Scott C.
Just one guy
Another thread motivated me to post this. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I learned that I may have some incorrect assumptions about what other Christians believe. I'm asking here for concise and simple explanations of what you believe in regard to the soul, the spirit, the resurrection, a resurrected body, and a couple of other things. I could make this post very long quoting scripture after scripture and expecting you to decipher what I believe from those verses. Rather, I'll try to explain briefly and I ask that you do the same. This is an honest to goodness attempt for me to better understand.
I believe...
I lived as a "spirit" with God before I was born.
When I came to earth my spirit "entered" (for lack of a better term) my physical body.
The spirit and body united, now in mortality, constitute my "soul".
When I die, my spirit will live on. The dead body stays here.
I will live in the spirit world where I wait for my resurrection.
Every person ever to live on earth will be resurrected.
The resurrection means the spirit is reunited with the physical body permanently and forever.
A resurrected physical body is different from a mortal body. They are both physical, but a resurrected body is perfect, immortal, and without illness. ( I suppose we won't know exactly what it's like until we get one).
We are then immortal souls, with a spirit clothed in a glorious physical resurrected body.
Jesus Christ was the first person to ever be resurrected from the dead. When he "gave up the ghost" his spirit left his body. He went to the spirit world. After three days (Friday to Sunday) he was resurrected from the dead. He appeared to Mary, the Apostles and others. He had some of them touch and feel to see that he indeed was not a spirit, but was physical. His physical body was no more in the tomb. His body rose from the dead to reunite with his spirit. His physical resurrection broke the bands of death and made the resurrection a reality for everyone.
For reasons not necessarily clear, as spirits we want a physical body. We were anxious to come to earth to get a body. When we die and are in the spirit world, we will anxiously await the time when we can rise again clothed in an immortal and glorious physical body.
Ok, that went a little longer than planned. If you're willing to play along, I'd like a similar explanation on how you believe this goes. I'm not debating here, just discussing. Again, please do not reprint the Bible in your response. Rather, explain in your own simple words. I have a short attention span.
I believe...
I lived as a "spirit" with God before I was born.
When I came to earth my spirit "entered" (for lack of a better term) my physical body.
The spirit and body united, now in mortality, constitute my "soul".
When I die, my spirit will live on. The dead body stays here.
I will live in the spirit world where I wait for my resurrection.
Every person ever to live on earth will be resurrected.
The resurrection means the spirit is reunited with the physical body permanently and forever.
A resurrected physical body is different from a mortal body. They are both physical, but a resurrected body is perfect, immortal, and without illness. ( I suppose we won't know exactly what it's like until we get one).
We are then immortal souls, with a spirit clothed in a glorious physical resurrected body.
Jesus Christ was the first person to ever be resurrected from the dead. When he "gave up the ghost" his spirit left his body. He went to the spirit world. After three days (Friday to Sunday) he was resurrected from the dead. He appeared to Mary, the Apostles and others. He had some of them touch and feel to see that he indeed was not a spirit, but was physical. His physical body was no more in the tomb. His body rose from the dead to reunite with his spirit. His physical resurrection broke the bands of death and made the resurrection a reality for everyone.
For reasons not necessarily clear, as spirits we want a physical body. We were anxious to come to earth to get a body. When we die and are in the spirit world, we will anxiously await the time when we can rise again clothed in an immortal and glorious physical body.
Ok, that went a little longer than planned. If you're willing to play along, I'd like a similar explanation on how you believe this goes. I'm not debating here, just discussing. Again, please do not reprint the Bible in your response. Rather, explain in your own simple words. I have a short attention span.
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