Spirit, Soul and Body

Note: The thoughts came to me in a rush. My original title would have been Death, Sin and Eternal Life but I have decided to break them down into several parts for easier understanding. This is Part 1.

The Bible mentions about the spirit, soul and body. We are all aware what the body refers to. Most may not be sure how to differentiate between the spirit and soul. Here's my thoughts:

My local pastor preached before that mankind became dead to God when Adam and Eve sinned against God in Genesis. To die to God means here to be unable to communicate/interact with God and thus it is because their spirit died. This was the preferred view to say that God did not mean an immediate physical death when He warned Adam and Eve about the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

During this time, I was told that spirit, soul and body are all 3 parts of us as humans just like our Triune God. But now I think differently.

Soul = conscious part of a person that is able to will and think and defines the true self.

The soul resides in the body to allow us to communicate with other physical beings. The soul resides in the spirit to allow us to communicate with other spiritual beings.

The spirit is a parallel of our body but in the spiritual realm.

Brief about myself

I used to be very active serving in a brethren church in my youth and joined Campus Crusade for Christ, Christian Fellowship and Navigators on campus. Later on I began to explore my 'gayness' and found no scriptural condemnation for loving a fellow man except perhaps anal sex which I was apprehensive to get into. During this time, I also found a lot of scholars disagreeing with each other on a lot of topics. I surmised that a lot of preachers are not being entirely honest about their own uncertainty when they preach and would often preach half-truths even though they can be innocently incorrect. Nevertheless, I empathize with the difficulty of their work and the need for them to seem assured of what they know or say.

This is the start of my blogging life because I realized that I need to take notes of some of my thoughts from time to time lest I forget them altogether. I may tell some people about my blog but I won't advertise it.

Many of my thoughts may evoke negative emotion/thought/word from some of my readers but I would prefer not to interact with most comments sent to me even the positive or encouraging ones. My apologies.

These thoughts come to me from a recollection of the knowledge I gained over the years since I was young. I read the Bible twice over during my youth. I read some Christian books and listened to a lot of pastors of course over my lifetime but many of thoughts just came together on their own. So here's my disclaimer that I did not steal someone else's works or thoughts and I would acknowledge it if I wish to refer to them. However, I can make a reference to the person in a later posting when I get to know about it.