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God, through Paul, said in Romans 6:23:
23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And God, through James, said in James 1:15:
15. . . . and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
There are at least three different kinds of death: physical, spiritual, and eternal. The last two are the most important, although after the first one, no one can do anything more that will have any effect on the last two. Only in this present life, before physical death, can we do anything to effect or remedy whether we are spiritually dead and will be eternally dead.
As I have stated in my previous posts, the sin or rebellion of Adam and Eve brought forth their spiritual death and ultimately their physical death. If they were forgiven, they are in heaven. If not, they are in hell awaiting the judgment that has them cast into the lake of fire, which is called "the second death" (Revelation 20:14; 21:8; also referred to in Rev. 2:11; 20:6). That is what I call "eternal death." In Rev. 20:12, John says, "I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God..." In his vision, John saw the "dead" stand before God. That would either be referring to the physically dead who at that point had been resurrected, or the spiritually dead, who had never been born again (born spiritually), standing before God. In any event, their names are not written in the Book of Life, so they are cast into the lake of fire.
When we consider a person's body, soul, and spirit, we might break it down thusly:
1. body - the physical aspect of a person. It is a person's tent, or temporary dwelling place, until he gets a new one "not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (2 Cor. 5:1-4). We get our new one at the resurrection. At that point we will no longer have any sin nature. That is when "the redemption of the body" (Romans 8:23) occurs, when "this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality" (1 Cor. 15:54). At that point, all taint of original sin will have been removed! No more death of any kind!! EVER!!!
2. spirit - the spiritual aspect of a person. It is a person's connection to God, his capacity to commune and have fellowship with God. It is broken by sin, that separates us sinful beings from a Holy, Righteous God. That broken connection is only connected by removal of the sin, and that is done only by payment for the sin. Only Jesus paid for that sin; He is the only sin-offering sent by the Father that is acceptable to the Father. Our acceptance of that offering opens the door to restored connection to God; rejection of it brings eternal judgment for sin.
3. soul - that is the nonphysical, nonspiritual aspect of a person---the real you. It is separate from the body and can live (or exist) when the body dies. Everyone has one, or IS one, and it never dies or ceases to exist. Jesus distinguished the soul and body in Matthew 10:28: "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Occasionally, "soul" and "spirit" are used interchangeably to simply refer to the nonphysical aspect of a person: "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" James 2:26. There "spirit" is just talking about breath, as in the expression, "he breathed his last," or as in the old expression we see in the Bible, "he gave up the ghost [or spirit]."
So, to answer your question, from Adam we got a body that is subject to death (i.e., mortal), and a soul, and a dead or nonexistent spirit. The first will be fully and totally restored at the resurrection. The last is remedied now by a new birth in Christ, when "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6).
Peace
what is original sin? some questions to the chrisitians and all are welcome to answer (OP)
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