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Are we born spiritually alive or spiritually dead? What is your Scriptural justification for that?
The strongest claim I can find for being born spiritually dead is what Jesus says to Nicodemus:
"Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto you that you must be born again." (John 3:5-6)
"He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man; but of God." (John 1:11-13)
The closest Paul comes to saying something similar is Ephesians 2:1: "And he has quickened you who were dead in trespasses and sins."
The strongest claim I can find for being born spiritually dead is what Jesus says to Nicodemus:
"Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto you that you must be born again." (John 3:5-6)
"He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man; but of God." (John 1:11-13)
The closest Paul comes to saying something similar is Ephesians 2:1: "And he has quickened you who were dead in trespasses and sins."