Sunday

A handful of dust


'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.'  (Genesis 2:7)

So, lets just take that and put it another way.

The Almighty God took some dust from the ground and created a man out of it. The man was indeed a fully healthy and amazing piece of his handiwork, but without a soul. God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and that man became more than the animals: he became a living soul.

It was at the point of God breathing into him that he came alive and was more than just flesh and blood. Man had a spirit within him. There was an element of eternity breathed into him from Him who is eternal. 

Scientists have been searching for what they call the 'God Particle', but fail to see that within every human being it already exists. It is that spark of Light at conception that makes a person a living soul.

Sadly, the light quickly fades, and each one of us is born a sinner and into spiritual blindness. The awareness of babies and children to spiritual things is much greater than that of adults, but their 'innocence' is soon lost as they grow, and the nature of sin begins to reveal itself.

We all exist and live by whatever survival instinct keeps us going, but we are dead to God and lost eternally, unless something transforming happens in our lives

When our mortal bodies die, they return as a handful of dust from where they came; but our souls live on and are eternal. The soul of the believer in Jesus Christ is received at death into a wonderful paradise with him.

The soul of the unbeliever descends into a dark place of hopelessness and waiting for the day of judgment. It is a type of hell, where regret and the knowledge that death was not the end, becomes a dreadful reality.

'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.  (Acts 16:31)


Pilgrim Warrior

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