The Soul
Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].
Acts 2:41
Those then who received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls.
Man was made not only with a spirit but also with a mind to understand God (Luke 24:45; Rom. 12:2). To contact God, to receive God, and to contain God is one thing, but to understand God is another thing. We have a spirit to receive God but we also have a soul, a psuche. In referring to people, the Bible calls them souls (Exo. 1:5; Acts 2:41). Every person is a soul. We are a psychological being, a soul, with the faculty of understanding. God created man with a mind, a part of the soul, so that man could understand God. The understanding is the function of the mind. Luke 24:45 says that the Lord opened the mind of the disciples to understand the Scriptures. This is a very good verse proving that we need to understand God.
Basic Lessons on Life,19-20, by Witness Lee.
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