I love the contrasts being painted here of former life, and new life in Christ. Then explaining how this new life can only be feasible because of the rich mercy of God's Love. What an awesome picture of God's desire to save and help us to conquer those things in life that can keep us down. For it is His desire this passage says, to raise us to a " heavenly level " of understanding. Whereby, we are not led around by our desires or passions of the flesh, but by His Holy Spirit in the freedom where Christ has set you free. Amen.
2 At one time you were like a dead person because of the things you did wrong and your offenses against God. 2 You used to live like people of this world. You followed the rule of a destructive spiritual power. This is the spirit of disobedience to God’s will that is now at work in persons whose lives are characterized by disobedience. 3 At one time you were like those persons. All of you used to do whatever felt good and whatever you thought you wanted so that you were children headed for punishment just like everyone else.
4–5 However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God’s grace! 6 And God raised us up and seated us in the heavens with Christ Jesus. 7 God did this to show future generations the greatness of his grace by the goodness that God has shown us in Christ Jesus.
8 You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. 9 It’s not something you did that you can be proud of. 10 Instead, we are God’s accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives.
Common English Bible. (2011). (Eph 2:1–10). Nashville, TN: Common English Bible.
Dr. Patrick Vossen
President, FBC
I love the contrasts being painted here of former life, and new life in Christ. Then explaining how this new life can only be feasible because of the rich mercy of God's Love. What an awesome picture of God's desire to save and help us to conquer those things in life that can keep us down. For it is His desire this passage says, to raise us to a " heavenly level " of understanding. Whereby, we are not led around by our desires or passions of the flesh, but by His Holy Spirit in the freedom where Christ has set you free. Amen.
2 At one time you were like a dead person because of the things you did wrong and your offenses against God. 2 You used to live like people of this world. You followed the rule of a destructive spiritual power. This is the spirit of disobedience to God’s will that is now at work in persons whose lives are characterized by disobedience. 3 At one time you were like those persons. All of you used to do whatever felt good and whatever you thought you wanted so that you were children headed for punishment just like everyone else.
4–5 However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God’s grace! 6 And God raised us up and seated us in the heavens with Christ Jesus. 7 God did this to show future generations the greatness of his grace by the goodness that God has shown us in Christ Jesus.
8 You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. 9 It’s not something you did that you can be proud of. 10 Instead, we are God’s accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives.
Common English Bible. (2011). (Eph 2:1–10). Nashville, TN: Common English Bible.
Dr. Patrick Vossen
President, FBC
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