What is the Soul? What does Jesus say about it?

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​Can you explain the differences between soul, spirit, heart, and mind?

I'm releasing a four-part series for you to better understand the difference between soul, spirit, heart, and mind. There are competing voices in our day that convolute and confuse the spiritual significance of each. This has always been true, of course.

But what does it sound like in our day? Where is there confusion on what the soul is, what the spirit is, what the heart is, what the mind is?

Compare definitions in our day to biblical definitions based upon scripture truth, and you'll see we now have corrupt and godless definitions.  People's opinions and modern thought have greatly diminished original meaning of spiritual truths. Definitions on soul, spirit, heart, and mind have been either dumbed down or hyper spiritualized in unhealthy ways. It can cause a lot of confusion in you and others who are spiritually seeking and wanting to land on truth.

Knowing the spiritual significance of each one as it's taught in the scriptures is a critical part of understanding your need for Jesus.  

“People say things like, "Well, you're going to die, but your soul is going to live on."

That's it?  Where is it living on? What does that mean exactly?

A woman that I felt I was supposed to go up and pray with as I was walking in a park, had stage 4 cancer.  We got to talking about her beliefs. And what she told me is that when she dies, her spirit is just going to go as light into the universe, and that is just how it's going to continue to live, just as this light floating around. 

83% of Americans believe that we have a soul. But that only tells a small portion of the story when you talk to people and get answers like above.  

Have you tried asking people, "What is the soul?”  See how many different answers you get. 

Other forms of belief like Hinduism say that there's an infinite cycle for the soul of birth, death, and rebirth coming into different bodies.
Buddhists believe our souls are a consciousness that can leave our body, and enter another after death. 

There's so many varying opinions about what people think the soul is.

Modern day science often debunks the existence of the soul, dismissing it as human belief only because they say there's no verifiable proof of the soul. Psychology teases that the soul is bound up with the idea of a future life and a belief in continued existence after death, saying that the soul is the ultimate animating principle by which we think and feel, but it's not dependent on the body.

Psychology says that the soul is esoteric, it's mysterious, it's unable to be known. Science says the soul is separate from the body. 

What do you believe?

What does Jesus say?  

Please listen to the episode to educate yourself on God's definition of the soul (click on pic above to listen).  Please consider sharing it with a friend!

Jesus has a hope and future for our soul and body beyond this sin sick world.  He has a plan to make all things new!

I pray that you listen to this series, and that you become clear on how God defines your soul, spirit, heart, and mind.  And that you know how each one contributes to the quality of your life now and your future forevermore.  Your soul never dies, but where will it go?

Psalm 107:9- For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

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Other episodes recently released include:

• Why am I scared of repentance?  What is it?
• Unclean lips!  How to pray when you can't forgive?​