After God made man's body, it could do nothing without a life force within it. So God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life."

• 2. the Spirit of God is the source of life within us

• 3. God is Light (1 John 1:5)

• 4. the Light dwells in the body (temple, house)

  God passed this Light (Spirit, lifeforce) to His son Adam. Adam passed to Eve and to their children. Their children passed it on to their children and so on until the present generation. Our parents received it from their parents. They passed it to us and we pass it on to our children. This Light has multiplied until the world is virtually filled with people.

  To pass the Light to an offspring does not diminish the Light of the giver. It has merely increased through multiplication.

  (When we sing the song "This Little Light of Mine," it is speaking of the Light within us. May we all "let it shine.")

  The next question then is: "Where does this great, magnificent, invisible power dwell within the body?

  When we look at the anatomy of man, one of the things we see is that man is designed as an energy producing factory. Fuel, in the form of food, is taken into the body through the mouth and broken down into useable components. Unused food products in the digestive system are eliminated from the body through the rectum. Energy is produced by combustion. Combustion requires oxygen. The respiratory system is designed to inhale the air we need and to exhale the waste product after combustion which is carbon dioxide.

  The circulatory system is the transportation system of the body. The digestive system and respiratory system place their products into the blood to be transported to the cells. The cells take from the blood whatever products they need to carry out their particular jobs and then place their products into the blood to be trnsported to the cells. The cells take from the blood whatever products they need to carry out their particular jobs and then place the secretions they manufacture along with their waste products, back into the blood stream.

  The urinary system is designed to filter out the waste products from the blood and to eliminate them from the body in the form of urine.

  By using a microscope and seeing far beyond the capabilities of the naked eye, scientists have learned that the smallest unit of man is the cell. Cells can:

  1. take in food 2. convert food to energy 3. reproduce 4. repair themselves 5. manufacture products.

  Each little cell does on a microscopic level what the body does on an overall level.

  Cells may vary in designs, sizes, and functions, most all have two things in common: (1) cytoplasm and (2) nucleus.

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  The nucleus is the "brain" of the cell. If it is removed from the cell, the cell will die. Therefore, I believe, it is the source of the continuing life force within man. I believe:

  1.

  the visible parts of the cell is the body of man.

  2.

  the combustion (light) is the spirit of God within us. The residing place for this Light is, I believe, the nucleus. It receives nourishment through its pores and, I believe, converts it into electrical energy.

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  this electrical energy flows from the cells to the brain. The brain is the control tower for this energy. It has the capability of making choices for each cell cnsciously and subconsciously. This part of man, I believe, is the soul.

  1. Matthew 10:19-20

  "But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in the same hour what you shall speak. For it is not ye that speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you."

  2.

  Another example of this, I believe, is the simple reflex act. At time, in emergencies, the simple reflex act. At times, in emergencies, the simple reflex act will respond quickly to protect the person from indury. I believe this is an action where the Spirit of God within the nucleus quickly takes charge of the situation.

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  Also, from time to time, we read in the newspaper about a person exhibiting superhuman strength. I have read about a small woman lifting a car off her loved one and many other feats such as this.

  

  It seems to me that most of the body systems are designed for one overwhelming purpose: to house, maintain, and sustain the life force within us. If we recognize that the life force within us is God's spirit, then we can more clearly understand the meaning of:

  Genesis 9:5

  "And surely your blood of your lives will I require."

  Many times in the Bible when God speaks of man, He speaks in first person. Some of the most touching verses I have ever read are:

  St. Matthew 24:31-46

  "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the Holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

  All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats:

  And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

  Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me: I was in prison and you came to Me.'

  Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You, or thirsty  and give You drink?

  When did we see You a stranager and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

  Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

  And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these, My Brethren, you did it to Me.'

  Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

  For I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink: I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'

  Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranager or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?'

  Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'

  And these will go away into everlasting punishement, but the righteous into eternal life."

  Surely, it is clear that God is our Father and we are His children in the most literal sense. The following genealogy goes back To Continue