Does the Holy Spirit produce life itself ?
The climax comes when God says, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). Though nothing is said about the Holy Spirit here, the Bible shows that the image and likeness have to do with the spiritual and moral nature of man. Paul prays that God would “strengthen [believers] with power through his Spirit in [their] inner being” and goes on to urge them to “put on the new self, created to be like God [in the image and likeness of God] in righteousness and holiness” ( Ephesians 3:16; 4:24). It is reasonable, therefore, to believe that the Holy Spirit was just as active in Genesis 1:26–28 as He was in Genesis 1:2 , if not more so. Genesis 2:7 gives more details. “The LORD God formed [molded, shaped as a potter would] the man from the [moist] dust of the ground [red earth], and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life [ Hebrew , “lives”], and the man became a living being [person, individual].” Again, though the Holy Spirit is not mentioned, it is reasonabl