Stephen’s Spirit

What happened to Stephen’s spirit when he died? The same thing that happens to everyone else’s spirit when they die. The verse is Acts 7:59, 60. As Stephen was being stoned, he was “calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Your “spirit” is simply the spark of life which belongs to God. You lose it when you die. When the Bible says that the breath of life returns to God, it does not say that the breath (spirit) carries with it any portion of your mental capacity. Human consciousness is a physiological process, dependent upon nerve and tissue. In reference to man, the Bible never speaks of any consciousness of disembodied spirits.