Gen 2:7, And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; and man became a living being.
With HIS breath HE gave us life and, also a part of HIMSELF! His spirit!
Gen 2:17, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”
They ate of it yet they didn’t die physically, but spiritually that’s why JESUS said that we must be born again! We need to revive that eternal spirit in us! In John 3:9, JESUS spoke with Nicodemus,
it was hard for him (the Pharisee) to understand what JESUS said about being born again!
‘HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE’??
Elihu said, Job 32:8, BUT THERE IS A SPIRIT IN MAN, AND THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY GIVES HIM UNDERSTANDING.
The breath of GOD not only gives life but also understanding. That’s why it was hard for him Nicodemus to understand JESUS, he was a religious man yet, without the spirit of HIM!
Understanding of the scriptures, of HIM, and ourselves that we are sinners saved by grace! Without HIS spirit we believe we are good people