Bible Question:
Dear Good News Minister, What is a man made of anyway? Isn't he three parts? Body, our physical existance. Soul, our mind, will and emotions Spirit, our connection to God, in his likeness. Sven |
Bible Answer: Dear Sven, Here are the Bible's answers to your questions: (1) What is man made of anyway? Genesis 2:7 reads,"And the Lord God formed man out of the DUST OF THE GROUND, and breathed into his nostrils THE BREATH OF LIFE and man BECAME a living soul." So the Bible plainly states that the DUST OF THE GROUND- OUR BODY PLUS the BREATH OF LIFE - OUR SPIRIT equals or adds up to our very LIFE- our SOUL. (2) Isn't he three parts? No, Man is NOT a trinity, just as God is NOT a trinity. We are SOULS, we do not HAVE souls. Our Body combined with the breath of life or the ability to breath or vitality, the same vitality that is in the animal kingdom is what makes up our SOUL, our very life and being. Ecclesiastes 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all ONE breath [the breath of life from God] ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. (Whole Chapter: Ecclesiastes 3 In context: Ecclesiastes 3:18-20) The difference between us and the brute beast is that we have what the Bible calls,'the spirit in man', this spirit in man, given by God to ALL mankind is what is combined with our human brain to form our mind, will and emotions. We all need God's Holy Spirit in order for us to be able to truly understand and comprehend spiritual truths. Adam and Eve were created physical beings, they are not spiritual beings and neither are we, unless we receive God's Holy Spirit and become spirit begotten children of our Heavenly Father.1 Corinthians 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. (Whole Chapter: 1 Corinthians 2 In context: 1 Corinthians 2:10-12) Yes, we are a complete being, a soul, if any ONE of our parts that makes us up is missing, i.e., either the breath of life or the body, our life-our soul dies and ceases to exist until the Resurrection. Yours for Truth, The Good News Minister |