{"id":36577,"date":"2019-04-24T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=36577"},"modified":"2019-04-25T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T18:45:33","slug":"the-breath-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-breath-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breath of Life","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE<\/strong>\u00a0breath of God is at the very center of creation. It is this breath that not only renews creation but gives you and me the opportunity to begin again when we have fallen…<\/p>\n

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THE BREATH OF LIFE<\/p>\n

At the dawn of creation, after having made all other things, God created man in His own image. He came into being when God\u00a0breathed\u00a0<\/em>into him.<\/p>\n

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Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. \u00a0(Genesis 2:7)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But then came the fall when Adam and Eve sinned, inhaling death, so to speak. This break in communion with their Creator could only be restored in one way: God Himself, in the Person of Jesus Christ, had to “inhale” the sin of the world since only He could remove them.<\/p>\n

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For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When this work of Redemption was finally “finished,”[1]<\/sup><\/a>John 19:30<\/span><\/span>