HNewsWire: Those who are spiritually dead are oblivious to their state (2 Corinthians 4:4). They assume they can “eat, drink and be merry” (Luke 12:19 NIV), for physical life is all there is. In so doing, they fail to engage their inmost longings. They fail to recognize their sense of purposelessness, disconnectedness, and the fact that, apart from God, their pursuits do not provide fulfillment. The real danger is that, without the new life that Christ gives, the sinner’s physical death will be followed by the second death (Revelation 20:14-15). Even believers, who have spiritual life, sometimes fail to fully live it by rebelling through sin. The consequence of sin is spiritual death (Romans 6:23). When believers in Christ toy with sin, they experience the death-like symptoms of sin – a sense of distance from God.  The fundamental conflict in our culture … Continue reading Those Who Despise the Truth and Wish to Keep It Hidden It Is a Conflict Between Those Who Love and Speak the Truth and Others Who Hate It