Life definitely doesn't come from matter. If so we should be able to give back life to a dead body by permutation and combination of matter. Even a dead tree can't be brought back to life by injecting chemicals. When the life force leaves the body, it begins to decay and decompose. If life is also coming from matter and death has occured due to say,heart attack,which means stop of functioning of the heart, we should be able to bring life to the dead body by making arrangements for the heart to pump again or air to pass in and out of the nostrils! So, these are only the symptoms of life in the body and shows that the life force is of the different nature than the body which is made up of matter. As long as the life force is there the matter functions. When a baby is born dead, it doesn't grow anymore. So growth and the other six changes takes place in the body as long as the living force is ENLIVENING the dead body.
So life didn't come from matter, does not come from matter and will not come from matter.
