The soul is not immortal. It never was. Ez. 18:4 says: "The soul that is sinning, it itself will die." But thanks to Christ's ransom sacrifice, the way has been paved to free mankind from sin inherited from Adam. The possibility is now opened up for faithful humans to live forever in an earthly paradise. However, for us to experience that prospect, we need to obey Jesus' words at John 17:3: "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you (Jehovah), the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."
2006-11-24 21:40:57
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answer #1
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answered by LineDancer 7
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Fuzzy, Haze and DebbiePittman, all gave you solid solutions. That scripture in Ecclesiastes 3:19 that Debbie quoted, is solid nutrients for thought. did you recognize that the Latin word for soul is 'anima' - from which we get 'animal'? The Bible would not tutor that the soul is a few immaterial spirit or ghost that inhabits human beings, and that keeps to outlive after death. it somewhat is in basic terms not a Bible-based coaching. The word soul (Hebrew: Nephesh; Greek: Psykhe) as used interior the Bible in basic terms ability a residing creature. you'll be sure this with the aid of consulting a Bible that supplies the Greek and Hebrew textual content fabric alongside the English. (Genesis one million:20, 21, 24; Genesis 2:7) The Bible exhibits that the soul is mortal - human beings and animals are mortal (Ezekiel 18:4, Acts 3:23) The coaching of the immortal soul crept in to Christianity (apostate Christianity) from Greek philosophy. this is not a Bible-based coaching and would not harmonize with the Bible. The Bible's coaching that the soul is particularly the finished being, human or animal, additionally harmonizes with medical findings. The bodies of human beings and animals have a style of organs that carry out particular applications that make contributions in one way or yet another, right now or circuitously, to the sustenance and gentle delight in life. If we are immortal then why will we choose actual bodies with organs to take care of the life or such bodies? It makes particularly no experience! it somewhat is a revealed certainty that the organ called the ideas is to blame for our ideas, conciousness, self-understanding. If we had a concious immortal soul which could survive the death/injury to the physique then how is it even obtainable for us to lose conciousness while struck on the top? shouldn't our immortal soul proceed our conciousness regardless of injury or trauma to the top? so which you are going to discover that the coaching of an immortal soul residing interior us makes particularly no experience - the two from the attitude of the Bible and interior the easy of medical findings.
2016-10-13 01:58:16
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answered by archuletta 4
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I personally think that whole living forever thing has been blown out of proportion by those who are afraid of death. Jesus spent his whole life teaching people how to be kind to one another so they would be happier and not suffer so much. He said that God is love, and real compassionate love never dies. So if we live our lives loving all others (and ourselves) in a compassionate way, then we are making that loving vibration that Jesus called God a part of ourselves, and that kind of love is always available to us and never dies. That at least is true if nothing else. But then, people fear death and would rather make a literal translation. Who knows for sure about what happens after we die. One way or another, Jesus knew that life, no matter how long or short, is worth so much more if you are sharing love boundlessly with all. And that's good enough for me.
2006-11-24 21:50:31
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answered by kim b 2
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The "Ransom" simply means that there is no death; that the Christ is our true Self; that this physical "life" is a dream...and that our true state of being never changed, nor could it. We already do live forever, in this perfect eternal moment, with God, creating wonders with "Him".
2006-11-24 21:45:13
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answered by Sky in the Grass 5
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Soul is the divine spark that keeps us alive.when it escapes the body is said to be dead. The soul is pure and untarnished by any sin. It is indestructible. But actions have their reactions also.So the actions commit ed by a physical body have to be repaid by the physical body alone .So the soul reenters another physical body where he enjoys and suffers for the good and bad of the past.The cycle goes on eternally unless man makes effort to become pure and become one with the all powerful universal soul
2006-11-24 21:41:04
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answered by Brahmanda 7
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Soul, death and life has never been explained in bible. that is the truth. so the confusion among christians about death, soul and life. for this you need to read eastern religious scriptures of HInduism, budhism & Jainism. for that you need to have an open heart and practical mind. willing to take a risk in practicing, you will find what the truth. easter scripturs say, "do not believe just because it is writen in scirptures or said by saints or holy men or elders. go ahead, try it. find out for yourself. that is true religion. you will be satisfied when you stand face to face with truth."
do you have the guts to take a jump and see the truth? do it now.
2006-11-25 00:35:20
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answered by Raja Krsnan 3
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God has created us in such a way that we feel hunger and He has bestowed us with plenty of foods on earth. He has given us the feeling of thirst and he has created water resources for humans when he created the earth. Then, in the same way, will not God let us live forever, as He has made us desire to live forever? God has created human as His caliph on the earth and given all other created things, like the Sun, stars and the earth to his service. After all that perfect creation of God, it would be unreasonable to think that God allows mankind to live on the earth for a period of time and ends his life forever. In short, when we pass away, we do not get lost in "nothingness" but we step into our real lives.
It is very obvious for a thinking person that life in the world is temporary and a simple sample of the real life. All the beauties in the world are temporary and bare many deficiencies. The most good-looking human can keep his good outlook only for one or two decades. As he gets older and older, his physical appearance changes, his skin becomes puckered, his body loses its shape and he starts to suffer many kinds of illnesses related with aging. It is not necessary to get older to witness the shortcomings of the life of this world. His body mechanisms are built with many weaknesses. If he does not take a shower for a few days, he starts to stink. No matter how attractive he is, he has to use lavatory as every human does and has to deal with this kind of weaknesses of himself every single day all through his life.
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2006-11-24 21:38:16
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answered by Zifikos 5
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Who ever said the soul is immortal? The bible says we are living souls, and that we are not immortal.
Ezekiel 18:4,20 "The soul that sinneth it shall die"
Matthew 10:28 "but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell"
The soul is not immortal, the bible says only God is immortal !!!
2006-11-24 21:56:06
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answer #8
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answered by ? 2
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He saved us from our sin. Your soul will be judge, and to live on his great but I sure don't want to spend an eternity in HELL...
2006-11-24 22:32:32
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answered by pc 2
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King James Bible.
2006-11-24 21:39:31
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answered by gwhiz1052 7
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