of our temporary, material body from the eternal, immaterial part of our being, the spirit or soul. James 2:26 says, “The body without the spirit is dead,” but the opposite is not true. Our souls were created to live forever. The Bible says our bodies are dead without their immaterial part because the soul is what gives life to, or animates, the body. At his creation, Adam was just a shell made out of dust until God “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and [Adam] became a living being” (Genesis
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