[To another member] You, for one.
nikolai_42
It may be a bit of a tortured analogy, but...
Once "dead", that which was "responsible" for dying is dead and can no
longer take responsibility. That dead self is now something that can be
moved around - literally used by God - to do His will.
Does the old man ever get up?
See:
Struggle of a Saved Soul J. Vernon McGee