In irresistible power, it transforms a sinner into a saint, an enemy into a child of God. The power involved here is power of a unique and special order. The Bible compares it, in its results and effects, to the power of God exercised in creating all things. To grasp this is to have the key to understanding many other biblical truths of a similar kind. There can be no question but that the graphic language used to describe the condition of sinners and the nature of conversion is there to emphasize for us our spiritual helplessness when it comes right down to the mechanics of how we are turned from death to life.
Death is a very intense, a very strong word.
It highlights both our helplessness and the urgent and crucial necessity for us to experience the life-giving power of God. If this helplessness was not spiritual, then perhaps salvation might come through something other than power. For example, it might come by wise counsel or by powerful exhortation. But the hard facts disallow the effectiveness of such a strategy altogether - it would be quite useless. Death puts men beyond the reach of good advice.