Definition of Dead:
Webster: “Deprived of life, no longer alive... Lacking power to feel, move or respond... No longer producing or functioning.”
(source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead)
The spiritually dead:
Matthew 8:22
Luke 15:24, 32
John 5:24-25
Romans 8:6
Colossians 2:13
Jude 1:12
Also (not on the handout):
John 12:40 - God has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, because they would not believe
1 Timothy 5 – the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives
This world (meaning the sinful world systems, not the good things in the world that God created):
Does not know God (John 17:25)
Hates Jesus (John 7:7)
Is full of corruption (2 Peter 1:4 & 2:20)
Listens to false teachers (1 John 4:5)
Is under Satan’s control (1 John 5:19)
Don’t Be Conformed to or Love The Ways of This World
John 15:18-20
Romans 12:1-2
1 John 2:15-17
James 4:4
Also see Genesis 11:1-9 - a world system united together against God.
The Ways of Satan:
Accuser – Zechariah 3:1; Revelation 12:10
Murderer and Liar – John 8:44
Arrogance & Greed - Isaiah 14:12-22
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