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.
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