Is our spirit and soul, the same thing? Many are confused on this, lately. [Spirituality & Religion]

Scripture clearly teaches that God created human beings with three parts—a spirit, soul, and body—and their corresponding functions. Man was intended to experience a close relationship with God, and therefore, He created us as a unity of both material (physical) and immaterial (spiritual) aspects (Ecclesiastes 12:7, Matthew 10:28, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 4:16; 7:1, James 2:26).

1 Thessalonians 5:23
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”


OUR BODY

Our body, of course, allows us to interact with the physical world and the things in it, through our five senses.

When we accept Jesus as our Savior, his Holy Spirit comes to live within us:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

Then when we die, our body lies in the grave, until the resurrection of them, when Jesus comes back:

John 5:28-29
“Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”

OUR SOUL

So what about our soul? Our soul is basically who we are—our mind, our emotion, and our will.

Deuteronomy 6:5
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Luke 1:46-47
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

OUR SPIRIT

The function of our spirit, on the other hand, is to contact and receive God, Himself. Once we receive the Lord into our spirit by believing in Him, we can live our human lives in continuous contact with the Lord by using our spirit.

Our Spirit Returns to God:

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 14:1

John 14:1-3
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”