God and Humankind....

Humans are unique.. The book of Genesis reveals that God personally
formed the first man " of the dust of the ground , and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life ( Genesis 2:7 , New King James throughout )


And significantly , God created man and women , " in his own image "

( Genesis 1:27 )

Only humans were made in the image of God...
Thus from the beginning , the Bible shows that man and women were
designed to have the capacity to have a special relationship with God.

This capacity sets humans apart from the rest of creation...

From a purely physical stand point , human life is no different from that of animals..
( Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 )

Humans and animals have a transient biochemical existence..
But in humans there is a significant added dimensions..

God endowed human beings with minds..
That makes us unique almong all creatures...

That's why we need and yearn for a relationship with God...
What makes this connection possible is a dimension of reality that
is not physical at all..

It is the realm of spirit..

The Scriptures explain that human beings posses a spiritual componet
that confers upon them a unique intellectual dimension..

It endows men and women with the power to know and comprehend
human things-- to think, reason , decide and create in a distinctively
human way...


All of us was born with that spirit. It is an integral part of humans...

The apostle Paul said of this nonmaterial essence, " For what man
knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him ?
( 1 Corinthians , 2: 11)


The source of that spirit is revealed in Zechariah { 12:1 }.

It is of course, God who " forms the spirit of man within him..
The spirit is the activating principle in the life of humans,
the animating force that imparts intellectual and emotional life.

It is what enables human beings to comprehend-- in a way
that is uniquely human--the world around them...

This spiritual dimension explains a mystery that has baffled
thinkers for millennia.....

Have you ever wondered how physical brains -- a mere three pounds
of jello - like tissue in our skulls -- can contain a phenomenon such as consciousness--- awareness of self ???