Soul is living creation, like Adam was a lifeless body until the breathe of life was breathed into him (spirit) which made him a soul.
Look at these verses http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=soul&version1=49&searchtype=all&wholewordsonly=yes to understand that the SOUL is the mind, will and emotions of a person, not a 'living creation'. God created man WITH a soul. The soul cannot function without a body. Animals have a soul, but not a spirit (unless they are hosting demons (Mt 8)
Souls die, (as much as many disagree), the flood story is only one of many that confirm souls die, (only 8 souls survived...meaning the rest died)
Eight PEOPLE WITH their souls, lived. Souls die when people die (see Ps 116) Ezekiel 18:4
"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine The soul who sins will die.
refers to spiritual death, not ceasing in its existance.
spirit is a few things.. most talked of in the bible are .. as above.. the life giving force that god gives when life is started.
spirit is also docrtrine.. as john talks about in 1john4..
read the whole thing and find no 'doctrine of the spirit'. know them by their spirits, he means know them by their doctrines and judge them so of it.
No, it means to DISCERN if the spirit is from God or from the kingdom of darkness. Spirits do not preach or teach doctrine, except for Holy Spirit, our counselor and teacher. I get what you're meaning, but that isn't what you said.
holy spirit is gods power to do what he wills.
No. God is SPIRIT (John 4:24). He IS power. Holy Spirit IS part of God and not something that the Father gets any power from. Scripture says the HE is Mighty...not that He gets His might from anything. Revelation 11:17
saying, "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the
Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken
Your great power and have begun to reign.