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 "question": "What does the Bible teach about spiritual death?",
 "answer": "Spiritual death is separation from God. According to Genesis 2:17 and Romans 6:23, as a result of Adam's sin in the Garden, all human beings are born spiritually dead, captives of “the domain of darkness” (Col. 1:13). This means we are separated from our Creator and unable to function in our spiritual realm. At salvation, positional death occurs, separating us from sin and the sin nature, allowing us to choose between serving our old or new nature (Rom. 6:1–4, 10–11; Gal. 2:20). Temporal death is carnality, a separation from fellowship with God that happens every time we give in to temptation to sin (James 1:15; Rom. 8:2, 6, 13). Operational death occurs when our profession of faith is separated from the practice of that faith (James 2:26; Eph. 5:14; 1 John 1:5–6). Spiritual death is the root of all other deaths, and it's essential to understand this concept to grasp the depth of sin's impact on humanity.",
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  "What is the Bible's definition of spiritual death and its effects on humanity?",
  "How does the concept of spiritual death relate to being separated from God, and what are the consequences of this separation?",
  "What is the spiritual state of human beings at birth, and how does this relate to their ability to function in their spiritual realm?"
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 "topic_anchor": "Spiritual death",
 "derivation": "derived-canonical",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics — Spiritual death (canonical doctrine)",
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  "Death",
  "Fellowship",
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  "Temptation",
  "fellowship with God",
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  "Adam",
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  "Temptation",
  "Death and Fall of man",
  "Carnality",
  "Fall of man",
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  "Religion",
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