According to what the the bible really teaches;Are You Immortal, or Not?

Question

When it comes to what is in the Bible, most persons think first of all about what it may say concerning them and their future. What often comes to mind is something they may have heard from childhood on, that each person has within him an immortal soul; most churches teach that. Thus many people hope that when they die their soul will go to heaven to be with God.

But times are changing. An increasing number of clergymen and theologians world wide are admitting these Biblical truths long championed in The Watchtower. Note these examples:
Oscar Cullmann, professor of the Theological Faculty of the University of Basel and of Paris’ Sorbonne, writes:

“If we were to ask an ordinary Christian today . . . what he conceives to be the New Testament teaching concerning the fate of man after death, with few exceptions we should get the answer: ‘The immortality of the soul.’ Yet this widely accepted idea is one of the greatest misunderstandings of Christianity.”—Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead (1958), p. 15.

Baptist theologian Dr. Robert Laurin explains:

“The New Testament does not teach immortality of the disembodied ‘soul’ of Platonic thought. The ultimate destiny of man is in a body in an earthly locale.”—The Expository Times, February 1961, p. 132.

Robert Koch, Catholic professor of Old Testament in Rome, writes:

“The soul does not exist as an independent mass in the body, as though in a prison, from which it would be liberated at death. The ‘soul’ is the man in his totality. Man does not have a soul, he is a soul.”—Teologia della redenzione in Genesi 1-11 (1966), p. 69.

“Friar” Pierre Pascal writes in France’s La Vie Catholique:

“The Bible teaches that when a man dies, his entire person dies. However, he does have the promise of emerging from death’s nothingness and of being restored to life at the end of time by a resurrection.”—July 1975, p. 37.

Some persons may be surprised that Their clergymen admit such things , Well, Jesus knew that the dead Lazarus was unconscious, as the Bible says: “The dead . . . are conscious of nothing at all.” (Eccl. 9:5) But just as a living person can be awakened from a deep sleep, so Jesus was going to show that, by means of God’s power given to him, his friend Lazarus could be awakened from death

Answer 1

Another deep thought to complement your question. First of all no, no human has an immortal soul. We can say that Lazarus was and is one of the 144,000 chosen ones that is going to rule with Jesus in heaven. But even him or his kind do not have an immortal soul, because like one of the brothers already mentioned, when Jesus brought him back to life, Lazarus didn't say why did you resurrect me ? I was better in heaven then in this world full of persecution and hate. No he didn't say anything the Bible just says that he woke up from his sleep. When Lazarus and all the other chosen ones do receive immortality, it is when they will be transformed ( or re-created) as indestructible spirit creatures, they will receive glorious bodies compared to the angels who will remain as mortals. According to Revelation 1:10 this will take place in the Lord's Day a period of time that started in 1914 according to Bible prophecy and the Bible chronology, and will end in the war of Armageddon.

Answer 2

All life does not have a spirit and the spirit is not immortal. You know a little about the Bible, study a little more and you will see that the spirit can die. Only man has a spirit in man which can be saved if it meets certain requirements. The spirit in man combines with the mind of man which gives man the ability to think and reason. No other creature on earth has the spirit of man except man.. If the spirit of man was put in a dog or monkey then they would be able to understand the workings of an automobile or understand why a plane can fly. Animals only have animal instinct and can learn to a slight degee but you won't be able to teach them that 2X2=4. Sure you see on TV where it looks like a dog is doing arithmetic but within the society of man there are many tricks. The dog is merely taught to bark at the board and when the board is taken away, the dog stops barking. Put 2x2 on a board and put it in front of the dog and he will bark till you take the board away soi iut is man that is really answering the question, not the dog. The society of man is full of lies and deceit and often times it's hard to decide truth from fiction. The best source of truth is the Bible but the Bible is a coded book so you have to learn the code. Mountains are often countries, hills are often smaller nations, woman is often church, etc.

Answer 3

JESUS’ good friend Lazarus has died. Yet Jesus is telling his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.”



“Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well,” the disciples reply.



At that Jesus explains plainly to them: “Lazarus has died.”



Why did Jesus say Lazarus was sleeping when actually he had died? What happens at death? A look at Jesus’ visit to see Lazarus will help to answer these questions.



When Lazarus’ sister Martha learns that Jesus is approaching, she runs to meet him. Soon her sister Mary and all their friends also come out to meet Jesus. When Jesus sees their sorrow, he weeps. He asks: “Where have you laid him?”



When they get to the memorial tomb—it is a cave, and a stone is lying against it—Jesus says: “Take the stone away.” At this Martha protests, as you can see, saying: “Lord, by now he must smell.” It had been four days since Lazarus died. However, at Jesus’ encouragement the stone is removed.



After praying to God, Jesus calls out: “Lazarus, come on out!” And he does! He comes out alive, still wrapped in graveclothes. “Loose him and let him go,” Jesus says.—John 11:11-44.



Now think about this: What was Lazarus’ condition during those four days he was dead? Had he been in heaven? He was a good man. Yet he did not say anything about being in heaven, which surely he would have done if he had been there. No, Lazarus was really dead, even as Jesus said he was. Then why did Jesus at first tell his disciples that Lazarus was only sleeping?



So, even as a person in a very deep sleep remembers nothing while he is asleep, it is similar with the dead. They experience no sensations whatsoever. They no longer exist. But, in God’s due time, the dead who are ransomed by God will be raised to life. Surely this knowledge should motivate us to want to win God’s favor so that we will come within his provision for a resurrection to life.—John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15.

Answer 4

I was noticing the dates of these comments, seems like if anyone cared to look, & take their blinders off they could get proof that there is no immortal soul a long time ago.



The Jehovah's Witnesses have know for along time that there is no immortal soul, it was & is a pagan belief.



It also explains that ones that are blind, are happy in the darkness, the light scares them.



It just goes to prove once a cougar, always a cougar, that's my wife's way of saying a leopard can't change it's spots.

Answer 5

Yes, immortality is a basic Christian doctrine shared by over 95% of all Christians.



Catholics believe that the soul is the spiritual part of a human.



The soul is the essential nature of human consciousness and freedom.



Soul and body together form one unique human being.



Each human soul is individual and immortal, immediately created by God at the moment of conception.



The soul does not die with the body, from which it is separated by death, and with which it will be reunited in the final resurrection.



For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 363 and following: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1art1p6.shtml#363



With love in Christ.

Answer 6

Immortal (ἀφθάρτῳ). Lit. incorruptible. In Paul, applied to God only, Rom. 1:23.

Vincent, M. R. (2002). Word studies in the New Testament (4:213). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.



23.126 ἀθανασία, ας f: the state of not being subject to death (that which will never die)—‘immortality.’ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων, ὁ μόνος ἔχων ἀθανασίαν ‘the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal’ 1 Tm 6.15–16. The clause ‘who alone is immortal’ may be expressed in some languages as simply ‘he is the only one who never dies’ or ‘he is the only one who always exists.’



23.127 ἀφθαρσίαa, ας f: the state of not being subject to decay, leading to death—‘immortal, immortality.’ ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ‘it will be raised immortal’ 1 Cor 15.42. It is possible to translate this clause as ‘it will be raised and will never again die.’

In rendering ‘immortality’ it may be necessary to employ an entire clause, for example, ‘that people will not die.’ However, in 2 Tm 1.10 ‘life and immortality’ may be best understood as a phrase in which ‘immortality’ is a qualification of ‘life,’ and therefore one may translate ‘revealing immortal life through the gospel’ or ‘revealing by means of the good news the life that does not end.’



23.128 ἄφθαρτος, ον: pertaining to being not subject to decay and death—‘imperishable, immortal.’ καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι ‘and the dead will be raised immortal’ 1 Cor 15.52; ἐν τῷ ἀφθάρτῳ τοῦ πραέως καὶ ἡσυχίου πνεύματος ‘in the immortal character of a gentle and quiet spirit’ 1 Pe 3.4.

Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996, c1989). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament : Based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition.) (1:267). New York: United Bible societies.

Answer 7

Ezekiel 18

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.



So we are souls, we sin, we die. But for the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ we would stay in the grave. Jesus took the sins of all those who will believe and serve God, if they stay faithful.

Answer 8

Martha said,"It has been 4 days I know he must smell.This showed the body was decaying.Jesus said,"he will rise,she said I know he will in the resurrection on the last day.That last day is very important.He was asleep in the ground awaiting the resurrection Jesus neither disputed her word or corrected her.She was one of his disciples and knew the truth about the dead.

Answer 9

I don't get my morality from the bible so I wouldn't know.

Answer 10

yes...where you spend eternity is up for debate