Dead in sin'

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"As for you, you were dead in trespasses 
and sins." Ephesians 2:1

To be dead in sin is to have . . .
no present part or lot with God;
no knowledge of Him;
no faith, no trust, no hope in Him;
no sense of His presence;
no reverence of His awesome Majesty; 
no desire after Him or inclination toward Him; 
no trembling at His word;
no longing for His grace;
no care or concern for His glory. 

To be dead in sin is to be as a beast before Him, 
intent like a brute on satisfying the cravings of lust,
or the movements of mere animal passion—without 
any thought or concern what shall be the outcome, 
and to be bent upon carrying out into action every 
selfish purpose, as if we were . . .
self creators,
our own judge, 
our own lord, 
and our own God. 

O what a terrible state is it to be thus dead in sin, 
and not to know it—not to feel it—to be in no way 
sensible of its present danger and certain end—unless 
delivered from it by a mighty act of sovereign power! 

It is this lack of all sense and feeling which makes 
the death of the soul to be but the prelude to that 
second death which stretches through a boundless 
eternity.