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''Let there be," so also creation is alive by the breath (Spirit) of God the Father. The W ord of God effected creation. It was not uttered in vain. In the same way, the breath of God did not come out in vain, but imparted life to Adam. God is the source of life (Psalm 33:5). He pours out His Spirit every
passingmoment. HisSpiritdidnotceasetoworkafterHebreathedlifeinto creation.
God is not sustained by a life outside of Himself; that is, by a separate, divine, life-giving agent. Job 33:4 says, "The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." This verse testifies of the capability of God to create. It does not tell us that God the Father used another God or another divine person to create all things. The Bible likens
the Spirit of God to the wind, and describes the Spirit as filling people Qohn 3:8,Acts2:1-4). TheSpiritisalsotypifiedorsymbolizedinscripturebyoil, a cloud, a fire and a dove. This does not mean that the spirit permanently takes the shape of any of these images. Rather, it is the Spirit of God in ema
nation or operation.
As the rays of the sun heat the earth, but are not separate entities from the sun itself, so the Spirit of God can anoint and fill us without being sepa rated from God's own essence and nature. Just as the rays of the sun give us heat and light, because of the sun itself, so also does the Spirit of the Father give us life, because of the Father himself. If a person hides himselfcloseto us in a dark place, we can tell his presence because of his breath. Similarly, we can feel God's presence because He moves us or touches us with His Spirit(Acts17:28;Job33:4). Justasthesun,maintainingitsonenessforages,
sends rays to the earth and yet is not divisible in entity and nature, so God from eternity was, is and will be a living God for the rest of eternity. God is One in essence, nature, and name, creating and sustaining all things through his Word and Spirit.
TheLord,whoisSpirit,iseternallifebydefinition. Nohumanconcept of measurement or quantification can be applied to Him. The universe can notcontainHim.(IIChronicles6:18;Isaiah66:1). Heissurelythatinfinite source of life who defines Himself as "a fountain of living waters," G^remiah
2:13) of which there is no need to replenish. He pours out His Spirit with out measure (Psalm 36:9; Zechariah 13:1; Revelation 7:17; Jeremiah 17:13; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Psalm 65:9; Isaiah 33:21). The Spirit of God is His life giving breath, without which man remains spiritually inert.
As well as being mysterious, the wind is powerful; it was by a mighty wind that God dried up the waters of the flood (Genesis 8:1) and by a wind
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