Immortality or Resurrection (Updated) by William West (reading strategies book .TXT) 📖

SPIRIT APART
FROM GOD IS SEPARATED FROM GOD BUT NOT DEAD." DEATH IS
REMOVED FROM THIS PASSAGE AND REPLACED WITH LIFE
SEPARATED FROM GOD. It is changed to teach something that is not even
close to what it says.
PASSAGES IN WHICH "SOUL" [psukee]
IS USED AS IF IT IS THE SAME AS "SPIRIT" [pneuma]
[1]. LOSING LIFE [SOUL] or SAVING LIFE [SOUL]
Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:37
Those who believe the soul to be immortal and cannot die also believe it is the soul
that must be saved or lost. To them, to lose your soul means you will go to Hell;
therefore, to "lose his SOUL [psukee] for my sake" means going to Hell for Christ. Their
own definition of "lose his soul" is going to Hell. Do they think anyone will go to Hell
for Christ's sake? If "psukee" means an immortal something in a person that will live
forever in Heaven or Hell and they lose their SOUL [psukee] for Christ, going to Hell for
Him would be just what this passage would say they would do.
BY TODAY'S THEOLOGY DOES LOSING THE SOUL SAVE IT? Christ says,
"For whosoever would save his PSUKEE [soul or life] shall lose it: and whosoever shall
lose his PSUKEE [soul - life] for my sake shall find it. For what shall a man be profited,
if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his PSUKEE [soul - life]? Or what shall a
man give in exchange for his PSUKEE [soul-life]?" TO LOSE ONES LIFE FOR
CHRIST'S SAKE IS TO LOSE IT BECAUSE OF BEING FAITHFUL TO CHRIST
AND MANY DID IN THE FIRST CENTURY. Those who lose there life for Christ will
find eternal life at the judgment. BUT, IF PSUKEE IS AN IMMORTAL SOUL, WILL
SOME LOSE THEIR IMMORTAL SOUL BECAUSE THEY ARE FAITHFUL TO
CHRIST? IN TODAY'S THEOLOGY, "SAVE THE SOUL" IS TO SAVE IT FROM
HELL, AND "LOSE THE SOUL" IS TO LOSE IT IN HELL. WHEN THIS PASSAGE
IS USED TO PROVE A PERSON HAS AN IMMORTAL "immaterial, invisible part of
man" THAT WILL NEVER DIE, IT MAKES CHRIST SAY:
1. "Whosoever would SAVE his immaterial invisible immoral soul from Hell will
LOSE his immaterial invisible immoral soul in Hell."
2. "Whosoever would LOSE his immaterial invisible immoral soul in Hell will
SAVE his immaterial invisible immoral soul from Hell."
Those who say the soul is immortal also say we lose it when we sin, and save it when
we obey Christ. If they were right, the only way we could lose our souls for Christ's sake
would be for us to sin. According to them the only possible way to lose our "immortal
soul" is to sin; then did Christ say we were to sin to save our soul? No, it is life some
would lose BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT SIN AND ARE FAITHFUL TO CHRIST, not
lose some immaterial, invisible immortal part of them selves BECAUSE THEY DO SIN
AND ARE NOT FAITHFUL TO CHRIST. The promise that the PSUKEE [soul-life]
will be saved when it is sacrificed for Christ makes no sense if the soul is some
"immaterial, invisible" undying part of a person. How could we lose it for Christ's sake?
"He that loves his PSUKEE [life] loses it; and he that hates his PSUKEE [life] in this
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world shall keep it unto life eternal" [John 12:25]. How do they think a person could lose
the only part of his or her self that they say cannot die? When a person has sinned and
"lost his soul," does that person have a living body with no soul in it? Christ was saying
that gaining much would profit us nothing if we lose our life-our very existence. All
who die without being in Christ have lost their psukee [life], they will not put on
immortality at the resurrection; they will not have eternal life in Heaven. After the
judgment and second death, they will have lost their very existence.
"On what authority many have translated the word psukee in the twenty-fifth verse life, and in
this verse (26) soul I know not; but I am certain it means life in both places." Adam Clarke.
Epaphroditus hazarded "his PSUKEE [life]" [Philippians 2:30]. Judas and Silas have
"hazarded their PSUKEE [lives] for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" [Acts 15:26-27].
They could put their life in danger for the sake of Christ. Many put their life in danger
and lost their life for preaching Christ, but how could they risk an immortal part of a
person that cannot die, and no man can see it or kill it? Paul says, "But I hold not my
PSUKEE [soul-life] of any account as dear unto myself" [Acts 20:24]. If this psukee is an
inter being which has immortality from our birth, Paul must not have thought it not to be
of any account, or not worth much. Just as have been said about other passages, today's
theology that says psukee means an "immaterial, invisible part of man" makes these
passages be nonsense.
[2]. "WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE [not sell]
IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL."
Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:37 This passage is used to show that a person has an undying
soul that is of more value than the entire world, but many will sell their PSUKEE
"SOUL" for very little. Does it teach this? The American Standard Version and most
other translations, translates "PSUKEE" into "LIFE,'' not "SOUL" as the King James
does. A man can give all he has to someone about to take his life to get that someone to
let him live, but he could in no way give anything in exchange for an immortal inter part
of himself which cannot die. THINK ABOUT THIS. HOW COULD ANYONE BUY OR
SELL AN "IMMATERIAL, INVISIBLE" IMMORTAL PART OF ANOTHER
PERSON WHICH HE CANNOT SEE AND IT CAN NEVER DIE? It would be
impossible for anyone to give anything in exchange for it.
"Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?" WHEN "PSUKEE" IS MADE
TO BE AN INTER IMMORTAL PART OF A PERSON THAT CANNOT DIE, THEN
WOULD NOT GIVING SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE FOR IT BE BUYING ONES
WAY INTO HEAVEN? Frequently, in sermons and invitations, I have heard "what
would a man give in exchange for his life" changed to "what would a man sell his
immortal soul for." To give something in exchange for something is to buy it, not sell it.
"Give" [pay, to give money or something] is changed to "sell" [to take money]. It is
changed to say the opposite of what it does say to make it say what many want it to say.
There is not one word in this verse about a person, or a part of a person being tormented
forever. THIS PASSAGE IS ABOUT HOW A MAN WOULD PAY ALL HE HAS IN
EXCHANGE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS OF LIFE, BUT WOULD "FORFEIT HIS
LIFE" IN HEAVEN IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PLEASURE OF SIN. The wages of sin
is death [Romans 6:23]. Do not take the pleasures of sin for a few years in exchange for
your life in Heaven as many do. When it is translated right, as in the American Standard
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Version and many others, not even the word "soul" as it is used in today's theology is not
in this verse.
[3]. SOUL REQUIRED Luke 12:19-21
"And I will say to my LIFE [Greek psukee], LIFE [psukee], you have much goods lain
up for many years: take your ease, eat, drink, be merry. But, God said unto him, You
foolish one, this night is your LIFE [psukee] required of you; and the things which you
have prepared, whose shall they be? So is he that lies up treasure for himself, and is not
rich toward God." It is not eternal torment that will be required of them but life. The New
International Version reads, "And I'll say to MYSELF [Greek psukee-life], 'YOU [Greek
psukee-life] have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat drink
and be merry' But, God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your LIFE [Greek psukee]
will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
This is how it will be with anyone whom stores up things for himself [puts the world
ahead of God] but is not rich toward God." Those who believe souls are immortal use
this to prove there will be life after death. They say this life must be from the time of
death onward and never end, but it does not say either. There will be a resurrection and
judgment of all, not just those in Christ. After the judgment, those who have laid up
treasure for them self on earth, and are not rich toward God, their life will be required of
them. CHRIST COULD NOT HAVE SAID ANY PLAINER THAT LIFE [not torment]
WOULD BE REQUIRED OF THOSE NOT RICH TOWARD GOD. IT WOULD
MAKE NO SENSE IF THIS PSUKEE WERE AN UNDYING IMMORTAL SOUL.
HOW COULD THE ONLY PART OF A PERSON THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER BE
REQUIRED OF HIM?
"YOUR soul [life-psukee] required of YOU." Who is the "your" and "you"? They
could not be the soul for then it would be saying the "soul" is required of the "soul."
"Your" is the person whose life will be required. The Soul, as the word is used today,
was never required of anyone. Psukee in the New Testament is never an undying
"immaterial, invisible part of man." Life will be required of the sinner, not an undying
soul.
[4]. God is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna
Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:5
See Gehenna in chapter four, second occasion.
[5]. Souls under the altar Revelation 6:9
See chapter eight, part three.
PASSAGES THAT DO NOT HAVE "SPIRIT"
OR "SOUL" IN THEM
BUT ARE USED TO PROVE A PERSON HAS AN IMMORTAL SPIRIT /SOUL.
Some passages are said to "imply" that a person has an immortal soul/spirit but do not
state it. They base their doctrine on what they think is implied, not on what is said; based
only on the assumption that there is such a thing an immaterial invisible no substance
something in mankind that is not immortal.
[1]. THE THIEF ON THE CROSS Luke 23:43
DID THE THIEF KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE KINGDOM AND THAT
CHRIST WAS TO BE RESURRECTED THAT AT THAT TIME NO OTHERS
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KNEW, NOT EVEN THE TWELVE? From Matthew one to Acts two it was believed
that the Christ was to restore the kingdom to Israel and sit on the throne of David and be
a king on this earth.
• Herod thought Jesus was to was born to be an earthly "king of the Jews" and "slew
all the male children that were in Bethlehem" [Matthew 3:1-16] to keep Jesus
from replacing him as king of an earthly kingdom.
• "And Jesus said unto him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be
left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.’ And as he seat
on the Mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and
Andrew asked him privately, tell us, when shall THESE THINGS be?" [Mark
13:2-3]. The disciples, thinking of what the Lord had said, asked two questions,
which they supposed both would be at the same time. “When shall THESE
THINGS You speak of be and what shall be the sign that THESE THINGS are
about to come to pass?” AT THE TIME THEY ASKED THESE
QUESTIONS THEY DID NOT BELIEVE OR KNOW THAT JESUS
WOULD BE PUT TO DEATH OR THAT HE WOULD BE GOING BACK
TO HEAVEN AND COMING A SECOND TIME. THE DISCIPLES STILL
THOUGHT THE CHRIST WOULD RESTORE THE EARTHY
KINGDOM OF ISRAEL JUST AS ALL THE JEWS DID. "And they