Hello and welcome back! So according to the bible, what is a soul? According to Gen. 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul".
So according to the bible a soul or rather a living soul consists of the the dust or dirt of the ground and the life giving breath of God.
And herein lies the fatal error of all that believe in the doctrine of the immortal soul, because the dirt, dust or body without the breath of life ceases to be a Living Soul. So why do most Preacher teach that the soul of a dead loved one has gone to heaven, while their dead body is in the grave? This is because either they are deceived, or worse yet ignorant of the scriptures.
A body, dust, dirt alone does not make a living soul and vice versa the breath of life alone does not make a living soul. The body or dirt/dust must have the breath of life to be a living soul. In Ez. 18:20 we read " The Soul the sinneth, it shall die" and if you read all of verses 20-22 a soul simply means a living person. Rom. 3:23 reads "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". Rom 6:23 reads " For the wages of sin is death". Have you ever been to a funeral where a dead person was breathing or walking or talking? No you have not!
Dead people do not breath; I mean they have a body, but do not have the breath of life, therefore they cease to be a living soul. To go outside of this biblical doctrine is to deny or reject the spoken word of God. And when you reject the word of God, you reject Jesus Christ. In John 1:1 we read " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In John 1:14 we read " And the Word was Made flesh, and dwelt among us".
This doctrine of the immortal soul is not of God, but rather is of Satan. Satan told Eve in Gen. 3:4 " And the Serpent said unto the woman, Thou shalt not surely die".
Satan lied to Eve by offering her immortal life outside of obeying the spoken word of God, but Eve by obeying Satan paid with her life. This first lie told to Eve has been used to deceive millions of the human family into believing the fatal error of the doctrine of the immortal soul.
It is critically important that you understand this subject of the error of the immortal soul doctrine, because Satan and his band of fallen angels are not human beings. They are of a different order; rather they are spiritual/supernatural beings that are much more bigger, stronger, smarter, faster than what you can imagine. They can appear as familiar spirits (people who are familiar to you that are deceased) in order to deceive you. As in the story of King Saul consulting the witch of Endor in 1 Sam. 28:6-25, a demon spirit posing as the prophet Samuel was summoned by the witch/medium. The demon spirit told King Saul that for disobeying the word of God he would die. Rev. 16:14 " For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
I have included several videos to help you to broaden your understanding of this subject. God bless you and talk to you soon!