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“Do A Man's Sins Affect His Soul?”
Categories: Daily Living, Sin“Do A Man’s Sins Affect His Soul?”
Jarrod Jacobs
Those who believe in the impossibility of apostasy argue that sins of the flesh do not affect the condition of the soul. In other words, the things the “outer man” might do has no effect on the “inner man”. Thus, the soul, cannot be lost because of the deeds or sins performed by the flesh. Does this sound like something you have heard before? It pains me to say this, but such teaching is false. In fact, there are several passages in the New Testament that shows this type of thinking is false (Matt. 15:18-19; II Cor. 7:1; Col. 3:5-6; Eph. 5:3-6; Rom. 8:12-13; Gal. 5:19-21, 6:7-8).
However, in studying the Bible, I have found two passages that are especially easy to understand on this subject. The first is, “Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul” (I Pet. 2:11). Peter’s statement here shows that the sins of the flesh affect the soul. In fact, they “war against the soul.” Further, in II Corinthians 5:10, we read, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” Could language be plainer? We will be judged by Christ according to what our flesh has done! How then can anyone argue that sins of the flesh do not jeopardize the destiny of the soul?
