@ Kayenneh
I think you're taking my point in the very opposite way to what I intended (missed the first line completely). The soul is also an immediate and essential part of us. The abuse of the concept (the guilt trip), like most things, is people trying to take advantage of people.. ie anti Christian.
What the soul definitely isn't is physical. In no way at all can it be remotely biological, chemical or physical.
To answer your question: our spiritual health is real time, just like our physical health. Doing bad stuff is detrimental to your spiritual health, and makes you sick. Instead of enjoying life you're brought down by guilt and sadness. If we foster our good aims we get better at it, and our health is increased. God comes into this via an improved moral focus. His perfect morality versus our own selfish morality.
I think you're taking my point in the very opposite way to what I intended (missed the first line completely). The soul is also an immediate and essential part of us. The abuse of the concept (the guilt trip), like most things, is people trying to take advantage of people.. ie anti Christian.
What the soul definitely isn't is physical. In no way at all can it be remotely biological, chemical or physical.
To answer your question: our spiritual health is real time, just like our physical health. Doing bad stuff is detrimental to your spiritual health, and makes you sick. Instead of enjoying life you're brought down by guilt and sadness. If we foster our good aims we get better at it, and our health is increased. God comes into this via an improved moral focus. His perfect morality versus our own selfish morality.
