And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1)
Apart from physical death, the bible speaks of a second type of death. This is known as spiritual death.
What is spiritual death?
Spiritual death is when a person is alive physically, but dead spiritually. All of us are born into this world spiritually dead, separated from God.
Examples of being spiritually dead
The prodigal son was said to have been spiritually dead.
It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found. (Luke 15:32)
Paul wrote about being spiritually dead
I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. (Romans 7:9)
Reason for being born spiritually dead
The Lord said to Adam.
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you[a] shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:17)
Adam and Eve died spiritually at the time that they sinned
We inherit our fallen nature from our first parents – Adam and Eve. All humans have been born into this world with their inherited sinful nature (the only exception to this is the Lord Jesus who was born without sin). Hence, each one of us comes into the world spiritually separated from God.