• Man Was Originally Created From The Red Clay Of Earth: GEN 2.7

• Man Was Placed In The Garden Of Eden To Guard And Till It: GEN 2.15-17

• Man Fell From Grace By Disobeying God, And The Spiritual Death Of Sin Passed Among All Mankind: PSA 51.5; RO 5.12-14

• The Sin Nature In Our Bodies Is What Causes Physical Death: 1 CO 15.55-56

• After Physical Death The Believer's Soul Goes To Be With God, While The Corrupted Body Remains In The Ground: LU 23.42-43; 2 CO 5.6-8; LU 16.19-26

• At The End Of The Church Age All Believers Will Be Reunited With A Re-Created And Incorruptible Body Free Of Sin: 1 CO 15.35-44; 15.50-54; 1 THES 4.15-18

• Jesus Christ Is The First Ressurected From The Grave, And He Is A Type Or Example Of How We Will Be In Our Ressurected Bodies: 1 CO 15.22

• Our Glorified Bodies Will Differ From Our Present Bodies:
• We Will Be Able To Switch Locations: LU 24.30-31; 24.36-42
• We Will Be Able To Eat If We Desire, Though It Will Not Be Necessary To Sustain Life: LU 24.36-42
• Our Bodies May Retain Scars Of Honor We Earned In This Life: JO 20.19-20; 20.26-27
• The Body Will Be Asexual: LU 20.34-36
• We May Be Able To Distinguish Or Change Our Appearance: LU 24.15-17

• The Real You Is Located In The Soul: GEN 2.7

• We Are In God's Image, But Only As Pertains Our Soul: GEN 1.26-27; 2.7.

• The Soul Is Located In The Brain Of Man, The Most Protected Part Of The Body.

• Characteristics Of The Soul:
• Self Consciousness
• The Mind, Referred To In The Greek As Nous. Knowledge Is Received And Stored In The Mind.
• The Heart, Referred To In The Greek As Kardia, Where Your Stored Knowledge Is Used And Controlled.
• Possess Free Will
• Possess Emotion
• The Old Sin Nature, Though Located In The Flesh Or The Body, Has Varying Degrees Of Influence Over The Soul: GAL 5.16-26
• Areas Of Weakness And Areas Of Strength:
• Weakness, Leading To Sin
• Strength, Leading To Human Moral Good
• A Lust Pattern, Which Motivates The Soul To Sin

• The Bible Distinguishes Between The Body, Soul, And Spirit: GEN 2.7
• The Unbeliever Has Only Body And Soul, Being Spiritually Dead: 1 CO 2.14
• The Believer Has A Born Again Human Spirit, Received At The Point Of Salvation: 1 THES 5.23

• Only Our Souls, Not Our Bodies, Are Saved By Regeneration (The New Birth): PSA 19.7; 34.22; MK 8.36-37; HE 10.39; 1 PE 1.9

• The Soul Must Be Saved Because Of The Spiritual Death Of Sin In Our Present Lives: RO 5.12; EPH 2.1

• The Soul Can Be Attacked Or Tempted By Satan: PROV 19.2; MAT 10.28; EPH 4.17-19

• The Soul Is The Battleground Between God And Satan: PSA 100.43

• The Soul Is The Area Where The Worst Types Of Sins Are Committed: JOB 25.21; ZECH 11.8; PROV 6

• The Soul Can Be Scarred By Repeated Acts Of Sin: EPH 4

• The Soul Can Give Either Capacity, Or Lack Of Capacity, For Life: 1 SAM 18.1; 1 PE 1.22

• Physical Death Is The Departure Of The Soul From The Human Body: JOB 27.8; PSA 16.10; 2 CO 5.8

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