We are a spirit, a soul, and a body. The Bible says that God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into him. The Bible also says that God is a spiritual being (John 4:24). Therefore, God’s breath is spiritual. Unlike those elements of the material universe, the spirit world cannot be understood by the soulish mind of mankind. However, we can recognize that all natural life forms are given life by the workings of an unknowable force, which I believe the Bible calls the breath of God. Moses stated that Adam became a living soul as God breathed this spiritual breath into him. (Gen. 2:7) However, nowhere in the Bible does it say that Adam became a living, self-aware spirit. On the contrary, the preponderance of scriptural evidence indicates that God did not give mankind a self-aware spirit capable of making choices. Adam was given the spiritual breath of God, but that did not include God giving him a fully formed spiritual personage. At creation, Adam’s soul was the only part of him capable of thinking, having self-awareness, and making choices. As I have said, the proof for what I am saying is in the preponderance of scriptural evidence. If Adam had been endowed with a fully formed spirit person at the moment of his creation, there would have been no need for the Tree of Life. Additionally, Jesus would not have addressed the subject of being born of the spirit as He did if mankind had been a fully formed spiritual personage at birth. When addressing this subject with Nicodemus, Jesus clearly stated that there are two births: first, a natural one, and second, a spiritual one. (John 3:5) At his creation, Adam did receive a spirit; it just wasn’t a self-aware spirit. When the body dies, that spirit returns to God. (Ecc. 12:7)

After Adam sinned, a conversation among the Divine Minds provides further evidence supporting the idea that Adam was not given a fully formed spiritual personage at creation. In a conversation amongst themselves, the Godhead stated that Adam was now in danger of living forever in his sin if he were to eat of the Tree of Life. (Gen. 3:22) How so? Why would Adam have lived forever in his sin? Wasn’t he already going to live forever in his sin unless he could receive the redemption provided by Jesus Christ? What did it matter whether he partook of the Tree of Life or not at this point? I believe that it mattered because Adam’s spirit had not been corrupted by sin, because it was not capable of sinning in the first place. Why, because it was not a fully formed spiritual personage capable of making choices. The Tree of Life would give birth to Adam’s spiritual person, but the Tree of Life obviously did not have redemptive power, so Adam would have lived forever in his sin, as the angels live forever in their sin, with no hope of salvation. It is also important to note that there is not a single scripture in the Bible that says that man’s spirit goes to Hell. Solomon said it returns to God when the body dies (Ecc. 12:7). Jesus says nothing about our spirit going to Hell, but He does say that it is a man’s soul that is condemned to Hell (Mat. 10:28). However, none of these thoughts line up with what most theologians have to say about this matter. Yet, not a single scripture in the entire Bible mentions anything about our spirit being condemned to Hell, nor is there a single scripture that suggests that the human spirit has become corrupted by sin. On the contrary, scriptures seem to indicate that Adam's spirit could not sin, because it was not a fully formed personage capable of making choices. I repeat, if it had been, then what would have been the need for the Tree of Life? Although the Tree of Life's function is not explained in detail in the scriptures, it seems reasonable to think that the Tree of Life was made available to enable Adam to exercise his free will. If Adam had chosen to become like the angels, then there would have been no redemption from sin if we had sinned at a later date. Being born of Christ's Spirit provides redemption for all sin, past, present, and future. (1 John 1:7). When we confess Jesus Christ as Lord of all (Rom. 10:9), we become a fully formed, self-aware spiritual person whom the Bible calls the new man. Our new man is created in righteousness and true holiness ( Eph. 4:24) (Read John Chapter 3). God seals our newborn spirit with His Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13), (1 Peter 1:23), (1 John 3:9). Sin cannot touch our newborn spirit. However, it can affect our souls, which must be continually sanctified while we live in this world. The completion of that sanctification shall take place at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Th. 5:8). A new heart is given to us in our soul, and the old stony one is removed. (2 Cor. 1:21,22) (Eze. 36:26). This new heart is the seat of our soul. It is a core part of a believer’s personality and communicates directly with the new spirit through the power and direction of God's Holy Spirit. Our new heart is the beachhead of the soul. Through it, the Holy Spirit guides us to take every thought of the soul (mind, will, emotions) captive (2 Cor. 10:5).