Apart from Christ Jesus, every soul is dead to spiritual things, devoid of all life from God, cut off from the living Spirit who enables us to have communion with God, and to understand and enjoy spiritual things. The natural man cannot understand or perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are spiritually discerned. The Spirit of God gives to us the highest form of Life in Christ Jesus. Unregenerate men have physical, mental and religious life, but no spiritual Life. The Holy Spirit goes forth through the world each and every day according to the divine will of God the Father, and implants in believing hearts the living incorruptible seed of the word of God.
The divine nature, new life from above is given, and we live in the Spirit, comprehend spiritual things, seek God in prayer, made alive unto God, who is a Spirit. This Life is not obtained by ceremonial rites or human merit. The dead cannot rise to Life except by a divine miracle from God Himself. Men cannot rise to spiritual Life except by the working of the Spirit of God, for He alone can quicken us who are dead in trespasses and sins.
There are only two groups of people living on earth today: The Quick and The Dead. You are the Quick if the Holy Spirit has made you alive unto God. You are still Dead if you have not trusted Jesus with your soul. Just like when Lazarus was raised from the dead; only Jesus can call us from the grave of our sins. When the Holy Spirit truly begins to work in your life, your sinful soul will begin to be in want; you will begin to come to your senses, and be awakened to your dreadful state. The Way is Christ Jesus, and only the Holy Spirit can quicken you in The Way. If you reject the Truth of the Gospel, your soul is vulnerable to all the lies and spells of this vile world. Only the Holy Spirit can speak Truth to a sinful heart. While you neglect the Savior daily, you are living in jeopardy of your immortal soul. The incorruptible seed of divine nature must be implanted within you by the Holy Spirit. Seek Jesus now, not religious ritualism.
Beware of the religious cement you step into, because if it hardens around your conscience and soul, you may never escape, and wind up sinking down into hell forever. Christ Jesus' Blood was the Payment for your sins, The Lamb of God's very life was the cost of your Salvation. Your sins are many, but His Mercies are more. Jesus welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poorest to the Cross. Your sins have incurred a dreadful deft you can never afford. To die is eternal Gain for a Christian, but for a lost soul, death is eternal Loss. Nothing but the work of the Eternal Spirit is Eternal. Not one good work of yours is needed to perfect Christ's Precious Blood Atonement. The Law brings you down, humbles you, reveals your sinful thoughts and deeds, makes your feel your sinfulness and realize your crookedness and perverseness.
The Holy Spirit must renew your inward nature, and renew a right spirit within your inward parts. The Spirit's operations in your heart produce thoughtfulness about your sinning against God Himself and this effects your conversion. Repentance originates in your thinking upon your sinful ways, and comparing to God's holy Law, which you have broken innumerable times every day of your life. And the Faith prompts you to turn to God's Way, and the Holy Spirit give you an internal renovation. Your heart of stone is melted with deep contrition, soul poverty, absolute bankruptcy, your empty pockets are turned inside out, and then Christ and all His spiritual treasures become yours instantly, freely, eternally.
