A soul is a person or an animal - Ecclesiastes 3:19 - for there is an outcome for humans and an outcome for animals; they all have the same outcome. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit. So man has no superiority over animals, for everything is futile. - - - - The difference between the soul of an animal and that of a human, is that humans are created with the choice of free will. They can choose to obey God, or not. Ezekiel 18:4 - Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so also the soul of the son — to me they belong. The soul who sins is the one who will die. - - - - What does God's Word, the Bible teach about the soul and the spirit? -
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