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<p>&quot;As for you, you were <strong>dead in </strong>trespasses <br />
  and<strong> sins</strong>.&quot; Ephesians 2:1<br />
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  To be <strong>dead in sin</strong> is to have . . .<br />
  no present part or lot with God;<br />
  no knowledge of Him;<br />
  no faith, no trust, no hope in Him;<br />
  no sense of His presence;<br />
  no reverence of His awesome Majesty; <br />
  no desire after Him or inclination toward Him; <br />
  no trembling at His word;<br />
  no longing for His grace;<br />
  no care or concern for His glory. <br />
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  To be <strong>dead in sin</strong> is to be as a beast before Him, <br />
  intent like a brute on satisfying the cravings of lust,<br />
  or the movements of mere animal passion—without <br />
  any thought or concern what shall be the outcome, <br />
  and to be bent upon carrying out into action every <br />
  selfish purpose,<strong> as if we were . . .</strong><br />
  self creators,<br />
  our own judge, <br />
  our own lord, <br />
  and our own God. <br />
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  O what a terrible state is it to be thus <strong>dead in sin</strong>, <br />
  and not to know it—not to feel it—to be in no way <br />
  sensible of its present danger and certain end—unless <br />
  delivered from it by a mighty act of sovereign power! <br />
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  It is this lack of all sense and feeling which makes <br />
  the death of the soul to be but the prelude to that <br />
  second death which stretches through a boundless <br />
  eternity.