Knowing God - Ephesians 2:5

(from Pastor)

even when we were dead in sins,

[God] hath quickened us together with Christ

Ephesians 2:5

I surely could have found a more modern translation of this verse, but I can't ever pass up that old word "quickened."

In contrast to "dead in [our] sins," quickened officially means alive. But how many of us -- though alive -- are really bored ... distracted ... and slow -- slow of heart and dead in faith.

Quickened, to me, means more than having just a heart-beat. Quickened means living a life that is vital, having a purpose that matters, and developing a heart that thumps with as much significance as Christ's.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who needs a running coach

(I want to be quicker)

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Quickened - alive.  My favorite place to say this is in the Apostles Creed ... 'He is coming for the quick and the dead.'  I also enjoy the word when reading historical novels and they talk about 'the quickening' - when a pregnant woman felt the baby move for the first time.  The first time it was truly known that there was life growing inside.  


We were dead in sins - God gives us life/we are alive/living in Christ.