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The pinnacle of God’s creative work was His extraordinary creation of man. “The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed (Filled Himself into man) into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). The supreme Creator of heaven and earth did three things in creating man. First, He formed him from the very dust of the ground. Second, He filled man with His own breath into the nostrils of Adam. The first two were given so that man could “Function” in the garden God created for him. This distinguished man from all of God’s other creatures. This one passage contains three significant facts about man’s creation. The first is that God and God alone created man. The Lord God formed man. The Lord God created the substances, and then He used those substances to create man. Formed means “to mold, shape, or form.” image of a potter who has the intelligence and the power to form his creation. Second, God breathed His own breath of life into man. Man is more than “dust” or physical substance. Man has a spirit. We can picture it this way: Adam’s body had just been formed by God from the dust of the earth—a lifeless human body lying on the ground. Then God leaned over and “breathed” His own “breath” into the man’s nostrils; God is the Source of life, and He directly placed HIS life within man. This life-giving breath is seen again in John 20:22, as Jesus imparts new life to His disciples. Lastly Creator God gave man a job or a Function. Care for the Garden and live according to God’s restrictions. Too many times we fall short of understanding our Function.