Nothing But a Corpse

"A recent discovery showed that self replicating RNA strands could come from elements found during the conditions of early Earth. Besides isn't the belief of creationists, such as yourself, that God created man (life) out of dust (non-life)? Doesn't this also mean that life was created from non-life?" BeamStalk

Man had no life until God breathed it into him. He was nothing but a corpse until the life of God entered his inanimate body: "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" (Genesis 2:7). All living things have their source in God, Who is the eternal fountain of life.

The Gospel of John says that Jesus Christ (called "the Word") was "in the beginning with God" when life on earth began, and that "all things were made by Him" (see John 1:1-4). Then it says that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (see John 1:14). If you look at the opening verses of Genesis you will see "And God said..." (Genesis 1:1-3). It was the spoken word that brought creation into being.

Then this "Word" that created all thing became flesh, and the Bible says "in Him was life" (John 1:4). This is why Jesus said strange things about His words. He said, "My words are spirit, they are life (see John 6:63, italics added). He claimed to be the very source of life itself:

"I am the way the truth and THE life" (John 14:6).
"I am the resurrection and THE life" (John 11:25).
"I have come that they might have life..." (John 10:10).
"I am the bread of Life..." (John 6:35).

The Apostle Paul said, "Christ who is our life..." (see Colossians 3:4).

Look at what the Bible says of who (or what) Jesus of Nazareth was:

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested us;)" (1 John 1:1-2). See also John 5:26.

So when someone "receives Christ," they aren’t receiving some dead religion or some sort of a intellectual belief. They are actually receiving the very source of life itself. That’s why Scripture says, "He that has the Son has life" (1 John 5:12). Do you have the life of Christ within you (see Colossians 1;27), or are you still "dead in your trespasses and sins"?