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 being. – Genesis 2v7
Adam is different from all the rest of creation. All the rest of creation was. Well, created. We read something more about Adam though. God formed him out of the dust of the ground. I have read, but not researched, that man is indeed composed earthly elements. So God formed man. There he is, nothing more than a lump of clay.
Then something different happened. God ‘breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.’ Adam’s lungs filled with breath, his heart started beating, he stood up, and the human race began.
Physical life started when God’s breath entered Adam’s lungs. Without the breath of God they would have been no life.
God’s breath gave far more than just physical life. In 2 Timothy 3v16 we read of God’s breath again. ‘All scripture is given by inspiration of God…’ The word ‘inspiration’ of course refers to the breath of God. Just as Adam’s physical body would have been useless without the breath of God, our spirits would have stayed dead and useless apart from the impact of God’s word.
Praise God that He not only did He breath physical life into Adam, but through His word He breaths eternal life today.
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Reminds me of the Casting Crowns song...
"The Word is alive and it cuts like a sword through the darkness with a message of life to the hopeless and afraid breathing life into all who believe. The Word is alive and the world and its glories will fade but His truth, it will not pass away. It remains yesterday and forever the same. The Word is alive.
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