There are verses in the bible which says the soul dieth. And adam became a living soul when god breathed to his nostrils. It is clear from this that adam did not have a soul until God breathed.jesus christ submitted his breath i.e the spirit to God on the cross. So where is the soul? Soul in another word is "being" and it exist only when there is a body and the breath of god
Scripture says Jesus Christ was "dead" for three days.
YES, but Adam was formed from Clay and did not have a single muscle twitching until GOD breathed into him the breath of life, which is part of the soul as well as the thoughts, feeling, emotions, memory, cognitive abilities, psyche, etc. ALL BEGAN AT THAT MOMENT. Adam also was created with an eternally alive to GOD spirit, knowing right from wrong. In other words Adam sinned in the light, just like any born again Christian sins in the light, when he sins. Because of Adam and Eve's sin all the rest of us were born with human spirit that is dead to doing the will of GOD, what we call a sin nature. I think writers, translators, pastors, and teachers for a very long time, have had so much trouble explaining the differences between soul and spirit that they all but stopped trying; and as a result have in many cases used the two words interchangeably, excusing it by says two are inseparable. That is sad because the Bible teaches us that Word of God is sharper than a two edge sword, able to divide soul and spirit. All you have to do is dig for the answers, and clues to where that dividing line is:
Job 33:22 (KJV)
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22 [/SUP] Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Ecclesiastes 3:21 (HCSB)
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21 [/SUP] Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Not that animals actually have spirits, but the writer is acknowledging that the teachings of his day that some debated was that unlike animals that just go to the grave, the human believers have their spirits go to heaven. Paul knows there is a part of a believer that goes to the Lord in Heaven and longs for it.
Philippians 1:23-26 (ESV)
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23 [/SUP] I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
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24 [/SUP] But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
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25 [/SUP] Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
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26 [/SUP] so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Philippians 3:20 (HCSB)
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20 [/SUP] but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV)
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8 [/SUP] We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Psalm 146:4 (NIV)
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4 [/SUP] When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
The believer's spirit goes to heaven and the unbeliever's spirit goes to hades.