God created us in His image, breathing the breath of His spirit (ruach) into us so that we can also have our own unique spirit, the essence of who we are, and everything that goes along with it: emotions, personality, thoughts, character traits, etc.

The problem is once our spirit’s become corrupted by sin, the rest of our lives starts to show the results of that corruption, becoming cracked or utterly destroyed. The only way to regain wholeness is through a life with Jesus, allowing Him to transform and heal us.

The results of sin and suffering are particularly noticeable in one specific area of life: our physical bodies. Because of sin and death we now experience ageing and the body deterioration that comes along with it, we experience disease and chronic illnesses in our bodies, women experience pain in childbirth, etc.

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