What is Soul and Spirit

1. You do not have a soul, you are a soul.

2. You have a fleshly mind.    Thoughts and beliefs.

3. You have a spirit.

4. Spirit is attitudes; emotions; responses.

5.The soul contains the spirit and mind.

6. The spirit of an unbeliever is dead to the spiritual things of God until the prevenient  grace of God               begins to work on his heart.

7. The spirit of a believer is resurrected to life through faith in Jesus Christ ; repentance from sin ; God's          grace (favor); and obedience. 

8. Love is the force that creates obedience.

9. God's love is the force that brings faith and salvation to our soul.

10. We love God only because He first loved us.

11. Salvation is a loving relationship with our heavenly Father, not a religion.

 

The word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than a double edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul (fleshly mind) and spirit (attitude,emotion), and the joints (physical) and marrow (inner spirit) and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents (motives) of the heart.  Hebrews 4:12

Curses

1. Some curses are not fulfilled and do not become reality. Prov.26:2  An undeserved curse (curse without a cause) goes nowhere.

2. God established rules for what He allowed to be cursed. Ex.21:17; Lev.24:15; Lev.19:14; Num.22:12; Rom.12:14 .

3. God Himself placed a curse on people and situations in conjunction with His covenant with Israel in Gen.12:3; Gen.27:29; Ex.21:17; Lev.20:9; Deut. 28:15 & 29:45 &29:21 &30:7; Prov.20:20 & 28:27 & 30:11

4. The Bible gives guidelines for how people are to respond to those who curse them. Lk.6:28-36  "Bless those who curse you and pray for those who spitefully use you."

5. Through the cross Jesus Christ with his sinless blood He took upon Himself the curse of  the old law, and sin. Gal.3:10-13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,having become a curse for us."                                                                                                                    Believers in Christ are free from the curse of the law and free to live in the Holy Spirit .

6. The power of curses and blessings show that God takes the use of speech very seriously.

7. We will be accountable for every word we speak. 

8. "Heaven and earth will pass away,but My words will by no means pass away."  Mk.13:31