In this message we are going to examine the makeup of the soul. Public schools, colleges, and universities focus on the physical body. They focus on educating students on the design of the body and how it functions. But secular educations fail to acknowledge that a human being is much more than a physical body. It is a willful blend of stupidity to ignore the spiritual aspect which plays such a large in our lives.

It is a well-known fact that the physical brain dies when the physical body passes away. The whole body is put into the grave or cremated, meaning if the real you were located in the physical brain, you would cease to exist at death.

The Bible states the soul has a complete body in the spiritual dimension. It features a torso, legs, feet, arms, hands, and a head that contains the soul brain. Talents, skills and emotions are found in the soul brain.

All thinking takes place in the soul brain. It is like a computer with the caveat that the soul brain has a free will and can-do things on its own. However, when God creates a soul, the soul brain comes pre-loaded with several programs like trust, love, faith, knowledge of right and wrong, and language learning ability.

The physical brain is a replica of the soul brain with its conscious and sub-conscious parts. When a person is exposed to traumas, the subconscious mind is affected because this is where memories are stored. A trauma creates a wound in the soul that in turn affects the way a person behaves. Demons will attach themselves to the soul brain, warping its function so that the victim becomes controlled by the Kingdom of Satan.

The spirit of a man is connected to the soul, but because of the Adamic sin, a human is born with a dead spirit. When a person accepts Christ as Lord and Savior, the dead spirit is immediately born again. It is through the spirit that a person can pray and communicate with God.

When the body dies, the soul/spirit (the real person) is taken to heaven, and with it you will take all your memories, knowledge, and skills. A person that is not born again, his soul and dead spirit will be taken to hell, and he too will take his memories, knowledge and skills. The difference is that in hell, there is no work, just torment.

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Yours in Christ,

Pastor John S. Torell