Is Your Soul Only Mortal and Nothing Else?

Are you afraid to die? Are you ready to leave this world behind, friends, family and children? Is it that one fears dying or the actual death itself? This subject is quite profound to talk about. It is the fear of not knowing how or when one will die that scares us. It is true that death is inevitable, no matter what the process. Nevertheless, it brings with it emotional trauma and a deep humanistic time to grieve. We need to grasp and hold onto the understanding what death brings to us in this life time. It would devastate me to know that all my life I have followed God's rules and was a participant in His divine plan, only to die and that would be the final step in ones life cycle. So, do we all come to death? Of course we do! This is evident by all the grave stones on the ground. The Father tells us that in His place there are many mansions. Why would God need all those mansions? False religion will have one believing that this life is all there is, constantly challenging the Word of God. It is through the disobedience of Adam that we are waged in death for sin. It is through teh second Adam, Christ Jesus that we have been saved from that sin. It is through the blood of Christ, the tears of blood, our propitiation that throught a ruthless, horrible act towards our divine Lord that we are able to share in His power and in His glory for the grace and glory He bestowed upon our flesh in forgiveness of sin. 1) My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for his is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years. Found in the book of Genesis, this may be interpreted as complete or done, nothing else, because man is mortal. Do not get stuck in the finality of a verse. 2) Ezekiel 18:20 - The soul who sins is the one who will die. Again we see that this indicates the soul is existing life, the here the now. Many believe that the immortal soul is the time man exist on earth during his present life time. What this is telling us, is the the sinner who strays away from Christ will surely die in his sin. Now as Christians we do believe that our soul goes to heaven when we die. Hmmm.....makes one wonder, until we turn to John 10:27, 28 - My sheep listen to my voice: I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. As a Christian we know that God is everlasting, the First and the Last. Immortal means exempt from death, and yet Jesus died on a cross at Calvary. Jesus in human form, still had divine attributes. The mortal part of ones live is the flesh. It is the covering that dies, not the spirit, the soul. Once our human body dies, our spiritual body is free from the bondage it has been encased in. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. God loves the sinner. God is telling us here, that the way to eternity is not through works or service or incessant devotion. They are things we should be willing to do. It is the person who believes in the Son of Man that will have eternal life, life immortal, life in the spirit, life in a place that the Father has prepared for you. God has given you life from His origin. His Son gives you new life in the after life. You will not perish, if you have faith in Christ and believe that He died on the cross for your sin and that the only way to the Father is through the Son. Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. If we had no other place to go after ones death of the physical body, then why would God need to give us the gift of eternal life: Here we see that eternal life is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Matthew 16:26 - What good will it be you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul? Man can not give anything in exhange for the soul because we are limited to our power in our human nature. Man is a living being with a immortal soul. Man though can choose to damage his soul, that which has been given to him. However, Chrsit our Redeemer, Savior of the soul will restore the souls of man. Man is a living soul. The soul is filled with reason, for it is infinite and superior to the mortal self. It has heavenly attributes of divine admiration. Where we may see no purpose in life with a soul, the souls very existence is lifes purpose! Remember what the Lord tells you, "Absence from the body, present with the Lord." As Jesus hung on the cross between two criminals, he said, "today you will be in Paradise with me." He is full of love and forgiveness. God has prepared a place for our spiritual bodies. And as ones body has met the Holy Spirit it is the Word of God who tells us, that we will be in perfect form, both mentally and physically. There will be no illnesses in heaven, no deformities, no challanges. A whole new body! One that is with rational thought and rational reasoning, upright, embraced in love. It is very exciting to know that we have an after life to look forward to. Finally, 1 Corinthinas 20-23, But Christ has indeed been raised form the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead caomes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when He comes, those who belong to Him. Let us never for get what our Father has done for each and every one of us. Embrace Christ in reverent love, because the Son gives life to whom He is pleased to give it. He is our judge, so that all may honor Him.