Three Breaths... Two Kinds of Life

God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, but Adam wasn't alive until God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Genesis 2:7). Adam received physical life... but that physical life would eventually end in death.

In Ezekiel 37, God showed Ezekiel a valley of dry bones. The bones came together, were covered with flesh and skin, and became fully formed and functional bodies. But they weren't alive until God's breath entered them. They too received physical life... life that would also eventually end.

Then came Pentecost.

This time humanity was already physically alive but spiritually dead (in sin). God poured out His Holy Breath (Spirit) upon them, offering a new kind of life... spiritual life that could extend into eternity.

Three occasions. Three acts of God giving life.

Adam received the breath of life.

The dry bones received the breath of life.

At Pentecost, humanity was offered the Holy Breath of eternal life.

Physical life is temporary. Spiritual life in Christ is eternal.

And in all three cases, life comes from the breath of God.

Choose God’s breath and live like no other.