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How can a spiritually dead person respond to God?

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A spiritually dead person responds to God through His sovereign grace which enables them to hear and believe.

A spiritually dead person, as described in Ephesians 2:1, cannot respond to God unless He first intervenes and grants spiritual life. In other words, it is only through God's sovereign grace that a person is drawn to Him, as evidenced in John 6:44 where Jesus states, 'No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.' This divine drawing allows the person to understand their utter need for mercy and enables them to incline their ear and respond to God’s invitations of grace. So while human inability is a reality, God’s power to transform hearts is the source of all genuine response to Him.
Scripture References: Ephesians 2:1, John 6:44

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