Fellowship With God

To birds and beasts, God gave the breath of life but into man, He inserted a soul. From the dust, God made man in His image and it is this soul that makes mankind whole. Our eternal being rests in our souls. Consciousness therein lies with each person Some folks don’t realize they have a soul; for it's their body they are immersed in. When Adam and Eve defied their Creator, over their soul, His spirit quit hovering They had been unresponsive to His will and their body thus lost its covering. The connection with God, man’s spirit, had died yet their body and soul remained alive. The soul had a new-found mind of its own apart from the plan that God had devised. The redemption of souls is essential to understanding that life is eternal. Body and spirit are destined for death; the soul is our seed, undying kernel. The question remains – the soul’s salvation? Christ’s death on the cross pardoned our sin; restoring the connection with God’s spirit which indwells all those who want His life therein. When the body dies without a spirit the soul goes straight to dwell in the abyss, resting there 'til the Creator chooses to inquire whence the spirit went amiss. When the body that dies has Christ’s spirit that soul goes straight into God’s keeping to that heavenly place of rest called home where we’ll serve Him with all of our being. In Christ’s resurrection, believers have hope. His Spirit guides the soul back into line with what God always wanted - fellowship with His creation, with all things benign. That’s why I praise Him, the Lord of my soul. Christ is risen, Hallelujah, I sing. That is why I tell you, you can be whole by believing in Christ, by making Him King. written May 10, 2016