Introduction: This devotion will be in two parts, the BAD NEWS and then the GOOD NEWS. By the way, the word “Quicken” means to come alive!

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.”

“2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”

* What does it mean to be “dead in trespasses and sin”?

The word “trespasses” is παράπτωμα,(par-ap’-to-mah), which means a false step, a trespass: a falling away, lapse, slip, sin. We have all gone astray, like sheep without a shepherd. But the Great Shepherd sought us and bought us!

* What does it mean to “walk according to the prince of the power of the air?”

Who is this? How do we see this playing out today? No doubt this is a description of Satan. Certainly the spirit of Antichrist is prevalent today. He uses this world system which is diametrically opposed to the Will of God. Yet, the Lord is still in control.

* Explain – our “conversation in the lusts of the flesh, by nature children of wrath”?

We were born with a sin nature; we choose to sin against God; i.e. it is our very nature. Go ahead and admit it.