[Music] here's today's InTouch devotion today's scripture reading is Ephesians chapter 2 veres 1 through3 and you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air of the spirit that is now working in the sons of Disobedience among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh indulging the desires of the Flesh and of the mind and were by Nature children of Wrath even as the rest followers of Christ know the importance of being saved but those who don't have a personal relationship with God through his son Jesus are spiritually dead there are three kinds of death physical spiritual and eternal spiritual death occurred in the Garden of Eden when dis obedience suffed Adam and Eve's connection to God as we see in Romans 5:12 as a result we're born spiritually dead and in need of new life eternal death comes for anyone who dies having never trusted in Jesus those who don't know Christ as Savior are living a life of sin our nature is to rebel against God we're born enslaved to sin and any effort to free ourselves from its power and penalty is in vain we need someone to rescue us those who don't know Christ as Savior are under Divine wrath the consequence of having a sin nature is to be under God's judgment all efforts to earn his approval and Escape our sentence are insufficient sinful man has nothing acceptable to offer holy God our only hope of Escape is for someone else to pay our penalty the good news is that the Lord has provided a way for all to pass from spiritual death to life from sin's bondage to freedom and from condemnation to intimacy with him trusting in Jesus Christ Alone is the way and he meets our every need