There is no greater evidence of spiritual death than that which is revealed when men and women sit under the message of the gospel on Sunday morning and then go into the day totally unmoved in heart by the wonders of Christ and Him crucified. I do not look for a man to be a murderer, a thief, a liar or an adulterer to believe he is spiritually dead. The greatest indicator of the true state of man before the Living God is his response to the wondrous gospel of God’s grace in Christ.

Gary Shepard
Sovereign Grace Baptist Church
Jacksonville, NC