Ephesians 2: 1-10
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and that now of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
No-nonsense, point blank honesty.
- Apart from God, we are dead.
- Who you trying to kid when you tell yourself that you're not a bad person? If we are honest with ourselves, who would stand?
- How many times have we secretly rejoiced when others fell? Made another person feel small to boost your own ego? I know I'm guilty.
The Truth
- We are enslaved to
2) The devil
3) Ourselves, both the flesh and the mind
- We only deserve God's wrath
God's anger is not like Man's and we shouldn't think that He gets angry in the same way we do. (that's anthropomorphism) Man's anger is inconsistent and often unjustified, God's anger is always consistent and always justified.
- BUT, we are loved more than we can imagine, hope for or dream of.
In spite of all that we've done, God was willing to sacrifice everything to redeem us. And not only that, He has raised us up to the heavenly places.
- And Jesus Christ is there every step of the way
made us alive together with Christ (v5), sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus (v6), His kindness towards us in Christ Jesus (v7), created in Christ Jesus for good works (v10).
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