Introduction.
God’s View of sinners before Salvation according to the Bible is important. It is common for many who are yet to come to Christ to see themselves as knowing God because they were born into a Christian home or have been attending church from their youth or practicing Islam or believe in God outside Christ.
Proving the Great Doctrine of Eternal Security from the Bible
However, until a soul understands his true state before God and the need for Salvation such might just be playing religion and not be saved.
“To be without Christ is to be without God”(Ephesians 2:12), No faith in the Son, is no faith in the Father(John 12:44), To dishonor the Son is to dishonour God(John 5:23).
Below is Who we were before we got saved.
The following is God’s view of Sinners before Salvation:
✅DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were 👉dead in trespasses and sins;
✅WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye 👉walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
✅WALKED ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,👉 according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
✅HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN TIMES PAST IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH
Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all 👉had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
✅FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND
Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, 👉fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
✅WERE BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF WRATH
Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and👉 were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
✅DEAD IN SINS
Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were 👉DEAD IN SINS, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
✅WERE WITHOUT CHRIST,
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were 👉WITHOUT CHRIST, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
✅BEING ALIENS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being👉 aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
✅STRANGERS FROM THE COVENANTS OF PROMISE
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 👉strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
✅HAVING NO HOPE
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, 👉HAVING NO hope, and without God in the world:
✅WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD:
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and 👉WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD:
✅WERE FAR OFF
Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes 👉were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which 👉were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
✅STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS
Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more 👉strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
In conclusion:
The Bible is not ashamed to say the unsaved are
👉Dead- in trespasses and sins
👉Walking- according to the course of this world
👉Walking according to the prince of the power of the air
👉Fulfilling the desires of their mind and flesh
👉Naturally children of wrath
👉Without Christ
👉Without God
👉Without hope
👉Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel
👉Strangers/Foreigners
👉Were afar off.
If you put this in mind when talking to the lost, it will help us to appreciate their urgent need for salvation.
Written by Akande Happy
07-07-2022
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