2007-03-21 03:04:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How is the soul different from the spirit?
2007-03-21 03:08:03 · update #1
I got it from one of the poster's names.
2007-03-21 03:14:27 · update #2
You have asked a deep theological question here, and I am going to do my best to answer it.
Man like God is a triune (3-part) being. Man is composed of Body soul and spirit. The body is the hull. The soul is the emotions and the spirit is that part which seeks God. So your equation is not totally correct.
You can take away one part and still have the other two. It is our soul that is the cause of the phrase--"will to live" It is our spirit that calls us to Jesus. it is our body that houses all of this.
A person can ignore the calling of the Spirit and still have a body and soul.
A person can ignore the soul and still have a body and spirit.
A person can loose the body and still have a spirit and soul.
I hope I helped.
2007-03-21 03:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The soul isn't different from the spirit, which makes your equasion off (where did you get it?). One could interpret the word 'soul' as a living being, which is confusing.
The correct equation is Body+Spirit=Living being, so Body-Spirit=Dead being (in the case of humans).
2007-03-21 03:11:47 · answer #2 · answered by melmillane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, This is wrong. Body is matter without life or energy. Soul is the energy plus our past lives deeds good or bad, their results and Spirit is pure soul departed from God. When all the good or bad results of our deeds are fulfilled, pure soul dissolve in the God. This is the story of soul.
2015-09-30 23:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Mamta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spirit = Soul
Body is just a vehicle
2007-03-21 03:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It the same rubbish that make 1+1+1 = 1. You'll have an aneurysm trying to figure it out.
2007-03-21 03:09:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long post warning! :-)
First, consider the soul. When writing about the soul, the Bible writers used the Hebrew word ne′phesh or the Greek word psy·khe′. These two words occur well over 800 times in the Scriptures. When you examine the way “soul” or “souls” is used in the Bible, it becomes evident that this word basically refers to (1) people, (2) animals, or (3) the life that a person or an animal enjoys.
Examples of each:
People. “In Noah’s days . . . a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.” (1 Peter 3:20) Here the word “souls” clearly stands for people—Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives. Exodus 16:16 mentions instructions given to the Israelites regarding the gathering of manna. They were told: “Pick up some of it . . . according to the number of the souls that each of you has in his tent.” So the amount of manna that was gathered was based upon the number of people in each family. Some other Biblical examples of the application of “soul” or “souls” to a person or to people are found at Genesis 46:18; Joshua 11:11; Acts 27:37; and Romans 13:1.
Animals. In the Bible’s creation account, we read: “God went on to say: ‘Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls and let flying creatures fly over the earth upon the face of the expanse of the heavens.’ And God went on to say: ‘Let the earth put forth living souls according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth according to its kind.’ And it came to be so.” (Genesis 1:20, 24) In this passage, fish, domestic animals, and wild beasts are all referred to by the same word—“souls.” Birds and other animals are called souls at Genesis 9:10; Leviticus 11:46; and Numbers 31:28.
Life as a person. Sometimes the word “soul” means one’s life as a person. Jehovah told Moses: “All the men who were hunting for your soul are dead.” (Exodus 4:19) What were Moses’ enemies hunting for? They were seeking to take Moses’ life. Earlier, while Rachel was giving birth to her son Benjamin, “her soul was going out (because she died).” (Genesis 35:16-19) At that moment, Rachel lost her life. Consider also Jesus’ words: “I am the fine shepherd; the fine shepherd surrenders his soul in behalf of the sheep.” (John 10:11) Jesus gave his soul, or life, in behalf of mankind. In these Bible passages, the word “soul” clearly refers to life as a person. You will find more examples of this sense of “soul” at 1 Kings 17:17-23; Matthew 10:39; John 15:13; and Acts 20:10.
Bible writers used the Hebrew word ru′ach or the Greek word pneu′ma when writing about the “spirit.” The Scriptures themselves indicate the meaning of those words. For instance, Psalm 104:29 states: “If you take away their spirit [ru′ach], they expire, and back to their dust they go.” And James 2:26 notes that “the body without spirit [pneu′ma] is dead.” In these verses, then, “spirit” refers to that which gives life to a body. Without spirit, the body is dead. Therefore, in the Bible the word ru′ach is translated not only as “spirit” but also as “force,” or life-force. For example, concerning the Flood in Noah’s day, God said: “I am bringing the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force [ru′ach] of life is active from under the heavens.” (Genesis 6:17; 7:15, 22) “Spirit” thus refers to an invisible force (the spark of life) that animates all living creatures.
The soul and the spirit are not the same. The body needs the spirit in much the same way as a radio needs electricity—in order to function. To illustrate this further, think of a portable radio. When you put batteries in a portable radio and turn it on, the electricity stored in the batteries brings the radio to life, so to speak. Without batteries, however, the radio is dead. So is another kind of radio when it is unplugged from an electric outlet. Similarly, the spirit is the force that brings our body to life. Also, like electricity, the spirit has no feeling and cannot think. It is an impersonal force. But without that spirit, or life-force, our bodies “expire, and back to their dust they go,” as the psalmist stated.
Speaking about man’s death, Ecclesiastes 12:7 states: “The dust [of his body] returns to the earth just as it happened to be and the spirit itself returns to the true God who gave it.” When the spirit, or life-force, leaves the body, the body dies and returns to where it came from—the earth. Comparably, the life-force returns to where it came from—God. (Job 34:14, 15; Psalm 36:9) This does not mean that the life-force actually travels to heaven. Rather, it means that for someone who dies, any hope of future life rests with God. His life is in God’s hands, so to speak. Only by God’s power can the spirit, or life-force, be given back so that a person may live again.
2007-03-21 03:15:58 · answer #6 · answered by Badriya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
They are one in the trinity
2007-03-21 03:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Body=Spirit=Soul
Body is your flesh
Spirit is your body when you die
Soul is what make you think, feel (happy or sad), and have freewill.
2007-03-21 03:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in accordance to my ideals... i'm a individual. A soul. I easily have a physique, yet i'm a soul. I easily have a spirit with me in any respect cases. he's what makes me a soul. i won't exist in dying without Him. i'm a element of Him. he's a spirit. i'm a soul. we are jointly in my physique while i'm alive and interior the flesh. and then i'm in Him while i'm ineffective, or in dying. while i'm alive, I take Him everywhere i flow. while i'm ineffective, he will take me someplace. physique - Soul/spirit = 2 i assume. i don't comprehend.., you artwork it out! lol
2016-10-19 06:11:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋