Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV)
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
A Transformed Church Knows:
1) What We Were: Dead, Disobedient, Doomed
Ephesians 2:1-3
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
We Were Dead
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…
Ephesians 2:3
…like the rest of mankind.
We Were Disobedient
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…
Ephesians 2:2
…following the course of this world…
Ephesians 2:2
…following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
Ephesians 2:3
…among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind…
We Were Doomed
Ephesians 2:3
…were by nature children of wrath…
2) What God Has Done: Made Us Alive!
The character of God
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy,
Ephesians 2:4
…because of the great love with which he loved us,
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
The Work of God:
Ephesians 2:5
…even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—
Ephesians 2:6
…and raised us up with him…
Romans 6:3-5
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Ephesians 2:6
…and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
3) What We Are Now: God’s Workmanship
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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