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| June 04, 2007 Life before Death? | |
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| lightninboy | Jul 14 2009, 10:19 PM Post #1 |
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I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died. (Romans 7:9 ) What do you make of this verse? What do you think Paul is trying to say? I was reading this verse yesterday and it struck me - perhaps this has the answer to my question about the word "dead." I have asked about the word "dead" here on this blog. When the Bible says we are spiritually dead, I have oft wondered what was the "life" that preceded that "death." IOW, to be "dead," you had to "live" first. People are are not dead before they are conceived and born, they are just not alive yet. A corpse is dead because it was once a living body. So spiritually, if we are dead, somehow, there must have been a spiritual life that preceded that death - it seems to me - else why would the Lord chose to use the word dead rather than unborn? Do you see the question in all of that? So .... maybe this verse holds the key to my dilemna with that word. What do you think? |
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