Selling Your Soul to the Devil

Selling Your Soul to the Devil

Does a person really sell their soul to the devil? We hear a lot of talk regarding some celebrities, musicians and actors selling their soul to the devil. Can you really sell your soul to the devil? Let's think about it for a second... Is it that easy to sell your soul? Is it even possible?

The first thing we must do is ask the question what is a soul? Oftentimes, the words soul and spirit are used interchangeably. Today, there is a lot of confusion surrounding the two and many have come up with their own ideas and fascinations not according to the Bible, but rather from Hollywood movies which really gives us nothing more than further unanswered questions.

Let's take a look at some scriptures regarding the soul.

Genesis 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.”

Man became a living soul...man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7, (NKJV)“...And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”

I Corinthians 15:45, “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul...”

As we read in the scriptures above, a living being and a living soul are the same thing. And notice man became or made a living soul; thus, he wasn't given a soul, man is a soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

The spirit returns to God and the body returns to earth. Dust of the ground is the body. The breath of life is the spirit of God. The soul is the human being. It was the breath (Spirit) of God that brought Adam to life making him a living soul.

James 2:26, “For the body without the spirit is dead...”

Ezekiel 18:20, “The soul who sins shall die.”

Many believe the soul was placed in your body as they often show on television. If that be true, then our soul is sinning and not us. Thus, not making us responsible for our own actions. When you think about it, it's delusional. That would mean we have a little entity running around causing havoc in our body making us commit certain acts and crimes beyond our control.

There would be no more saying, “The Devil made me do it, but my soul made me do it!” Absolutely, absurd. The devil doesn't make us do anything, but rather gives us suggestions and whispers into performing certain acts or crimes (possession is a completely different scenario).

Revelation 16:3, “And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.”

If the soul is this bright shining light as often portrayed, how would it die? The spirit is the breath of life given to us by God our Creator. All souls who have the breath of life; that is, the breath of God are walking around on this earth. It's the Spirit of God, God's breath flowing into our nostrils that keep us alive. The spirit and the breath of life are the same thing flowing throughout all living souls on earth.

Luke 23:46, “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit...”

The spirit within us is the breath of life; therefore, Jesus was saying, Father into thy hands I commend my last breath. Without God's breath our bodies would be lifeless.

Matthew 10:28, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

The above verse tells us that even though man can kill us, the power of God can resurrect us from the dead. That power is the breath of life entering into our nostrils. Your spirit is that essence of God in you.

Let's suppose the soul was separate from the body. We still don't have control over our soul to sell or to kill it. And nobody else does either. Therefore, we can't sell something that isn't ours to begin with. The soul belongs to the Creator who created it and the Creator alone.

I Peter 3:20, “Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”

From the above verse the word souls is referred to as people.

Now that we have an understanding that the soul is our being. God breathed into Adam's nostrils and he became a living being. Our soul is us. When someone says, “I sold my soul?” We will know instantly that a person can't sell their soul. What the person is really saying is, “I sold myself.” One does not sell their soul; for the soul is them.

Perhaps what some are trying to say is, “I made a bargain with an entity. I made a deal with this entity to possess me and/or to be my muse in order to gain fame and fortune.” To take this even further, how does one make a deal with an unseen force? How can you say without a shred of a doubt that it isn't simply a part of you, a part of your imagination, or something you conjured into your psyche?

Nonetheless, we can't sell our soul to the devil, but a person can certainly bargain with the enemy. But taking a chance that the Creator God will destroy both soul and body. God will no longer give us the breath of life which is flowing through our body, and he can blot us out forever destroying both body and soul.

We don't know everything about this world or the universe above. We do know there are evil forces, gods made with hands, and possessed people in this world. How do we know this? If you are a Bible believer — the Bible tells you so. Do your due diligence, research and study, you'll be amazed at how much you learn.

To sell your soul is to bargain with the devil leading to eternal separation from God. Most often we must watch what we say and how we explain the text in which others are referring to; hence, the younger generation thinks in literal terms and this simply confuses them more believing the soul is a natural object...something that can be held or transformed when it is simply — us as human beings.