Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
We who are now alive in Christ were once as every son of Adam born, dead in sin and opposed to God and all righteousness defined by His standards. We used to live for our lust for pleasure and set our minds opposed to and even with hate and disdain toward God, children of God’s wrath and facing His just and fair punishment for it. We followed the serpent’s lies as the rest of the world in an attempt to be autonomous instead of obedient and reliant on the Father who alone knows best. This temporary prince of this present darkness enslaves all of the first Adam’s offspring who can only be set free from sin’s tyranny of the soul by the second Adam, Jesus the Christ. We now and forever live in Him, justified and forgiven by grace!
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