FROM DEATH TO LIFE

EPHESIANS 2:1-

Ephesians 2:1–10 ESV

1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 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— 3 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. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1-DEATH

2-

A- WE ALL WERE DEAD IN SIN.

Ephesians 2:1 ESV

1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

Colossians 1:21 ESV

21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

B- WE ALL FOLLOWED EVIL.

Ephesians 2:2–3 ESV

2 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— 3 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.

1 PETER

1 Peter 1:14 ESV

14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

2-LIFE

2-LIFE

A-GOD SHOWED US MERCY AND GAVE US LIFE.

Ephesians 2:4–5 ESV

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

Ephesians 2:4 ESV

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Psalm 103:1 ESV

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

EPHESIANS

EPHESIANS 2:

Psalm 103:10 ESV

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

B- GOD WANTS TO CONTINUE TO POUR HIS GRACE AND KINDNESS ON YOU.

Ephesians 2:5–6 ESV

5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

EPHESIANS

Ephesians 2:6–7 ESV

6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Lamentations 3:22 ESV

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

3-PURPOSE

LAMENTATIONS

3-PURPOSE

A-WE DID NOT AND CANNOT SAVE OURSELVES.

Ephesians 2:8–9 ESV

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

EPHESIANS

John 14:6 ESV

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

B-WE WERE CREATED FOR GOOD WORKS, THEY ARE NOT THE MEANS OF OUR SALVATION.

EPHESIANS

Ephesians 2:10 ESV

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Titus 3:5 ESV

5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,