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HELEN SANDERS
6-2-2026
THE BREATH OF GOD
In Genesis 2:7 we see the creation of man by God. It says, “And the LORD God [Jehovah Elohim] formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.”
The Hebrew word for breathed and breath is nshamah which means wind, intellect, divine inspiration, soul, spirit. The very breath of God gave Adam life and caused his soul and spirit to come alive. When Adam and Eve sinned, their human spirit became dead towards the Holy Spirit that had entered them at creation. You could say that they had the breath of God knocked out of them.
So, did this ever happen again? Yes, and it happened to you if you received Jesus as your savior.
After Jesus rose from the dead, we see in John chapter 20 that ten of the disciples had assembled together without Thomas and Judas, who had hung himself. They were in a room with the door shut for fear of the Jews. In verse 19, Jesus appeared to them in that shut room saying, “Peace be unto you.”
In verse 21 he continues speaking and said, “…Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” Then in verse 22 something wonderful happened. It says, “And when he had said this, he breathed on them and saith unto them, ‘Receive ye the Holy Ghost.’”
The breath of Jesus Christ, God the Son, breathed the Holy Spirit into them just as it had happened in Genesis 2 with Adam. This is when the ten assembled with Jesus received salvation. Later, in Acts 2 they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, where the Holy Spirit received in John 20 flowed out of them. This gave them the power to be a witness.
The breath of God came into you also when you received salvation. The Holy Spirit now resides in you. The very breath of God is within you. Never doubt your salvation. It is not based on what you do. It is based on what God did.
Life began with Adam when God breathed on him, and eternal life begins when God once again breathes on us individually when we receive salvation.
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