soul and the spirit both depart at death.
Look at Genesis 35, 18, "And it came to pass as her soul
was in departing, for she died, that she called his name
Benoni, but his father called him."
Benjamin, this is clearly talking
about that part of a person, which is the soul,
because it talks about the soul departing the body
because she died, right?
So we see that the soul departs the body.
Well, in James 2, 26, we read, "For as the body without the
spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
So when a person dies, the spirit departs the body.
It says they gave up the ghost, but here in Genesis 35, it
also says that her soul departed.
So both the soul and the spirit depart at death, and
you're left with just a body, OK?
Another verse that makes this clear is Matthew 10, 28.
"Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill
the soul, but rather fear him which is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell."
So when someone kills someone, they're not killing the soul.
They're only killing the body.
Why?
Because the soul and the spirit depart at death.
Also, Revelation 6, 9, we see when the fifth seal is opened,
John sees under the altar the souls of them that were slain
for the word of God and for the testimony which he held.
Why?
Because they have not yet been bodily resurrected, but
their soul is where?
It's in heaven, under the altar, in heaven.
So we see the soul and the spirit, remember, closely
connected.
It takes a sharp sword even to be able to
differentiate them.
Closely connected, they both leave the body upon death.
Number five, the spirit and the soul are the parts of us
that transcend the physical.
So there's that which is physical, that which science
can quantify.
Atoms, molecules, blood, bones, flesh, skin, hair, that
part of us which is not physical is the
soul and the spirit.
These are not physical items.
These are the things that transcend what we can see,
taste, touch, smell, that which is physical.
If you would, flip over to Ecclesiastes chapter 3.
While you're turning there, I'm going to read for you from
Luke on this point that the spirit and soul are the parts
of us that transcend the physical.
We remember that Jesus Christ appeared unto the disciples
after he had risen from the dead.
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of
them and saith unto them, "Peace be unto you." But they
were terrified.
Suppose that they'd seen a spirit.
Basically, in our vernacular, we'd say they thought they
just saw a ghost, right?
They don't think that it's actually a flesh and bone
person.
They think it's just a spirit, right?
Why?
Because a spirit transcends the physical.
So it's just an apparition in their mind.
Let's keep reading.
It says, "And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?
And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold, my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have.
And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet."
So we see that Jesus Christ resurrected not just as a spirit, not just the soul, but even
the body.
Because he said, "I've got flesh and bone.
I'm not just a spirit."
Because a spirit doesn't have flesh and bone.
Why?
Because a spirit transcends the physical.
A spirit is not made up of atoms, molecules, blood, flesh, bone, skin, hair, etc.
The spirit and soul are the part of us that transcends the physical.
Number six, the eternal spirit and soul are unique to man.
They separate us from the animals.