1. Beyond the Sunset
What is the soul?

2. Agenda Soul Definitions Does the soul exist outside the body?
Is the soul immortal?

3. Soul Definitions Substance of Life Group of People Spirit Genesis 2:7
Psalms 78:50
Group of People
1Peter 3:20
Spirit
Acts 2:27

4. Soul Definitions Distinct from “spirit”
Hebrews 4:12
I Thessalonians 5:23
DISCUSSION: In these verses, soul is distinctly different than spirit. What does soul represent here?

5. Does the soul exist outside the body?
The Claims
The dead “cease to exist”
The soul does not survive death
[The dead are] “wholly unconscious, being entirely out of existence except in God’s memory.” ~ J.F. Rutherford

6. Does the soul exist outside the body?
God of the living
Luke 20:37-38
Gathered unto his people
Genesis 25:8-10
DISCUSSION: What does “gathered unto his people” mean?
Genesis 11:28

7. Does the soul exist outside the body?
“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.”
C.S. Lewis(1898 – 1963)

8. Is the soul immortal? The claims
No Bible verse explicitly states the soul is immortal
Only God is immortal
1 Tim 6:14-16
Josephus stated, the Sadducees believed:
the soul was not immortal
there was no resurrection
there was no afterlife

9. Is the soul immortal? Logical Reasoning:
Major Premise: God is an immortal spirit
John 4:24; 1 Timothy 1:17
Minor Premise: We are the offspring of God
Acts 17:29; Genesis 1:27
Conclusion: Our image, that of an offspring, is an immortal spirit

10. Is the soul immortal? Death cannot kill the soul
Matthew 10:28
The cry of the martyrs
Revelation 6:9-10

11. Conclusion “Soul” has numerous definitions
The soul does live outside the body
The soul is immortal