The Lord God Formed a Man
So
the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.
By
the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. So on the seventh
day he rested from all of his work. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.
He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the
work he had done.
Here is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were
created.
The
Lord God made the earth and the heavens. At that time, bushes had not appeared
on the earth. Plants had not come up in the fields. The Lord God had not sent
rain on the earth. And there wasn't any man to work the ground. But streams
came up from the earth. They watered the whole surface of the ground.
Then
the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. He
breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.
Genesis 2:1-7
The
word formed in Genesis describes the
work of an artist.
God’s work with dust and clay and mud continued by breathing into
man the breath of life, changing his form into a living soul. This made man a spiritual being, with a
capacity to serve and fellowship with the Lord.
After
Adam and Eve sinned, God continued working in and with mud, sending His Son
Jesus to die for humanity and then regenerating those who receive Him so that
we can enjoy fellowship with Him. In gratitude, let’s use our hands to do good
works for His glory.
God is the only One who can make the dirty clean.
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