Ephesians 2:1 (LSB) 1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
Dead in trespasses and sins.
This describes every one of us prior to embracing Christ and putting our faith in Him through His shed blood.
We were breathing and living, but not alive.
We are sinful and lost; separated from God
To be clear, it is not our sinful acts that classify us as dead. It is our sinful nature.
Walking and living by our sinful nature (our flesh) equals death.
And there is not one of us who proclaims Christ as our Savior who was not dead, lost in sin, and living to please the flesh (sin nature).
We were all guilty.
Let’s look at the word, “dead”, as used in the original Greek manuscripts, and see what we can learn from it!
The Greek word for “dead” in Ephesians 2:1 is νεκρούς (pronounced nekrous)
This word literally means dead, referring to someone who is lifeless; a corpse-someone who has breathed their last.
This is eye-opening, at the very least, that we would be referred to as dead, despite breathing and having an active heartbeat.
But it shows the brutal truth of what God is trying to teach us and help us to understand; without Him we are lifeless, a corpse.
Though there are symbolism and figurative speech at play here, we must understand that apart from divine intervention, we were powerless, devoid of spiritual life, and unable to respond to God.
It is only by His Spirit that we were drawn to Him and made aware of our sinful condition, leading to us repentance and new life in Christ.
Sometimes we need to be reminded of who we once were, causing us to take whatever measures are necessary to keep us from going back.
And one thing is abundantly clear; the enemy will not cease to tempt us.
Will we resist, causing him to flee? Or will we walk the line and flirt with our old self at the risk of being drawn back into the ways of the dead?
The choice is ours to make. Choose life 🙏
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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