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Lesson No.______

Man is a tripartite being.  He has three aspects of his being which are, the spirit, the soul, and the body (I Thes. 5:23).  The spirit and the soul are inseparable but they can be separated from the body.  The separation of the spirit and the body is called "physical death" (James 2:26).  When the separation occurs, the spirit and the soul will remain conscious, but the body will gradually decay and be turned to dust (Ecclesiastes 3:20;12:7).  A man who is physically alive, yet his spirit is not right with God is called in the Bible "spiritually dead" (I Tim. 5:6).  The spirit of God regenerates a man's spirit at the point he believes in Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior (Eph. 2:1).  When such happens, God's spirit will begin working and influencing the believer's life through his regenerated spirit (Romans 8:16).

I. THE SOUL IS DISTINCT AND CAN BE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY.

   1. What is one of the bad causes of the death of human body as mentioned in
        Matthew 10:28?________________________________
  2. What aspect of man as mentioned in Matthew 10:28 which other men cannot kill or
      destroy?______________
  3. Who is able to destroy both soul and body?________________________________
  4. Is the soul distinct from the body?_____ Why? Luke 12:4-5____________________
      _____________________________________________________________________
  5. What was the prayer of Elijah for the dead child? I Kings 17:21 _________________
  6. Did the child's soul leave his body? v. 21 ___________________________________
  7. Did the soul of the child return to his body? I Kings 17:22 ____________________
  8. Will the soul be separated from the human body at the point of death?
      Luke 16:19-31______

II. THE SPIRIT IS DISTINCT AND CAN BE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY

  1. What gives life to a good and complete body?
      James 2:26; Genesis 2:7 ______________
  2. Can a body live without a spirit? James 2:26 ________________________________
  3. What are the two aspects of man mentioned in these passages?
      I Corinthians 6:20; 7:34 _________________________________________________
  4. What will happen to the body when the spirits leaves it? Ecclesiastes 12:7; 3:20
      ________________________________________________________________
  5. When a Christian dies, where would his spirit go? II Cor. 5:1__________________
  6. When the believer's spirit is already absent from the body, with whom will it be
      present?___________________________________________________________
  7. What was the prayer of Stephen  during the few moments before his death? Acts
      7:59 _______________________________________________________________
  8. Can a Christian's body be destroyed by God's chastisement and yet his spirit is
      saved? I Corinthians 5:1-5 _______________________________________________

III. THE SOUL  AND THE SPIRIT ARE DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER , BUT
       INSEPARABLE

  1. What aspects of the total man are given equal importance in God's
      sanctification and preservation? I Thes. 5:23 _____________________________
  2. Is the spirit distinct from the soul? Heb. 4:12 _______________________________
  3. What does the Bible call a man who is physically alive but his spirit is not right
      with God? Eph. 2:1 _____________________________________________________
  4. What part of man does the Holy Spirit regenerate to bring spiritual
     consciousness  and understanding to the soul? John 3:6; Rom. 8:16 __________
  5. Have the spirit and the soul consciousness? Lk. 1:46-47 _____________________
  6. What has been the experience of the rich man in Luke 16:19-31, after he ( soul
      and spirit ) departed from his body which died and was buried in the grave?
      _________________________________________________________
  7. Since the consciousness of the spirit and the soul cannot go into separate direction
      and obtain contrasting experiences, does this teach us that they're inseparable?
      _______________