From Death to Life 2

Life for the human being is held in the Creator. Apart from Him there is only death. Since God is the source and sustainer of all life, separation from Him causes the human to dwell in a sphere of spiritual deadness. "Spiritual death is the alienation of the soul from God, we are all born as dead men, and we live as dead men, until we are made partakers of the life of Christ--agreeably, to the words of our Lord...our condition, therefore...may well excite our horror" (John Calvin). At least it ought to.