Paul says in 2 Cor.1: "... Boast in the testimony of our conscience (soul) that we have behaved in the world ... with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God...It is God who establishes us (in the spirit world) with you in Christ, and has commissioned us (for the job); he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."
"Thanks be to God, who in Christ always lead us (our souls) in triumph, and through us spreads the (spiritual) fragrance of the knowledge of him (in our hearts) everywhere. For we (our souls) are the (spiritual) aroma of Christ to God among those (souls) who are being saved and among those who are perishing." 2 Cor. 14-16
"...Do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation (worldly ethics)...? You yourselves (your souls) are our letter of recommendation, written on your hearts, to be known and read by all men; and you (in your heart) show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Cor. 3: 1-3.
Let us use an analogy to explain how these things work in the spirit world. Imagine the Ocean as a whole realm representing the souls; then imagine filling test tubes airtight and water tight being dropped into this vast ocean. The filled test tubes are part of a whole, and unless some outside force liberates them, they are unable to freed themselves from the vast ocean and will remain trapped in an effective prison. This same way the soul is placed in the human body.
Soul and Body can be destroyed as it is mentioned in Matthew 10:5 "These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, 'Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel... 10:16"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 10:17 Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and flog you in their synagogues, 10:18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear Testimony before them and the Gentiles. 10:19 When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; 10:20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ..."
10:26 So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
The soul express also the desire of the heart. The one that fills him and then occupies him in achieving its goal. Proverbs 13:2, for example, says of those dealing treacherously that 'their very soul is violence' and become the personification of violence itself. Also Israel's false shepherds are called 'dogs strong in soul' (full desire), who have known no satisfaction. Prov.23:1; Habb.2:5.
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