Heb 4:12, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Gen 2:7, And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When God breathed into Adam's body the ruach (breath, spirit) of life, he became a living soul.
The combining of spirit and body made for a living soul being in Adam.
When the spirit is separated from the soul, it is because the soul is connected to the body and not to the born again spirit. If you are living by the flesh, then your soul is connected to your body and your born again spirit has no choice but to be separated from it.
If your spirit is connected to your body, then you are a living soul.
So then, in order to be whole, your spirit must be connected to the body and the living soul is the result.
But if your spirit is born again, it cannot be connected to a flesh that is sinful.
And scripture teaches us that the flesh is sinful (Romans 7:18, 1 John 1:8).
The only option is for your sinful flesh to be crucified therefore; so that it is dead to sin (Galatians 5:24, Romans 6:6-7).
Then your born again spirit can again be connected to your body; and you have a soul, in that your spirit is connected to your body.
If your spirit is divided from your soul, then you have lost your connection to your soul because we are a living soul when our spirit is connected to our body.
Because we are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body; but we are a soul in that our spirit is connected to our body.
Jesus said,
Mat 16:26, For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Gen 2:7, And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When God breathed into Adam's body the ruach (breath, spirit) of life, he became a living soul.
The combining of spirit and body made for a living soul being in Adam.
When the spirit is separated from the soul, it is because the soul is connected to the body and not to the born again spirit. If you are living by the flesh, then your soul is connected to your body and your born again spirit has no choice but to be separated from it.
If your spirit is connected to your body, then you are a living soul.
So then, in order to be whole, your spirit must be connected to the body and the living soul is the result.
But if your spirit is born again, it cannot be connected to a flesh that is sinful.
And scripture teaches us that the flesh is sinful (Romans 7:18, 1 John 1:8).
The only option is for your sinful flesh to be crucified therefore; so that it is dead to sin (Galatians 5:24, Romans 6:6-7).
Then your born again spirit can again be connected to your body; and you have a soul, in that your spirit is connected to your body.
If your spirit is divided from your soul, then you have lost your connection to your soul because we are a living soul when our spirit is connected to our body.
Because we are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body; but we are a soul in that our spirit is connected to our body.
Jesus said,
Mat 16:26, For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?