The following is developed from gnostic scriptures. Gnostic scriptures are books that were chosen to be left out of the current bible.
The topic is soul and spirit. Not many religions speak directly about the two forms of each of us. I think this knowledge helps some. I personally gained from it. So I brought together a few understandings to give an impression of what has been forgotten or ignored, or buried..by mainstream religion.
Last thing to say is, pray about whatever you read. Ask for discernment. There is something to gain from this, allow the Holy Spirit to decide what is worthy.
You are already in heavenly realms.
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Apocolapse of James 2
For He(the Father), knows the desire and also that which the flesh needs. Because it is not the flesh which yearns for the soul.
For without the soul the body does not sin, just as the soul is not saved without the Spirit.
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In the faithful generation we are in; the 'Holy Spirit' is sought out by the soul. The soul whom no longer wants to be led by the spirit of the individual in eternal realms. This (Holy Spirit) baptism, is to replace the desires of that spirit that the soul (of human generations) would/has generally reflected through the flesh.
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Apocolapse of James 2
For it is the spirit which animates the soul, but it is the body which kills it - that is, it is the soul which kills itself. Truly I say to you, the Father will not forgive the sin of the soul at all, nor the guilt of the flesh. For none of those who have worn the flesh will be saved.
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(Do we exist in the flesh, as a curse of condemnation? A curse then that Jesus broke, as the Holy One, making himself then a curse to redeem those spirits whom place their confidence in his authority.
But what is spirit and what is soul? Is spirit not our eternal form, and is not soul a reflection of it? And is not then our spirit of the Word, as all things came through that authority? And is not then the soul, a reflection of that spirit which denies the truth and acts on it's own? Amen!
Our soul is not what is eternal, it is our eternal spirit, which our soul is a reflection of. This flesh acts to embody the desires a soul brings through it. The eternal spirit of each soul is what animates, or; supplies acts to the soul.
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Gospel of Judas
Judas said to him, “Rabbi, what kind of fruit does this generation produce?”
Jesus said, “The souls of every human generation will die. When these people(a faithful generation), however, have completed the time of the (Kingdom of heaven) kingdom and the (Holy Spirit) spirit leaves them, their bodies will die but their souls will be alive, and they will be taken up.”(speaking of a faithful generation)
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This flesh, as some have felt, is the very hand of justice. As none can escape 'the sin of the soul at all, nor the guilt of the flesh.' 'The souls of every human generation will die.' Our judgement is already upon us. We are already bound to destruction, and only do we know salvation by believing it has come through the son.
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The Apocolapse of James 2
"Therefore, trust in me, my brethren; understand what the great light is. For a father does not need a son, but it is the son who needs the father - though I go to him. For the Father of the Son has no need of you."
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Like the good servant, we do the will of our master and carry forward no expectations. It is these acts faith that recognize the Father as righteous alone.
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Gospel of Thomas, saying 14
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Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves,
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and if you pray, you will be condemned,
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and if you give to charity, you will harm
your spirits.
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When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people take you in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among
them.
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After all, what goes into your mouth won't defile you; what comes out of your mouth will."
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But if in acts of faith, we bring sin upon our souls, condemn our souls, or harm our spirits, for the sake of bringing love to others, or, to glorify the will of the Father, then we are showing the truth can act through us by our knowledge of it, and, our faith in it. See? We cannot escape cost, so do we take cost upon ourselves, (soul and spirit), or do we place the cost of our desires on others.
There is no darkness that can overcome the light, there is no conviction for those who carry the truth, and none can come to harm who are within the truth. But we have to persevere, moment to moment, and this is where we are weak. The forgiveness of sin is the only redeeming that we recieve, and by that blood we place our hope.
The faithful generation I believe is the very few that after the ascension of Christ Jesus, served the truth with faithful loving acts. This generation is likely to be the last generation.
Human souls are reflections of the eternal images that guide them. We, essentially are the wickedness in heavenly realms. We are the fallen. And now the word fallen carries a clearer meaning. We are no longer complete, we are spirit with out truth and we are soul without faith. If our soul can find faith, then our spirit can seek truth. Salvation is not just souls going to heaven, it is two becoming one in the authority we abandoned.
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