Deadness, spiritual
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· 8 viewsBeing morally and spiritually without life, therefore without a relationship with God. This condition, being the result of original sin, brings wrath and judgment and can be changed only by the sovereign, intervening grace of God.
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Spiritual deadness is humanity’s condition by nature
Spiritual deadness is humanity’s condition by nature
It is linked to physical death
It is linked to physical death
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
See also Ge 3:3; Ge 3:19; Pr 11:19; Eze 18:20–31; Jn 8:21–24; Ro 1:32; Ro 6:23
It is the universal consequence of sin
It is the universal consequence of sin
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
See also Ge 8:21; 1 Ch 10:13; Ps 51:5; Ps 58:3; Pr 21:16; Jn 6:53; Ro 3:23; Ro 5:12–13; Ro 5:17; Col 2:13
It is confirmed in the law
It is confirmed in the law
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
See also Ro 7:4–12; Ro 8:2–4; Ga 2:19
It is evidenced in the human mind
It is evidenced in the human mind
Ro 8:6; 2 Co 4:4; Col 1:21; Tt 1:15
It is evidenced in the human body
It is evidenced in the human body
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
See also Ro 6:12–14; Ro 6:16; Ro 8:10; 1 Co 15:50; 2 Co 5:10; Ga 6:7–8; Eph 4:22; 1 Ti 5:6; Jas 3:6
Spiritual darkness brings judgment
Spiritual darkness brings judgment
God’s judgment is final
God’s judgment is final
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
See also Is 66:24; Mt 8:12; Mt 25:30–32; Mk 9:43–49; Lk 13:28; Heb 9:27; 1 Pe 1:17
The second death
The second death
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
See also Mt 25:41; 1 Jn 5:16–17; Jud 12; Re 2:11; Re 21:8
Rescue from spiritual deadness is initiated by God
Rescue from spiritual deadness is initiated by God
He brings salvation
He brings salvation
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
See also Ps 103:12; Is 26:19; Eze 37:1–14
He brings union with the death of Jesus Christ
He brings union with the death of Jesus Christ
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
See also Ro 6:5–10; 2 Co 4:10; 2 Co 5:15–17; Ga 2:19–20; Ga 5:24; Ga 6:14; Php 3:10; Col 2:12
He brings union with the resurrection of Jesus Christ
He brings union with the resurrection of Jesus Christ
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
See also Ro 5:21; Ro 6:11; Re 20:4–5
He brings ultimate physical resurrection
He brings ultimate physical resurrection
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
See also 1 Co 15:42–49
Concern for those who are spiritually sleepy
Concern for those who are spiritually sleepy
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
See also Ro 13:11; 1 Th 5:5–7; Re 3:1–2