Dictionary of Bible Themes
Being morally and spiritually without life, therefore without a relationship with God. This condition, being the result of original sin, brings wrath and judgment and can be changed only by the sovereign, intervening grace of God.
Genesis 2:17Spiritual deadness is humanity's condition by nature
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It is linked to physical death
Genesis 3:3,19Proverbs 11:19Ezekiel 18:20-31John 8:21-24Romans 1:32; 6:23Ephesians 2:1See also
It is the universal consequence of sin
Genesis 8:211 Chronicles 10:13Psalms 51:5; 58:3
Proverbs 21:16John 6:53Romans 3:23; 5:12-13,17Colossians 2:13Romans 5:20See also
It is confirmed in the law
Romans 7:4-12; 8:2-4Galatians 2:19Romans 8:62 Corinthians 4:4It is evidenced in the human mind
Colossians 1:21Titus 1:15Romans 7:24See also
It is evidenced in the human body
Romans 6:12-14,16; 8:101 Corinthians 15:502 Corinthians 5:10Galatians 6:7-8Ephesians 4:221 Timothy 5:6James 3:6Luke 16:26Spiritual darkness brings judgment
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God's judgment is final
Isaiah 66:24Matthew 8:12; 25:30-32Mark 9:43-49Luke 13:28Hebrews 9:271 Peter 1:17Revelation 20:14-15See also
The second death
Matthew 25:411 John 5:16-17Jude 1:12Revelation 2:11; 21:8Ephesians 2:4-5Rescue from spiritual deadness is initiated by God
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He brings salvation
Psalms 103:12
Isaiah 26:19Ezekiel 37:1-14Romans 6:4See also
He brings union with the death of Jesus Christ
Romans 6:5-102 Corinthians 4:10; 5:15-17Galatians 2:19-20; 5:24; 6:14Philippians 3:10Colossians 2:12Colossians 3:1See also
He brings union with the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Romans 5:21; 6:11Revelation 20:4-5Romans 8:10-11See also
He brings ultimate physical resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:42-49Ephesians 5:14Concern for those who are spiritually sleepy
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Romans 13:111 Thessalonians 5:5-7Revelation 3:1-2See also
5004 human race & sin5020 human nature5135 blindness, spiritual6023 sin, universality6154 fall, the6178 hardness of heart6510 salvation8341 separation8768 idolatry9024 death, spiritual9210 judgment, God's9510 hell