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    Published on: Sept. 21, 2010
    By Stephen Bell

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    DAMAGED SOULS

    DAMAGED SOULS

    Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. -Deut. 6:5

    O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. –Psalms 7:1-2

    I-  A SOUL CAN BE CAPTURED - Ezekiel 13:17-23

    Pillows – Used to conceal, to hide.

    3704 כֶּסֶת [keceth /keh·seth/] n f. From 3680; TWOT 1009a; GK 4086; Two occurrences; AV translates as “pillow” twice. 1 band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries. 1a used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes.
    Armholes - Hands

    679 אַצִּיל [’atstsiyl /ats·tseel/] n f. From 680 (in its primary sense of uniting); TWOT 153c; GK 723; Three occurrences; AV translates as “armhole + 3027” twice, and “great” once. 1 joining, joint (such as elbow etc).
    Kerchiefs or veils – Wraps that cleave close round the head.

    4555 מִסְפָּחָה [micpachah /mis·paw·khaw/] n f. From 5596; TWOT 1534c; GK 5029; Two occurrences; AV translates as “kerchief” twice. 1 long veil, veil (as spread out).
    Hunt – harry or ensnare.

    * Norman Parish’s story of  the old man in Guatemala.

    II-  A SOUL CAN BE SUBVERTED - Acts 15:24 – II Timothy 2:14 – Titus 1:10-16 – Titus 3:9-11

    STRONG'S

    subvert (1), subverted (1), subverting (2)

    G384 (1/4)

    ἀνασκευάζω ἀνασκευάζω : cause distress

    Acts 15:24

    Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

    G396 (1/4)

    ἀνατρέπω ἀνατρέπω : turn over, upset faith

    Titus 1:11

    Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

    G1612 (1/4)

    ἐκστρέφω ἐκστρέφω : be corrupt

    Titus 3:11

    Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

    G2692 (1/4)

    καταστροφή καταστροφή : harm, destruction

    2 Tim 2:14

    Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

    III-  A SOUL CAN BE UNSTABLE - II Peter 2:14 – 3:16

    Beguiled – have a spell cast on it.
    1185 δελεάζω [deleazo /del·eh·ad·zo/] v. From the base of 1388; GK 1284; Three occurrences; AV translates as “entice” once, “beguile” once, and “allure” once. 1 to bait, catch by a bait. 2 metaph. to beguile by blanishments, allure, entice, deceive.

    Eccl. 4:7-12 – A threefold cord is not easily broken.
    Addiction is a threefold cord – not easily broken.

    An unstable, ungrounded  soul BEGUILED, CAPTURED AND CONTROLLED.
    SPIRIT (BEGUILED) – SOUL (CAPTURED IN FRAGMENTS) – BODY OR FLESH (CONTROLLED).

    IV-   A SOUL CAN BE DESTROYED - Prov. 6:32

    V-   A SOUL CAN BE IMPARTED - I Thess. 2:8
            Impart – convey, pass or transmit.

    VI-   A SOUL CAN BE RESTORED - Psalm 23

    VII-   A SOUL CAN BE PURIFIED - I Peter 1:22

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