Hope, Direction and Motivation

August 18, 2023

Ephesians 2:1-10

Ephesians 2:1-10
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you
used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of
the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are
disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the
cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest,
we were by nature deserving of wrath.

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us
alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace
you have been saved.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly
realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the
incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ
Jesus.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Hope

For it is by grace you have been saved

Direction

through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast

Motivation

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.