Does God have a Soul?

[eternally-gratefull]

I pray in hope that as many as God would read and without fear, do not constrain from using common sense.

If Jesus is God Almighty, then what do we call His BROTHERS? God is SPIRIT!

I guess it would depend how we look at it. Who was Jesus before he came to Earth? Was he God, or an Angel?

 

[Israel]

Out of curiosity, which particular Gnostic sect are you doctrinally aligned with?

I am aligned with no one. No sect at all.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Let me make sure I'm understanding what seem to be clearly saying.

God has three souls?

Does God have all those characteristics I posted?

 

[Israel]

I guess it would depend how we look at it. Who was Jesus before he came to Earth? Was he God, or an Angel?

Again, it depends on how one looks at it. If no flesh and blood can enter into heaven, how is it that most say that JESUS came from heaven? It was what was in the vessel that came down.

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

There is not one shared soul, There are three. Each has a soul.
What is it like? Well unlike those of man,
It has omniscience
it has omnipresence
it has perfect love, perfect righteousness.
it is a perfect judge. and executed perfect judgment
many more characteristics which man does not have.
All these traits are characteristics of God, which is what makes all three God.

Does God have all those characteristics I posted?

I'm not sure why you answer my simple question with a question.

While Incarnate, the Son was not omnipresent.
God gave all judgement to the Son, so the Father and Holy Spirit don't judge.
Apart from those exceptions, I suppose yes.
I'm not sure what attributes have to do with a soul(s).
Maybe you could define "soul".

I'm just trying to clarify what you said. Does God have three souls?

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

I am aligned with no one. No sect at all.

Okay. What then?

 

[Israel]

Okay. What then?

Nothing. I have no affiliation with any church.

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

Nothing. I have no affiliation with any church.

I surmised that. I mean what core teachings/beliefs.

 

[Israel]

I surmised that. I mean what core teachings/beliefs.

I believe that God is a Spirit.
I believe that we lack understanding in our definition of what good and evil.
I believe that every man works out his own salvation as God is in control of everything.

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

I believe that God is a Spirit.
I believe that we lack understanding in our definition of what good and evil.
I believe that every man works out his own salvation as God is in control of everything.

Okay. That's a bit nebulous, and much less than many individual things you've said or alluded to. But okay. I was just curious to have a baseline for discourse.

Any choice(s) for sacred writings?

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Again, it depends on how one looks at it. If no flesh and blood can enter into heaven, how is it that most say that JESUS came from heaven? It was what was in the vessel that came down.

Mary gave Christ his flesh and blood. The son of God gave Jesus his own soul (minus the attributes he carried before he entered the human body at birth)

 

[eternally-gratefull]

I'm not sure why you answer my simple question with a question.

While Incarnate, the Son was not omnipresent.
God gave all judgement to the Son, so the Father and Holy Spirit don't judge.
Apart from those exceptions, I suppose yes.
I'm not sure what attributes have to do with a soul(s).
Maybe you could define "soul".

I'm just trying to clarify what you said. Does God have three souls?

The son set aside these attributed when he took the form of man.

again, did he have these characteristics before he came down, and does he now?

 

[Israel]

Okay. That's a bit nebulous, and much less than many individual things you've said or alluded to. But okay. I was just curious to have a baseline for discourse.

Any choice(s) for sacred writings?

Sorry, not trying to be vague I'm posting from my phone. In a few words, I'm careful of any situation viewed from the eyes of the flesh. We can see a form of good and bad by the law. The bible says for a man to lie with another man is wrong, but what if a soul deems being gay GOOD to him? Most choose the gold of the law and by it become rich. One may read the same out the bible and yet CHOOSE NOT TO EAT. God
who gave us freely all things to satisfy our souls. But what if one soul chooses to be gay. Is this evil for him? He is only what he is. I can picture the typical verses posted now. But if we can SEE the good in the law, how is it then hope?

As far as a particular Bible, I use a KJV, but anyone will do. Brought a concordance but I don't use it. I don't believe that knowledge comes from the understanding of the word on the page, but in understanding the Spirit which spoke it. So if I am made in the image of that which is unseen, understanding for me now comes from within.

Now I'm not gay, so naturally I can see that by nature that it is wrong. I love women. But for one who is, for him to go outside of what his soul deemed good, such a one begins to build an image outside of himself. He does this out of FEAR and not love by faith in only being who he was. For me to then condemn such a one by my gains by that outside of myself, even when it is based on a form of the good out of the law, it is not done out of love but ignorance.

 

[Crazy4GODword]

PneumaPsucheSoma I got an answer....i might be wrong but i got an answer....

ok look up what soul means in the dictionary it is not the same as Spirit (I already knew that)

here i will post it......
Soul means "the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal."
second look up "a person's moral or emotional nature or sense of identity "

So my guess is God has no soul as the Father.....but since Jesus took and became a man God does have a soul....well the Son of man

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

The son set aside these attributed when he took the form of man.

again, did he have these characteristics before he came down, and does he now?

Though I'm not Trinitarian, let's say yes. The judgement has been given to the Son, though, and the Spirit never had it. But... Let's say yes.

Are you saying these attributes are what comprise a "Divine Soul", and that there are three?

I'm not being evasive or adversarial, so you needn't be, either. I'm just generically trying to find out what you mean by what you said.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Though I'm not Trinitarian, let's say yes. The judgement has been given to the Son, though, and the Spirit never had it. But... Let's say yes.

Are you saying these attributes are what comprise a "Divine Soul", and that there are three?

I'm not being evasive or adversarial, so you needn't be, either. I'm just generically trying to find out what you mean by what you said.

What I am trying to say is that those characteristics (and there are many more I did not post) are what separates God From Angels and humans, Who do not have these characteristics.

An Angel is not omniscient, not omnipresent etc etc.

A human is limited to time and space.

if you took two angels or two humans and asked them something, You might get two answers.

If you asked The Father, The Son or the Spirit anything, They would always give the same answer, for they are of one mind (omniscience for us is hard to understand so I would not even think of trying to explain it. We may never understand) That is why they are one, They would never disagree on anything. They are united. One.

Yet they are three, Father, Son, And Spirit. (I am trying to not say persons here, I understand you disagree with that term, but do not know another term to use)

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

What I am trying to say is that those characteristics (and there are many more I did not post) are what separates God From Angels and humans, Who do not have these characteristics.

An Angel is not omniscient, not omnipresent etc etc.

A human is limited to time and space.

if you took two angels or two humans and asked them something, You might get two answers.

If you asked The Father, The Son or the Spirit anything, They would always give the same answer, for they are of one mind (omniscience for us is hard to understand so I would not even think of trying to explain it. We may never understand) That is why they are one, They would never disagree on anything. They are united. One.

Yet they are three, Father, Son, And Spirit. (I am trying to not say persons here, I understand you disagree with that term, but do not know another term to use)

Okay, and I get all that. Trinitarianism IS three persons, so being a Trinitarian means you would likely use that term.

I'm not really trying to further that debate so much as just trying to find out if you perceive God to have a soul. You said God has three souls. Do you mean more that God IS three souls, like scripture refers to individual persons as being a soul rather than having a soul?

I'm referring to a constituent part of God like a man HAS a soul rather than IS a soul. In that sense, does God have [a] soul(s), by your understanding?

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

Sorry, not trying to be vague I'm posting from my phone. In a few words, I'm careful of any situation viewed from the eyes of the flesh. We can see a form of good and bad by the law. The bible says for a man to lie with another man is wrong, but what if a soul deems being gay GOOD to him? Most choose the gold of the law and by it become rich. One may read the same out the bible and yet CHOOSE NOT TO EAT. God
who gave us freely all things to satisfy our souls. But what if one soul chooses to be gay. Is this evil for him? He is only what he is. I can picture the typical verses posted now. But if we can SEE the good in the law, how is it then hope?

As far as a particular Bible, I use a KJV, but anyone will do. Brought a concordance but I don't use it. I don't believe that knowledge comes from the understanding of the word on the page, but in understanding the Spirit which spoke it. So if I am made in the image of that which is unseen, understanding for me now comes from within.

Now I'm not gay, so naturally I can see that by nature that it is wrong. I love women. But for one who is, for him to go outside of what his soul deemed good, such a one begins to build an image outside of himself. He does this out of FEAR and not love by faith in only being who he was. For me to then condemn such a one by my gains by that outside of myself, even when it is based on a form of the good out of the law, it is not done out of love but ignorance.

All well and good; I just don't really have any idea what your basic understandings are regarding God and His nature or constitution, etc.

Your view seems to include subjective rather objective principles of truth and conduct. I'm just trying to get a baseline since it's non-orthodox.

 

[trust_in_the_name]

In all of the references to His soul in scripture it only uses the word in the singular form, so I would therefore say that He has one soul, as is revealed. If He has any more than that, it is not something that is revealed in scripture. Scripture does speak of the seven spirits of God, a fact which we cannot discount, but these are spirits, not souls, whatever the distinction may be.

 

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

PneumaPsucheSoma I got an answer....i might be wrong but i got an answer....

ok look up what soul means in the dictionary it is not the same as Spirit (I already knew that)

here i will post it......
Soul means "the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal."
second look up "a person's moral or emotional nature or sense of identity "

So my guess is God has no soul as the Father.....but since Jesus took and became a man God does have a soul....well the Son of man

So, your understanding is that God has a soul and it's in Jesus.