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Dead in Sin

"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins"
- Ephesians 2:1
"Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)"
- Ephesians 2:5
"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses"
- Colossians 2:13

What does "dead in sin" mean?

Notice that in all three of the above Biblical references to the phrase "dead in sin" that the solution to spiritual death is God's quickening (or regeneration). This means the concept refers to man's natural state in original sin, apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. To be unspiritual, dead in sin or "of the flesh", then, refers to man's natural fallen condition of bondage to corruption prior to the intervention of the Holy Spirit. In 1 Corinthinans 2, it teaches us that persons in this state cannot understand spiritual truths when spoken to them, until the Spirit renews them and gives them understanding.

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Title	Notes
Man's Utter Inability to Rescue Himself	Thomas Boston
What Does the Phrase 'Dead in Sin" Mean?	John Hendryx
Human Inability	Charles Spurgeon, 1858
Inability	A.A. Hodge
What Does Being Spiritually Dead Mean? (YouTube)	John Piper
What is the biblical evidence for original sin?	Desiring God Staff
The Pelagian Captivity of the Church	By R. C. Sproul
Doctrine of Man's Impotence	A.W. Pink
Dead Men Walking	R.C. Sproul
Why We Need a Savior: Captive to Alien Power, By Nature Children of Wrath	John Piper
Man's Moral Inability	Dr Van Lees
Inability - Fallen Human Beings are Both Free and Enslaved	J.I. Packer
Dead in Sin Made Alive	Edward Payson (.PDF)
Responsibility, Inability, Monergistic Grace	@Monergism.com
Why Do We Need to Be Born Again? Part 1	John Piper
Dead Men Walking - Ephesians 2:1-3 (MP3)	Nicholas T. Batzig - Christ the King PCA
Can We Make an Exact Analogy Between Unbelievers' who are "Dead in Sin" and Believers who are "Dead to Sin"?	J.W. Hendryx
But God...	John Piper
Why We Need a Savior: Dead in Sins	John Piper
The Extend and Effects of Original Sin	Loraine Boettner
Total Inability	The Kim Riddlebarger on the Canons of Dort, Third/Fourth Head of Doctrine, Article Three
Dead Men Walking	John Samson
The Necessity of the New Birth	A.W. Pink
You Who Were Dead	R.C. Sproul