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The soul is not immortal. This
verse says God is able to destroy it. The Greek word for “soul”
is psuche which
corresponds to the Hebrew word
nephesh meaning
BREATHING CREATURE. It refers to our temporary, physical life.
We see this proved in Genesis 2:7 where “God breathed into man
the breath of life and he became a living soul.” And, in
Ezekiel 18:14, 20, God shows us that “the soul that sins, it
shall die.”
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Men can kill the body (Gr. soma
meaning corpse or physical structure). Yet, Christ said that
“men are not able to destroy the soul.”
Why not? Paul states in Colossians 3:3
that though men kill the body, a Christian’s life is “hid with Christ in
God.” In other words, no man can stop God from resurrecting a Christian
to life.
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God has the power to kill the
body and to also destroy your life in the lake of fire. That’s
why Christ said we should fear God who is able to destroy both
our life AND body in hell (Gehenna fire). “Fear him, which
after he has killed has power to cast into Gehenna (Greek word)”
(Luke 12:5). When God resurrects the incorrigibly wicked and
casts them into the lake of fire, “This is the second death”
(Rev. 20:14). God will have destroyed their life because they
will never live again(Mal. 4:1, 3).
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