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NASB | Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Define Spiritual death ("Dead in sin" ) |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, this another brother in Christ.In regards to spiritual death; Eph 2:5 says He made us alive or quickened us. Now if we have been made alive then we were once dead. Is dead not dead or has it lost its meaning? Are people in the grave able to respond? I believe that spiritualy dead means we are unable to respond to the things of GOD and more importantly in our depraved state hate GOD and have no inclination to Him. You mentioned that some men have not sinned as much as others such as not all have murdered. Consider Jesus's sermon on the Mount where he takes the outword sinful action and imposes it to the inward attitude of the heart. Jesus words are clear, if you say Raca to your brother or hate him you have murdered. If you lust after a woman, you have comitted adultery. Romans 1,2 drive the point home that "there is none righteous and none who seeks after God" Just as God gave the Israelites in the book of Ezekiel a heart flesh for heart of stone, so to God regenerates, makes alive those whom the Father gives to the Son. After all, if it were any other way it would not be by Grace. In Christ, Brad |