Ephesians 2:1-10

"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."
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:1-10

— What dead in road were you on when God saved you? Following the path of the world leads straight to destruction! Dead men walking blinded by our own sins!

— when you follow your selfish desires and make decisions on passions of the flesh you r taking a path away from God!

— We were born opposed to God and in our sinful natures were subject to his wrath. Our sin justifies the judgement against us and we have no hope but to find salvation in Jesus!

— Praise God for his great mercy and the grace that he freely gives! His love is so great that he would not stand to watch us be condemned with out hope! Praise Jesus for his sacrifice and his willingness to accept our punishment and blame!

— What an amazing God we serve! Not only have we been saved and forgiven without merit, God has seated us in a place of honor!

— What did we do to deserve such treatment? Nothing! Gods only request is that we have faith and believe! We are not expected to be perfect or earn our salvation in some way. We do not have a debt that has to be repaid at a certain time. God just simply asks that we make an effort to be obedient and when we fall He is does not count it against us!

— We were created in Gods image and for this very purpose! All we can do in response to this is love and worship God with all our hearts!


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