What an incredible thing to be brought to life by the Spirit of God! When there was no possibility of self-resuscitation, God, through His Spirit, by the work of Christ, called me out of darkness and into life. I wasn't just unconcerned about God before that day, it wasn't that I hadn't gotten around to getting saved yet - the problem was that I was "dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1). As Dan Phillips puts it in The World Tilting Gospel (while cleverly alluding two classic cult films - can you name them?):
"Paul says that we are dead. Not 'resting.' Not 'pining for the Fjords.' Not 'getting better.' Not 'only mostly dead.'"
When you're dead, he adds, "that's it. The music swells, the credits roll, the movie is over....There are not degrees of death. Death is an absolute. It is a toggle switch, not a dimmer."
Consider where you would be, believer, if the "wind" of the Spirit had not revived you to repentance. Now go worship, and work to see others brought to life.
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