That's funny Jesus told lots and lots of spiritually dead people to believe.
Must have been a case of offering false hope, that happens sometimes. NOT!
The Bible doesn’t teach that man spiritually died. They begin with a construct that’s not there. In order to avoid what’s really there
And the LORD
God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:16-17 KJV
“And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Genesis 3:4-6
They’ve broken the commandment and partaken of forbidden conflicting knowledge of good and evil .
“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil…So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Genesis 3:22, 24 KJV
Look how things actually do change there’s never any mention of man having “ spiritually died “ or being seperated because they “were born wrong “
but biblically what happened to man when they transgressed as God commanded them not to do , and ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil ?
“Behold,
the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil” and so man’s struggle with good and evil begins ….and tbier conflicted disposition begins…
“Then the Lord said to
Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.””
Genesis 4:6-7 NIV
Thier struggle against sin for thier living soul has began. We can see cain is
not yet a “ slave to sin “ and he wasn’t “born dead to God “ or “ made unacceptable by his birth “ none of that’s evident at all none even fits of us hinted at.
but rather .
He’s being instructed , as a man with freedom and choice himself ….he’s being
warned of an adversary called sin who desires to have him, that
he must overcome by doing what’s good and not doing what’s evil . Now that he is conflicted in his knowledge having transgressed.
cain isn’t “ a slave to sin “ already because he was born but sin has become a lurking , a clever and tempting enemy desiring to have dominion over him. he now must confront and overcome and rule over this lurking enemy “sin at his door.”
This has become mankinds position since Eden’s fall knowing good and evil ….this very thing he told cain
“
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;
it desires to have you, but
you must rule over it.”
“ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation
he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”
Acts 10:34-35
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For
God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV
If I want to avoid that being true , I have to create a whole different thing. Like ……..“Man is born ….spiritually dead “ not capable of choosing between good and evil “ “ no one needs to repent or obey the lord well never be judged for our deeds and words “ “ nothing you choose or do can change anything it’s already pre determined “ if I believe those things then I have a reason to continually reject this
“For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may
receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.”
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 KJV
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life;
and
they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.”
John 5:28-29 KJV
If I just create alternatives to believe, see I can just say well ^^^ that’s not true that won’t determine anything I’ll never be judged “the works of the cross “ “ the choosing of grace “ ect
Yet, the Exodus is characterized as work!