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glasgowchick said:Sorry for the confusion but I am just as confused myself when it comes to trying to explain it sorry But if you are asking why I believe there is something that leaves the body at death, I find that through Scripture..
Example the stoning of stephen, when he was about to die He said " Lord Jesus recieve my Spirit " ..Acts 7:59...
And Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and yeilded up His Spirit. Matt 27:50..
Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell..Matt 10:28...
There are many more but those are just an example...So yes, wether I can explain what the soul is, I am sure that one has a soul that departs at death and goes back to God...
When I refer to those in the Spirit World when I communicate with them sometimes we refer to them as Spirits and sometimes we refer to them as Souls.glasgowchick said:I have always had a hard time understanding what our soul is, I do understand that God breathed into us the breath of life and man became a living soul..So in that sense, the soul is ourselves..Here is where I get confused, what is the Body, Spirit and Soul...
1--If body and soul are the person [ what is the Spirit ]
2 If Soul and Spirit have the same meaning, then what does is mean in 1Thess 5:23 were we read, May the God of peace sanctify you wholly and may your Spirit and Soul and Body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ..
Going by that, the Soul and Spirit is different..
So it seems to me that man consists of three parts..Body, soul and spirit..
I do believe that when we die, our body goes back to the Ground and our Spirit goes back to God who gave it..Ok Im starting to get myself in a muddle here so I will stop..sorry for the confusion