Does a man before being saved possess spirit?

Does a man before being saved possess spirit? As I read messages by Spurgeon, this question came to my mind. I have been searching for an answer for few weeks and I think I found an answer now.

Genesis 1:26 reads:

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 2:7 reads:

And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 

In Genesis 1:26, God made man in "our image, after our likeness". The teaching from the church has been that man is made in God's image refers to the fact that man has spirit as God is spirit and that the spirit of man died when he sinned as God had said in Genesis 2:17,

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

and man died spiritually after he sinned as seen in Genesis 3. I also used to think that the breath of life was God's spirit and that that is how man came to possess spirit.

However, breath, Strong's Number H7307 or the Hebrew רוּחַ (ruwach ), is used in Genesis 7:15 as well to indicate the breath of life in animals. Genesis 7:15 reads:

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.

So the breath of life cannot be spirit since animals do not possess spirit.

Then, what does it mean that man became a living soul? Rather than saying a living soul here means a living spirit, we just have to accept that man was first formed with the dust of the ground and now possessed a soul. So an unregenerate man possess a flesh and a soul but not a spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:44-45 read:

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.

Here "natural", Strong's Number G5591, matches the Greek ψυχικός (psychikos), and "soul", Strong's Number G5590, matches the Greek ψυχή (psychē). So these two words have the same root and "natural" means "soulish".

Spurgeon writes in The Soul Winner:

We are first in the natural or soulish stage of being, like the first Adam, and then in regeneration we enter into a new condition, and we become possessors of the life-giving "spirit."

Does a man before being saved possess spirit? The answer seems no or at least the unsaved man is soulish and not spiritual.

I will not go away from thee

Deuteronomy 15:16-17 read:

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

I love the hymn "I love, I love my Master", which is based on these verses. The lyric goes:

1	I love, I love my Master,   I will not go out free, For He is my Redeemer;   He paid the price for me. I would not leave His service,   It is so sweet and blest; And in the weariest moments   He gives the truest rest.
2	My Master shed His life-blood   My vassal life to win, And save me from the bondage   Of tyrant self and sin. He chose me for His service,   And gave me power to choose That blessed, perfect freedom,   Which I shall never lose.
3	I would not halve my service,   His only it must be! His only, who so loved me,   And gave Himself for me. Rejoicing and adoring,   Henceforth my song shall be, I love, I love my Master,   I will not go out free.

This hymn makes me cry. There have been many moments I tried to leave the Lord but the Lord has always been with me and kept me by His side.

I love, I love my Master, I will not go out free.

When Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with God ...

Numbers 7:89 read:

And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

When Moses wanted to speak with God, he went into the tabernacle of the congregation. He then heard the voice of God from the mercy seat, which was upon the ark of testimony and between the two cherubims.

When I want to speak with God, what do I do? How do I hear the voice of God?

On this wise ye shall bless ...

Numbers 6:23-27 read:

Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

God really wanted to bless His children. So He gave detailed instructions to them on how to be holy and be wise. C. H. Spurgeon writes about wisdom in The Fourfold Treasure: 

O happy are they who live at the gates of Heaven while yet on earth; who sit at the feet of the Blessed in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus while they are toiling along through the pilgrimage of this life! This is to be wise, to have Christ’s Teaching, Christ’s Example and above all, Christ’s Presence! So may the poorest find the Lord Jesus made of God unto them Wisdom.  

May I sit at the feet of the Lord and have His Teaching, Example and Presence today.

a sweet savour unto the LORD

The phrase "a sweet savour unto the LORD" is repeated three times in Leviticus chapter 1. Leviticus 1:9 reads:

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, [to be] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 1:13 reads:

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring [it] all, and burn [it] upon the altar: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 1:17 reads:

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, [but] shall not divide [it] asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that [is] upon the fire: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

A savor is "a characteristic taste, flavor, or smell, especially a pleasant one." A burnt sacrifice is an offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord. 

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 read:

Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. ...

2 Corinthians says, "we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ" to those who are saved or who are not saved.  May I abide in Christ each moment today so that I may offer an offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord.

every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing

Exodus 35:21 reads:

And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Exodus 35:30-31 read:

... See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 

Lord, please help me come and offer myself for your work. Please stir my heart and make my spirit willing to offer myself for your service. Fill your servants in the church with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship. Amen.

The LORD proclaimed the name of the LORD

Exodus 34:5-7 read:

And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].

The LORD proclaimed His name to Moses. This is how the Lord wants to be known to His people. The ordering of His attributes may contain some significance. This is how I should experience the Lord as well.

The LORD.
The LORD God.
He is merciful and gracious.
He is long-suffering.
He is abundant in goodness and truth.
He keeps mercy for thousands.
He forgives iniquity, transgression and sin.
He is however just and holy God, who deals with sin completely, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children.

I have called by name .. .And I have filled him with the spirit of God ...

Exodus 31:2-5 read:

See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set [them], and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

When God commissioned Bezaleel to do His work, God called Bezaleel by name and filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.

It is the same today: when God calls His servant, he first establishes a personal relationship by calling His servant by name and prepares him for the task by filling him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship. I need to wait for God's calling and His hands in preparing me for the task.