The origin for all things is matter and energy. These are requirements for life as we know it. Matter is needed to interface our souls to the world around us, and to each other.
Energy is needed to keep the matter in such a condition that life can exist.
Actually, matter is energy. The magic key to make life from this is time . If we give this closed system enough time, the rule of statistics say that anything can be created. The simplest self-contained living organism is the E Coli bacterium. This has a DNA with 4.000.000 nucleotides.