Understanding The Difference Between The Spirit and The Soul

There is so much misunderstanding about the difference between the spirit and the soul. Both in and out of the church, many people are confused! Hollywood has it’s own idea and makes movies consistent with that idea. The man in the street has his belief and lives accordingly. And within the church, preachers and teachers minister according to their own understanding of the matter. But there can be only one real authority on the matter, and that is the bible, the word of God as interpreted by the Holy Spirit! So, let’s check it out and try to shed some light on the matter.

In order to differentiate between the spirit and the soul, we first need to understand that man, made in the image and likeness of God, is a tri-partite being just like his Father. God is, The Father, The Word and The Holy Spirit. Man is, the spirit, the soul and the body. Like Father, like son! “...I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,” 1Th 5:23.

Now, it’s easy to distinguish the body from the other two components, it is the outermost layer and the very obvious part that we see when we look at each other with physical eyes. The problem comes when trying to distinguish between what is spirit and what is soul, because neither of them have any physical attributes and cannot be discerned by the five senses.

They both belong to another dimension.....

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