Autopsy of a

Dead Life

 

Revelation 3:1-3 (NLT)  Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Now wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is at the point of death. Your deeds are far from right in the sight of God. Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly and turn to me again. Unless you do, I will come upon you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

Every person who has not had the experience of Biblical salvation is “DEAD WHILE THEY LIVE” because only the outer part of them (mind and body) is alive! Their spirit is dead, alienated from God because of sin. Unless they make a choice to change it, this is an eternal condition. Since the spirit is dead, the soul (mind) is now in charge. Led only by their intellect, emotions and will, such a person cannot understand spiritual concepts, for they are foreign to them. Their body becomes merely a tool for acting out their lusts and passions. They are merely “MORTAL,” which means “death-doomed” or “Satan-ruled.”

SPIRITUAL DEADNESS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE:

1.    Dead in ________________________

Ephesians 2:1 (KJV)  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2.    Dead in ________________________

1 Timothy 5:6 (KJV)  But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

3.    Dead in ________________________

Romans 7:6 (KJV)  But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

4.    Dead to ________________________

Ecclesiastes 9:4 (KJV)  For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5.    Dead to ________________________

Psalm 115:17 (KJV)  The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

6.    Dead to ________________________

James 2:14-17 (NLT)  Dear brothers and sisters, what’s the use of saying you have faith if you don’t prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can’t save anyone. Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing,  and you say, “Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all—it is dead and useless.

GOD’S PRESCRIPTION FOR A RESURRECTION:

1.    _______________________________________

Romans 13:11 (KJV)  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14 (KJV)  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

2.    _______________________________________

Isaiah 42:3 (KJV)  A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Isaiah 42:3 (NLT)  He will not crush those who are weak or quench the smallest hope.

3.    _______________________________________

Luke 13:3 (KJV)  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Acts 3:19 (KJV)  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

REPENTANCE:

·         Some people define repentance as a _______________ of sorrow for sin.

·         Some people define repentance as a _______________ to turn your life from sin toward God.

·         The Greek word for repentance is METANOIA, which means “to think differently.” Literally, repentance is _____________________________________________.

GOD’S BOOK OF LIFE:

Exodus 32:33 (KJV)  And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Revelation 20:12 (KJV)  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:15 (KJV)  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Luke 10:20 (KJV)  Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

GOD’S PROMISE:

Acts 26:8 (KJV)  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

John 11:25 (KJV)  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: