Will my Spirit go to heaven or my Soul?

 

 

 

 

Will my Spirit go to heaven or my Soul?

 

What kind of spirit did you show up on Earth with?

 

·   The Scriptures teach that man's spirit is the breath of God in Genesis 2:7, “Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” 

 

·   After man's fall, his spirit was dead, but he was very much alive.  So, man has a problem, he is living without God the Scriptures refer to that as flesh.

 

·   Ephesians 2:1-5, gives us a clear picture of what man looks like with a dead and live spirit.  “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.   But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,  even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace, you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus “  

 

·  Your spirit is already seated with Christ in the heavenly places in Christ.  Other Scripture that confirm this.

 

·   Galatian 2:20, 
“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I am now living in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Note: It is the Holy Spirit that now gives you the ability to want a relationship with Christ.

 

·    Romans 8:10, ^“But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.”  Note: the Holy Spirit

 

·    Colossians 3:3, “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Note: You have been enveloped in both God and Jesus.

·    Your spirit is already in heaven with Christ 

 

Scriptures teach that on death the soul goes to be with God, but the Body awaits the resurrections of the dead.

 

·    2 Corinthians 5:6-8, ^“So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,  for we walk by faith, not by sight.  Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.”

 

·    1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice