Question:
Please break down the difference between soul and spirit.

Answer:

This is not easily done.  It can be confusing to try to determine the precise difference between the two.  In fact, it takes the Word of God to really divide between the soul and spirit (Hebrews 4:12).  It seems that a man’s soul defines the essence of who he is.  When God breathed into Adam’s nostrils, he became a living soul (Genesis 2:7).  The spirit is that part of us that allows us to know and have a relationship with the Lord.  While we have a spirit, we are not spirit…God is spirit (John 4:24).