep too fast, but I probably am capable of shedding some light on Logos and Eros, and other such things, given someone asks the right questions. I suppose I just need someone able to hold a conversation about those types of things with so I am not up on a soapbox with people who don’t necessarily care.

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Good guideline to govern your conversations here. There are perhaps only a handful of folks here that have an interest in theological questions.

That might seem strange, but it’s true. Theological questions.

It’s much easier and more likely that you will encounter many more people who have theological answers. (or think they do… :wink:)

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Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. It is an old story.