Genesis 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 soul.

Allow me to take you back to the beginning of life as we know it. God breathed life into man. This is the process of breathing life into man. We became spiritually dead because of sin so the process of becoming spiritually alive is resuscitation. We all know about resuscitation, right?

Is there more to resuscitation than just breathing into the mouth of the dead person? Of course there is and so it is with being quickened by the spirit. Being saved is not a single item issue, it is more than just being breathed upon. Without getting the heart started again, the victim remains dead.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

If it were not so, then everyone that has ever heard the gospel would be saved. If only it were that simple, but it is not. Life giving oxygen must be circulated by the heart to save a life. In the same way the spirit must be circulated by the heart to reanimate the spiritually dead.

Ezekiel 3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus is the Word, received in the heart, to be circulated by the spirit within the body making the spiritually dead alive in the spirit.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Yesterday I mentioned the birth of the body of Christ being kick started by the appearance of Jesus Christ in His glorified form. That promise was real and apparent to those who first believed. We now live in a future where Jesus Christ does not manifest Himself in that manner any longer. The next time He comes back in His glorified form will be as King of Kings and His purpose will not be salvation, it will be to collect His bride.

Look to the opening verse and ponder this issue for a moment, the flesh profits nothing. In these times it is easy to see that people look to their self-interests. What’s in it for me? If self-interest is your motivation then I would say nothing, because the flesh has nothing to gain from accepting Christ.

There has to be some place in your heart that recognizes you are spiritually dead before you will accept Christ as your Lord and Savior. Not everyone knows how to express that. Some just feel empty inside. Some suffer emotional pain. Some have a longing for something more that isn’t found in all the “stuff” they have. Some never knew love and just want to be loved. How can we express this spiritual death if we were not aware of it? It is difficult to express in spiritual terms because our spirit was dead.

I want to discourage anyone and everyone from accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior just because everyone else is doing it. The choice to respond to that free will offering is personal. You cannot desert the enemy camp just because everyone else is doing it. The invitation is for Christ to come into your heart and not that of another.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Perhaps you need to know what it means to be saved.