Definition:
The term "vivifying" refers to the act of giving life or energy, making something more lively or animated. In a biblical context, it often pertains to the spiritual renewal and enlivening brought about by the Holy Spirit or the Word of God.

Biblical Context:
The concept of vivifying is deeply rooted in the transformative power of God, particularly through the Holy Spirit and the Word. It is the process by which God imparts spiritual life to believers, awakening them from spiritual death and enabling them to live in accordance with His will.

Scriptural References:

1. Holy Spirit as the Vivifier:
The Holy Spirit is frequently depicted as the source of life and renewal. In John 6:63 , Jesus states, "The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life." This verse highlights the vivifying power of the Spirit, contrasting it with the ineffectiveness of the flesh.

2. Regeneration and Renewal:
Titus 3:5 speaks to the vivifying work of the Holy Spirit in the believer's life: "He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit." This passage underscores the role of the Spirit in regenerating and renewing the believer, bringing them into a new life in Christ.

3. The Word of God as Life-Giving:
The Word of God is also described as having vivifying power. Hebrews 4:12 declares, "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." The Word is not static but dynamic, capable of penetrating the deepest parts of a person and bringing about spiritual vitality.

4. Christ as the Source of Life:
Jesus Christ Himself is central to the concept of vivifying. In John 10:10 , Jesus proclaims, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness." Here, Christ is presented as the ultimate source of abundant life, offering a fullness that transcends mere physical existence.

5. Resurrection Power:
The resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate demonstration of God's vivifying power. Romans 8:11 states, "And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who dwells within you." This verse assures believers of the life-giving power of the Spirit, which not only raised Christ but also enlivens believers.

Theological Significance:
Vivifying is a crucial aspect of the Christian life, emphasizing the transformative work of God in bringing spiritual life to those who are in Christ. It involves a continual process of renewal and sanctification, as believers are conformed to the image of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word. This vivification is both a present reality and a future hope, as believers anticipate the fullness of life in the presence of God.(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vivify.

Of the Difference Between Life and Death; of the Breath of Life ...
... Against Heresies: Book V Chapter XII."Of the difference between life and death;
of the breath of life and the vivifying Spirit: also how it is that the ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xii of the difference between.htm

The General Service to the Venerated and vivifying Cross.
... CHAPTER III. THE GENERAL SERVICE TO THE VENERATED AND VIVIFYING CROSS. For, "O Lord,
I have cried," the Stichera, Tone 7. Similar to Called from above... ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter iii the general service.htm

The Connection Between the Seventh and the Eighth Chapters
... The Spirit is here called that "of life," that is, "the vivifying Spirit" by a phrase
familiar to the Hebrews, who employ the genitive cases of substantives ...
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Letter ix. To Titus, Hierarch, Asking by Letter what is the House ...
... consideration. For the whole statement lying before them, and all its details,
does not contain a bare history, but a vivifying perfection. ...
/.../dionysius/letters of dionysius the areopagite/letter ix to titus hierarch.htm

Howe -- the Redeemer's Tears Over Lost Souls
... This Sun shone with a mild and benign, but with a powerful, vivifying light.
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/howe the redeemers tears.htm

Entire Sanctification as Taught by John.
... The water is the water of life, the gospel offered freely to all, with its cleansing
and refreshing and vivifying properties so well symbolized by water, and ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter ix entire sanctification as.htm

In which Also Concerning Exemplars.
... has been set forth as preeminently Goodness and Cause of all good things, and as
Being, and Life, and Wisdom,"the Cause essentiating and vivifying, and wise ...
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Concerning Life.
... always and immortal; and again, not immortal, because not from themselves have they
their immortality and eternal life; but from the vivifying Cause forming ...
/.../dionysius/dionysis on divine names/caput vi concerning life.htm

The Heart of Woman; the Necessity of Regulating it During Youth.
... that in society the mind of the one should furnish the light to guide in the way,
and the love of the other should produce that vivifying principle which ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter iii the heart of.htm

Sensual and Spiritual Excitement.
... cases. There is one intensity of feeling produced by stimulating the senses,
another by vivifying the spiritual life within. The ...
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Vivifying (1 Occurrence)
...Vivifying (1 Occurrence). 1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit. (WBS). ...
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Vivified (1 Occurrence)

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Vocation (2 Occurrences)

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Water (4571 Occurrences)
... with the implied meaning that Jesus came not only by the merely ceremonial water
of baptism, but also by the more important, because vivifying, blood of ...
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Blood (435 Occurrences)
... with the implied meaning that Jesus came not only by the merely ceremonial water
of baptism, but also by the more important, because vivifying, blood of ...
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Cosmological
... To quote words used elsewhere, "The dark watery waste over which the spirit broods
with vivifying power, the advent of light, the formation of an atmosphere or ...
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World (2829 Occurrences)
... To quote words used elsewhere, "The dark watery waste over which the spirit broods
with vivifying power, the advent of light, the formation of an atmosphere or ...
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