Man became a living person

Man became a living person

"And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person." (Gen.2.7 NLT)

If by the introduction of the breath of life from God man became a living person, therefore when that breath of life is taken from man, man becomes a dead person. 

Our text tells us that the body of man was formed from the dust of the ground. By this we know that the body is not the man. Man is not the body, if anything the body  is not the living person. The body is the dust, the person is the breath of God in the body, that is the person. 

The Apostle Paul differentiated this for us in 1Thess:5:23

"May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together--spirit, soul, and body--and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ." (1Thess.5.23) 

He says spirit, soul and body in that order. Showing to us that the spirit of man is the person. That is the part of man that is in the image and likeness of God. That is the part of man that became a living person. If that is the case, and it is, why then do we pay little or no attention to the spirit? Because we are too earth conscious that we pay little attention to the real person. Your body is not the real person, your spirit is - nourish it, feed it, equip it. And the man became a living person. 

"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." (1Tim.4.8 KJV)

Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro 
(aka Mr. Lift) 

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