Frank Goad
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The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground (body), and breathed into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life; and man became a living soul (soul)". Genesis 2:7. It is not said that man became spirit and soul; but rather, that God inbreathed spirit, and man became a living soul.
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
If you look at Genesis 2:7 adam does not have a soul.But in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 man DOES have a soul.
"The Word of God ... piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow." (Hebrews 4:12)
I read Hebrews 4:12. And that made it more confusing.
I found all of this at this website: The Errors of Soul Sleep
I find myself going back and forth on the idea if man has a soul that leaves the body at death.So this didn't help matters.Because i like the jw idea of the soul more.
The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground (body), and breathed into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life; and man became a living soul (soul)". Genesis 2:7.It is not said that man became spirit and soul; but rather, that God inbreathed spirit, and man became a living soul.
Genesis 3:19 gives us the report of mans design. “Dust thou art and unto the dust shalt thou return.” It was man's physical nature that was made from the dust not his spiritual nature. God breathed into man the spirit, the spirit was not taken from the ground. It came from God.
I got this quote from here: Soul Sleep
If when man dies his body turns to dust like in Genesis 3:19
And his spirit just goes back to God like in Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
What happens to his soul in 1 Thessalonians 5:23?
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