What is the human soul?

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The Bible is not perfectly clear as to the nature of the human soul

But from studying the way the word soul is used in Scripture We can come to some conclusions simply stated the human soul is the part of a person that is not

Physical it is the part of every human being that lasts eternally after the body experiences death

Genesis 35 18 describes the death of Rachel Jacob's wife saying she named her son as her soul was departing from this

We know that the soul is different from the body and that it continues to live after Physical death the human soul is central to the personhood of a human being as George McDonald said

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body Personhood is not based on having a body a soul is what is required

Repeatedly in the Bible people are referred to as souls especially in contexts that focus on the value of human life and Personhood or on the concept of a whole being

The human soul is distinct from the heart the spirit and the mind the human soul is created by God It can be strong or unsteady.

It can be lost or saved We know that the human soul needs atonement and is the part of us that is purified and protected by the truth and the work of the

Holy Spirit Jesus is the great Shepherd of souls Matthew tells us that we can turn to Christ to find rest for our souls

Psalm 16 9 through 10 is a messianic Psalm that allows us to see that Jesus also had a soul

David wrote therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices

My flesh also dwells secure for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol or let your

Holy One see corruption this cannot be speaking of David because David's body did see corruption and decay when he died

But Jesus Christ's body never saw corruption He was resurrected and his soul was not abandoned to Sheol Jesus as the

Son of Man has a soul There is often confusion about the human spirit versus the human soul in places scripture seems to use the terms

Interchangeably, but there might be a subtle difference otherwise, how could the

Word of God penetrate even to a dividing soul and Spirit when the Bible talks about man's spirit

It is usually speaking of an inner force which animates a person in one direction or another

It has been said that there are only two things that last the Word of God and the souls of men

This is because like God's Word the soul is an imperishable thing that thought should be both sobering and awe -inspiring

Every human being who has ever lived is a soul and all of those souls are still in existence

Somewhere the question is where? Heaven or hell that answers the question.

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