“You Got Soul”

Sunday, April 21, 2013

What is the difference between the soul and spirit?  I am assuming that the soul encompasses the whole body and is not in the mind somewhere.  If your feelings are emotions, can this be your soul or spirit?  I do not understand the difference between these two words and if they have an invisible place in the body.

Sincerely,
Soul Searching

Dear Soul Searching,

The words ‘soul’ and ‘spirit’ are used interchangeably in almost every circumstance.  There is only one verse that points to the fact that there is a difference between your soul and your spirit.  In Heb 4:12, it says that the Bible can pierce even to the divide between soul and spirit.  Apparently, there is a difference between your spirit and your soul… but we have absolutely no idea what that difference is.  As we said, in every other verse, those two terms are used as synonyms.  We could theorize for hours on the topic, but anything we said would simply be conjecture.  As far as we can tell from Scripture, both terms are used to talk about that ungraspable spark of life (where? – we have no idea) in every human that exists even after death.

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