>> Who We Were Before Jesus:
Ephesians 2:1-3 CSB
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
1) We were
in our sin.
Ephesians 2:1 CSB
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins…
John 1:4 CSB
In [Jesus] was life, and that life was the light of men.
2) We followed the
of the world.
Ephesians 2:2 CSB
…in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world…
Proverbs 14:12 CSB
There is a way that seems right to a person,
but its end is the way to death.
3) We followed the
.
Ephesians 2:2 CSB
…in which you previously walked…according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
Matthew 12:30 NLT
[Jesus said,] “Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.”
4) We followed our own
.
Ephesians 2:3 CSB
We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts…
5) We followed our
.
Ephesians 2:3 CSB
…and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
// Two of the best words in all of Scripture: “
”
Ephesians 2:4 CSB
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us…
>> Who We Are In Jesus:
Ephesians 2:4-10 CSB
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
1) We are
!
Ephesians 2:5 CSB
[God] made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
…anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
2) We are saved by
!
Ephesians 2:5,8-9 CSB
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— not from works, so that no one can boast.
3) We have been
with Jesus.
Ephesians 2:6 CSB
He also raised us up with him…
4) We have been
with Jesus.
Ephesians 2:6 CSB
He also…seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus…
5) We have been re-made for a
.
Ephesians 2:10 CSB
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
My Next Step With Jesus: