Soul & Mind
What is a “soul”?
the spiritual part of a human being regarded as immortal. “Immortal” means a part that never dies.
What satisfies our desires of hunger?
Food
'In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.' John 14:2-3
What does this verse show about heaven?
Jesus refers to heaven here as his Father’s house with many many rooms, like a huge mansion. He tells his disciples before his death, that in heaven, each of us will have a prepared place for us, a place where we can be with Jesus, but also together.
What is the difference between "brain" and "mind"?
The brain is a physical thing. It’s made up of blood vessels and nerve cells. You can think of our brain like a laptop. It is a physical thing that can be touched and seen.
The mind doesn’t have a physical structure. It’s not something that you can touch. It’s where your imagination, ideas, creativity, and thoughts come from
Fill in the blank: "Creatures are not born with ____ unless satisfaction for those ___ exists" -C.S Lewis
desires
'Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!' Revelation 5:11-12
What does this verse show about heaven?
Heaven is a place where we worship God forever
If our brain is like a laptop, then our mind is like ______
software programs in a laptop like Zoom, Google Chrome and Kahoot
What is our greatest desire has human beings?
Love
'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.' Revelation 21:4
What does this verse show about heaven?
From this text we learn heaven will be a place where pain, suffering, and death doesn’t exist anymore
What are the 2 arguements for us having a soul
We are more than just our physical brains, we have free will
If I find in myself a ____ which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for ____ ____.
desire, another world
'And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.' Revelation 21:3
What does this verse show about heaven?
Heaven is a place where we will be with God forever
How does the existence of a soul point to life after death?
If we are more than just our physical bodies then there must be something after death. Soul also is the spiritual part of us that is importal, meaning that it never dies
Why is heaven the only thing that can satisfy our desires for love?
Love demands eternity and that cannot be satisfied on earth so it must be satisfied somewhere else like heaven, where things are eternal
What is one of the 2 ways that we can believe in life after death? Bonus: What is the other way?
1. The existence of our souls points to a life after death - or in other words, heaven.
2. Our desires point to the existence of heaven.