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"Do My Sins Affect My Soul?"

Jarrod Jacobs

Those who believe in the impossibility of apostasy argue that sins of the flesh, the outer man, do not affect the condition of the soul, the inner man. Hence, the inner, spiritual man, the soul, cannot be lost because of the deeds or sins performed by the flesh. A number of passages show 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, two are especially simple, useful and easy to be understood. "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul" (I Pet. 2:11). Sins of the flesh do affect the soul. They "war against the soul." Further, in II Corinthians 5:10, the Spirit saith, "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? How, then, can Calvinists argue that sins of the flesh do not jeopardize the destiny of the soul?

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