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What is the soul?

noun

the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.

the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come: arguing the immortality of the soul.

the disembodied spirit of a deceased person: He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.

the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.

a human being; person.

The Bible tell us the significance of the soul...

We are created in three parts; body, soul and spirit.

Body: natural part of who we are, the physical.

Least significant.

Soul: - middle ground between the body and spirit.

Your thoughts, emotions, memory, imagination, convictions, desires and affections.

Spirit: part of us that communicates and interacts with the spirit realm.

The soul is the part that bridges the physical and the spiritual...

You can teach it from the tabernacle as the outer court (body) holy place (soul) most holy place (spirit).

Outer court: Ater of Sacrifice and Brazen laver

- place of repentance and cleansing (physically done)

Inner court: Table of Shoe bread, Alter of incense, Golden candle stick

- Relationship is built, the bridge between the flesh and the spirit (emotionally done through thought processes)

Most Holy Place: Ark of the Covenant, Spirit of God dwelt

- The only way to get from the Outer Court to the Most Holy Place was by passing through the Inner Court.

- The only way for flesh to get to God is by bringing your thoughts and emotions into submission, coming into relationship with God

- The only way for the natural man and the spirit of God to come together is though this mechanism that God gave us called the soul.

This is the reason why christian character is so important.

People say; I’m not responsible for what other think of me…

If you leave a physical exchange with someone with a lost soul, confused and in doubt, hurt from the exchange - than you are a fool!

Spiritually you are a child predator...

What about the soul?

Great value

It can be damaged (phycological pain)

Can be lost

If it can be lost, than it found/saved

If it can be lost and found, it can be guarded and protected

What is so special about a soul?

With your first breath, God breathed it into you

What is the difference between that animals who live and people who live?

Animals live as they have been created.

A deer has never written a self help book...

A bear has never taught a symposium on the best tactics to survive in the wild

A fish can never become better than it is.

It does not have the mechanism to become…

But God create man and breathed into him the breath of life and what happened?

Man BECAME a living soul!

Your soul is God’s greatest gift to you!

Your source of all achievement

2. Your soul is the source of all sin…

If it is the source of sin, it is the seed bed of holiness

3.

You soul is eternal

4.

You soul will live in everlasting joy or misery!

Three things to understand about the soul

You can starve it

You can strangle it

You can surrender it

Conclusion:

What the Holy Ghost is to the spirit man, the soul is to the natural man.

We walk through our world never thinking about influence of everything around us…

Those things influence your mood - YOUR SOUL!

You have no value on your soul

You have no value on the souls of others!

The soul is the gift of God to humanity!