"SOUL TIES" ARE A FALSE TEACHING

 

"SOUL TIES" ARE A FALSE TEACHING:

 

Someone asked me about "soul ties". The LORD led me into a Bible study to answer this question with biblical references. The Holy Spirit led me in answering this kind young lady. He has also led me to share the answer with everyone. Please read what the LORD says about so-called "SOUL TIES".

"Soul ties" are a false teaching created by Satan to try to cause us to feel mentally bound. As the LORD leads (I am typing prayerfully, being led by the Holy Spirit), this will be backed up with His Holy Word.

There are many false teachings out there. The LORD warns about these in His Holy Word:

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,

but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

-Matthew 7:15

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

-2 Peter 2:1

Satan creates falsehoods (he tells an abundance of lies) to create fears within us. Some of the most believable lies are ones that have SOME truth injected into them—but THAT is what makes them believable, THAT is what makes it DECEPTION: it is the "BAIT and SWITCH."

If Satan can create fears within us, he can have some power over our minds, and if we let him, over our futures as well. Because of his lies, some people might feel that it is "too late" for them to come to Christ or to return to Christ—so they stay in the world, are depressed, remain struggling in their sins, and so on, all because they have been led to believe lies about God's love, God's Word, and about themselves.

Speaking specifically about "soul ties", Satan can use that lie to cause people to believe that they are cursed, especially regarding their love life, or that it is too late for them to have a loving relationship or be married; Satan can make it difficult for them to completely move forward from exes and heartbreak—because they believe the lie that they are somehow BOUND to them. Two souls being bound to or intertwined with each other is not possible—that is a lie from Satan. We all have our OWN souls, and our OWN souls will either spend eternity in Heaven or Hell. Even if you are married, your SOUL is yours: You CANNOT go to Heaven or Hell as "ONE"—that is NOT Biblical.

Here are a couple scriptures used to supposedly "back up" the false teaching of "soul ties" . . . and the TRUTH will then follow:

SCRIPTURE: Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
-1 Samuel 18:1

TRUTH: This is not literal, it is just an EXPRESSION that means the following: Two people can have so much in common and have such a deep connection, that those two people have a special bond. Refer back to the last part of that verse, "Jonathan loved him *AS* his own soul." They DID NOT and CANNOT actually BECOME one soul. On to the next scripture.

 

SCRIPTURE: 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

-1 Corinthians 6:16

TRUTH: This is another EXPRESSION, it is NOT literal. "One" means the following: Closely and intimately united.

The teaching and warning here is that becoming "one" (being closely, rather, sexually, intimate) with your husband or wife is spiritually lawful—it is not a sin. While being "one" (being closely, rather, sexually, intimate) with a harlot or someone you are NOT married to, is fornication—it is a sin.

Note that God did NOT say "one SOUL", He said "one FLESH". You are joining your FLESH together when you have sexual intercourse. How you have sex, the very ACT of sex, joins your FLESH together.

Now, "becoming one" with your husband or wife, this is a SPIRITUAL JOINING, joined together by GOD, as marriage is a HOLY UNION. Sex is just one of the many expressions of love and one of many loving responsibilities (see verses below) in a marriage.

Verses about marital sex:

3 The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. 4 The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.

5 Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
-1 Corinthians 7:3-6

Fornication is a sin, but it can be forgiven. We are not bound to or tied with another person's soul when we sin—we are just in sin, backslidden, and are in danger of Hell. HOWEVER, GOD IS SO LOVING AND HE FORGIVES!

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

-1 John 1:9

See, God not only FORGIVES us, He also CLEANSES US from all unrighteousness. He did not say, "I forgive you, but you are tied to that sin or that person’s soul." Again, that is IMPOSSIBLE because we ALL have our OWN soul to be held accountable for (2 Corinthians 5:10).

I love you all, but GOD truly loves you BEST of all! May God bless you all!

Prayerfully Typed by the Leading of the Holy Spirit,

All Glory to God,

Charrese Monique

Boldness & Virtue Ministries

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