Why Dead Men Must Die

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Paul says we all were dead apart from Christ, but he also says we died when we were united to Christ. In what sense, then, do dead men die?

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0:00.0	Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
0:07.7	Pastor John is back in the studio with me today for a really sharp Bible question on Colossians
0:12.0	chapter 3, verse 3.
0:13.9	It comes to us from a listener named Josiah.
0:17.4	Pastor John, hello, and thank you for taking my question today.
0:20.2	How do we reconcile Colossians 3-3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ
0:26.3	in God with Ephesians 2-1?
0:29.3	And you were dead in trespasses and sins.
0:33.0	I know this refers to our spiritual state of existence before and after Christ.
0:36.8	I was already dead and then I died.
0:40.4	Is that right?
0:41.6	Are those who are saved were dead and then they died again.
0:46.8	So dead men die.
0:48.9	Is that how salvation works in Paul's mind?
0:51.0	Pastor John, what would you say to Josiah?
0:53.3	That's a really good question.
0:55.3	I love this kind of question.
0:58.0	I know where people read the Bible carefully enough that they think, how does that fit together?
1:02.8	Yeah.
1:03.8	That seems so strange.
1:04.8	Those are just golden moments in Bible reading to go deeper.
1:09.4	So Josiah has put his finger right on a crucial biblical paradox.
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