
Made Alive!
Ephesians 2:1a NkJV
“And you He made alive….”
KJV - “Quickened”- Revitalize means to give new life, energy, activity or success to something.
Genesis 1:17
“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 shall surely die.””
Genesis 2:17 NKJV
Deficiencies (2:1B)- … dead in trespasses and sins. >
“But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” Psalms 73:2-3 NKJV.
“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.” Psalms 51:5 NKJV. > “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man;” I Corinthians 10:13a NKJV
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”
II Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV
Desires- ( 3) *A. Longings of our flesh- “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 NKJV.
B. Longings of our mind- “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 NKJV. >>> “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.” Proverbs 4:23 GNT>
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 NLT >>>>>.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”Isaiah 55:8-9 NKJV. >>>
“For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.” Matthew 18:11 NKJV.