Genesis 2:7 (MSG) GOD formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Matthew 16:26-27 (NIV) 26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
Matthew 10:28 (NIV) Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Apart from God Himself, the nearest thing to God is a human soul.--A. W. Tozer
The Quotable Tozer – The Tozer Quotable II: More Wise Words with a Prophetic Edge, comp. Harry Verploegh, (Camp Hill, PA: WingSpread Publishers, 2007), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 13.
