Dennis Gaylor (7 March 2012)
"Re: Lyn Mize's Spirit vs. soul salvation article"


 

I am confused about "Spirit vs. soul salvation" by Lyn Mize. If, as in the
first snippet, our souls are what makes a person "everything we are as a
person" - then how will the spirit that goes to heaven be "a perfect
individual...with perfect health, a perfect body, and be totally and
completely obedient to God"- and still have the essence of who we are as a
person (as defined by his definition of a soul)?
Will this "saved spirit" be a clone or robot of me? I don't understand...

Snippets (Quotations are mine):

"...The soul is our identity as a person. It is our WILL, EMOTIONS,
PERSONALITY, DESIRES, INTELLECT AND EVERYTHING WE ARE AS A PERSON...
...The souls of all Christians must perish at some point in time. We can
either choose to LOSE OUR SOULS NOW, or we can wait until the Judgment
Seat of Christ and LOSE THEM THEN...
...If we do this now, the new souls or persons that we are when we get to
the Judgment Seat of Christ will not perish or die, and we will receive
great reward...
...It is important to understand that the Judgment Seat of Christ is NOT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHO ENTERS INTO HEAVEN...
...Our body is what is used to manifest or display our lives. Our souls or
lives are lived in our bodies, and other people know what we are as
persons by the action of our bodies...
...The mind is one aspect of the soul...
...Please remember that the spirits of regenerates are already dead, so
THE DEATH OR PERISHING OF THE SPIRIT IS NEVER ADDRESSED IN SCRIPTURE AS A
FUTURE EVENT. The Scriptures only address the perishing or death of the
body or the soul..
...Matt.5:46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do
not even the publicans the same? This summation verse confirms that Jesus
is addressing the judgment of the works of believers for the purpose of
rewards, and not the eternal destiny of their spirits...
...The Christian has a choice to make. He can live in accordance with the
old nature and die, or he can live his life in accordance with the life of
Christ, and he will attain unto or lay hold onto eternal life. ETERNAL
LIFE PERTAINS TO THE SOUL AND NOT THE SPIRIT...
...If a Christian's soul perishes at the Judgment Seat of Christ, this
results in the loss of reward and glory in the coming kingdom. The
Christian will still be in heaven, but without any authority in the
kingdom...
...ETERNAL LIFE REQUIRES WORKS, and the Scriptures confirm this many
times, but it must be remembered that "ETERNAL LIFE" AND "GOING TO HEAVEN"
ARE NOT THE SAME THING...
...The Christian's spirit has been made alive by the work of the Holy
Spirit. REPENTANCE WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT for this regeneration to take
place. It was the Holy Spirit's work, and THE INDIVIDUAL HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT. Repentance is a work that a person can perform after he has been
spiritually regenerated.
   When a person is spiritually regenerated, he is given the gift of
faith, and he believes in the Lord Jesus Christ. THIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT
THE PERSON BELIEVES that Jesus' death on the cross was the payment for
that person's sin. In addition, it means that THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL MOST
CERTAINLY BE IN HEAVEN, AND WHEN HE IS IN HEAVEN, HE WILL BE LIKE JESUS
CHRIST. THIS MEANS HE WILL BE A PERFECT INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE SINLESS,
PERFECT AND COMPLETE. THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE IN PERFECT HEALTH WITH A
PERFECT BODY, AND HE WILL BE TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY OBEDIENT TO GOD...
...Every person, saved and unsaved, will have a conscious existence
forever, either in heaven or hell..."

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2012/lydiaf36.htm

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Dennis G