Ephesians 2:1 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; One Sunday Father Taylor preached upon the Atonement. His text was, "Dead in trespasses and sins." "Dead!" he exclaimed; "not only dead, but buried; and you can't get out! A big boulder lays on the main hatch, keeping it down over your heads. You may go to work with all your purchases — bars, handspikes, winch, and double tackles; but you can't make it budge an inch. But hark! who is it that has the watch on deck! Jesus Christ. Now, sing out to Him, and Sing out loud. Ah! He hears you; and He claps His shoulder against this rock of sin, cants it off the hatch, the bars fly open, and out you come." Parallel Verses KJV: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;WEB: You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, |
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