神用地上的尘土造人
从创世记第一章我们看见，神的心愿与目的是要得着一个团体人，在祂的形像上彰显祂，并带着祂的权柄代表祂。神要达到祂的心愿与目的，就需要造人。神造人与造万物是非常的不同。神造天地万物，都是借着说话，神说有就有，命立就立。唯独造人，神是用特别的方法来创造人。创世记二章七节告诉我们，神用地上的尘土来造成人体，使人有身体作外面的表现，也作接触物质界的器官。神造人是用尘土，却不是用金子。因为金子不能产生生命，然而尘土却能长出生命。当我们把种子撒在尘土里，种子就会发芽生长。神用地上的尘土造了人，又向人吹了一口气，将生命之气吹进人的鼻孔里，那人就活了过来，成了有灵的活人。生命之气进到那泥土作的人里，就成为人的灵，作为接受神的接收器，并作为接触神和一切属灵事物的器官。
看看你的身体，看看你的脸，你必须确信，人是神最特别的创造。全宇宙中没有一个人能造出这么美妙的活物，也没有人能改进这最奥妙的设计。如果鼻子生在额上，且鼻孔朝上，雨水和灰尘都要进到鼻孔里。神刻意设计鼻孔朝下，只有空气可以进入。我们的门牙为着切断食物，而臼齿用来磨碎食物，唾液用来润滑食物。这一切的设计出于谁？乃是这位独一无二的创造者─神。人是神创造的，是这位最高明的艺术家设计的。而神创造人最特别的地方，莫过于人的灵。创世记二章七节的“气”，就是箴言二十章二十七节的“灵”。神所吹入人鼻孔里的气，进入人里面，就成为人的灵。而这灵乃是耶和华的灯。古时候的人都用油灯，灯里装着油可以燃烧、照亮。在我们里面有一盏灯，可以盛装神的灵作油。我们需要神性的油进来，使灯燃烧并照亮。
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God Formed Man from the Dust of the Ground – Gen. 2:7
From Genesis chapter 1, we see that God’s desire and purpose is to gain a corporate man to express Him in His image and to represent Him with His authority. In order to fulfill His desire and purpose, God needed to create man. The way God created man was very different from how He created all other things. When creating the heavens and the earth and all living things, God simply spoke — He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm. But in creating man, God used a special method. Genesis 2:7 tells us that God formed man’s body from the dust of the ground, giving man a physical body for outward expression as an organ to interact with the material world. God created man from dust, not gold. Gold cannot produce life, but dust can bring forth life. When we sow seeds into the dust of the earth, they sprout and grow. God used dust to form man’s body, and then He breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life. That breath of life entered into the dust-formed body, and man became a living soul. The breath of life became man’s spirit within him — a receiver to receive God and an organ to contact God and all spiritual things.
Look at your body, look at your face — you must be convinced that man is the most special creation of God. In the entire universe, no one can create such a marvelous living being, nor can anyone improve on this most mysterious design. If the nose were placed on the forehead and pointed upward, rain and dust would enter directly into the nostrils. God deliberately designed the nostrils to face downward, so that only air can enter. Our front teeth are made for cutting food, while our molars are for grinding it. Saliva is used to lubricate food. Who designed all of this? It was the one and only Creator — God. Man was created by God and designed by this most skillful Artist. The most special part of God’s creation of man is man’s spirit. The “breath” mentioned in Genesis 2:7 is the same as the “spirit” in Proverbs 20:27. The breath that God breathed into man’s nostrils became the human spirit within him. This spirit is the lamp of Jehovah. In ancient times, people used oil lamps — lamps that contained oil to burn and give light. Within us is a lamp that can hold God’s Spirit as the oil. We need this divine oil to enter in so the lamp may burn and give off light.