As Whole-fully intended and expressed By E.T. Tishbite
The Bible is very detail oriented. So I'm going to give the explanation of Spirit- Soul to all who confuse the two.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and He breathed into his nostrils the (Ruach) breath of life, and man became a (Nephesh) living soul. Gen 2:7 Two completely different words in the original Hebrew with two completely different meanings and functions. The same differentiation is also in the original Greek of the new testament. Gen.1:26 says And God said Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR LIKENESS. Man like God is a Tripartite being (3 in 1). Each of man's parts likewise has 3 functions. Body; Eat (nourish) Sleep (rest) Work (be fruitful). Spirit; Conscience (innate knowledge of right and wrong), Communion (Communing with Creator) Worship (Loving, Respecting, Thanking Creator). Soul; Mind, Will and Emotion.
Man and Woman, the only beings created in this manner,(Angels and demons are spirits, that's why angels desire to "look into the things of man" and demons always looking for a soul to steal and body to possess). Man was made to Commune with God by Spirit, Soul was to interpret that communion with mind, will, emotion and body followed the will of the soul.
The fall of man occurred when Adam and Eve reversed that order, "And when the woman SAW that the tree was GOOD for FOOD, and that it was PLEASANT to the EYES, and a tree to BE DESIRED to MAKE ONE WISE, she took of the fruit and did EAT and gave also to her husband with her and HE DID EAT. Gen 3:6. They REVERSED the order and followed the lusts (DESIRES) of the body , and the SOUL followed the body instead of the Spirit, and the relationship was severed. They were subjected to the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and became subjected to all the desires and lusts of the body, and the functions of the Spirit which he enjoyed became difficult (Dead) to him.
This is what Christ did, he restored the order and made the way for man to once again Live by the Spirit and allow the Soul to once again choose to follow the insights of the spirit and bring the body into subjection to it's will rather than be subject to all the desires of the body.
The problem is exactly this when it comes to knowing the difference. The Soul; mind will and emotion have a much greater power than most ever experience. There is a Rebirth of the Soul which many have. I call it coming out of Plato's cave. The mind awakens to the higher consciousness that exists in all of creation, and can also awaken the will and emotion which are very powerful when it comes to doing things like creating or manifesting one's mind. SOOOOO many people have had this rebirth or awakening of the SOUL and have mistaken it as the rebirth of the Spirit which Jesus explained to Nicodemus in John: 3. The soul has fantastic powers, can "travel" through the universe, have power over the physical realm, can create and manifest, but until it follows the unctions of the Spirit it is still "Lost" in the sense that it is still either serving the desires of the body or it's own path and desires, no matter how many times it may return to this realm. :)
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Soulful Inspiration expressed in Response to E.T. Tishbite's Insights shared for All Living Souls Now, By Kelli;
Power-Full Insights and Awe-Mazing Natural Balanced, Harmonious "Order" IS BeIng Restored In Proper Re-Connections to Principal Creator/Primary Energetic Original Source As Intended Now for All Living Souls "Waking Up" Consciously To See Clearly Now the Mistakes/Errors of the past we've "Passively" made as Dead/Dark w/o Spirit, limited man-mind/body attempting only to Vainly "Mimic" and Reflect the Divine Source Sovereign Author-I-ty, of our unlimited "Main Frames" of True Power-Pure Source All-Knowing Wisdom, True Balanced Just-I-ce, and Abundant Will Naturally created and freely Gifted Within!
Eternally Grateful for this Eloquent writing shared For All to Enlighten, Encourage and Empower All Living Souls Now!!! So Thankful E.T. Tishbite for your balanced contributions and wonder-filled Insights!
