
We are told explicitly in Eph. 2:1-3....what our condition was (or continues to be) prior to being born again and ‘made alive’ in Christ. Paul writes: You. Were. Dead.... He even tells us what/who was operating ‘in’ us, which was the ‘prince of the air’ (Satan 1 John 5:19; Acts 26:18; 2 Tim. 2:26). And the vehicle, or platform which gave place to this spirit to operate...was our ‘flesh nature’. Take your time with those three verses in Eph. 2 and you will see this plainly...what I share with you here is nothing but the truth from God’s word (Acts 17:11) There is good reason as to why the Spirit of God begins to lead us to ‘put to death the deeds of the flesh’ (Rom. 8:13; Col. 3:5-8). And those who truly are ‘children of God’ and ‘belong to Christ’...have done just that (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:24). And let’s not forget what Paul also brings out there in Romans...that if we continue...to live according to the flesh...we will die (8:13). That has always been the penalty for sin, whic...