1. Dead - You are/were dead in your sins (vs. 1)
3 Views - People are Spiritually
- Well
- Sick
- Dead
2. Disobedient - You are/were the slave of the World , the Devil, and the Flesh (vss. 2-3a)
3. Doomed - You are/were under God’s wrath (v. 3b)
4. Difference - “But God”
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Luke 15:23–24 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
- We Must Emphasize the Use of the Law of God
- We all Have a Spiritual Past
- We all Have a Spiritual Future
- We should celebrate the Miracle of Salvation
Many commentators divided these verses up similarly. R. Kent Hughes and Tony Merida (both quoting older commentators) were especially helpful.