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Dead Men Tell No Tales

 Ephesians 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
 
Have you ever felt dead? We might often say, "I'm dead tired" or just "I'm dead". Even though we are right in front of someone when we says that. We don't literally mean that we are dead. We're just tired. 

Paul here tells believers in Christ that before they came into a saving relationship with him, they were literally dead spiritually. It was the effect of what Adam and Eve did in the garden. God, way back then said that the day was that they até that fruit, that they would die. And they did. That act of disobedience has cost billions of lives through the years. 

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, even you were dead before you found life in Christ. Paul says this later in this passage. You walked around. You worked and lived the "normal life" of any dead person. However, when the Holy Spirit began his work it was then that your life truly began. You were on the wide way to hell. Thatpo is what transgressions and sins means. You were diverted from the right way that leads to God. You, as a dead person, didn't know any better. You might have even been doing religious things like praying or reading your Bible or helping others. 

It was Christ who gave meaning to life. He transformed you from a lifeless waking corpse to a living soul. He showed you true peace and gave meaning to life. Dead men do talk so be careful who you listen to. 

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