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Today we are going to take to look at 3 key aspects necessary for Salvation and continued Christian living.
We must know
Who You Were, or for some of you Who You Are
What He (Jesus) Did
Who You Are, or Who You Can Be
Lets start by talking a look at who we were, or again, who you are apart from Christ.
Who You Were / Who You Are
Who We Were / Who You Are
Paul is speaking to those that are quickened, or made alive.
But first he will reflect on what it was like before Jesus made us alive.
For some of you today, very well may be in this current state of spiritual deadness.
Dead in trespasses and sins
Dead in trespasses and sins
Our sin separates us from God.
Because of sin we are spiritually dead.
Being spiritually dead, lost man is not able to recognize the power that is at work behind the scenes.
Because of our sin we are after
Ephesians 2:2-3
After our father the devil
After your father the devil
After our father the devil
Because of our sin we are after our father the devil
The natural inclination of mankind is to be like their father.
This is no different on the spiritual level.
John
Breakdown first line
Walked = to be occupied with, life
course of this world = world system, practices and standards of those without God
What verse two is saying is that lost man is occupied with living their life in accordance with the practices and standers of the world system.
They are lead astray by the prince of the power of the air and are chewed up and spit out, left for dead.
Quick bible study, the prince of the power of the air is the Devil
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We must not be ignorant, Satan is in power here on earth and he wants nothing more than to destroy us.
He Hates You
Satan has set up a world system that caters to our selfish desires, he knows our vices and is doing everything in his power to exploit it.
the power behind unbelievers
He is the spirit that is working in those that reject or refuse to believe the gospel
Walked after the lust of OUR flesh (differentiates between the devil and flesh two different things)
Walked after the lust of OUR flesh
We used to walk after the lust of OUR flesh
t and flesh two different things)
Doing what we please in the flesh
Conversation = how you conduct yourselves
We used to live according to the lusts of our flesh, doing whatever felt good.
I don’t know about you but my flesh does not crave things that are good for me.
lays out a list of fleshly desires that the lost world live out without second thought
Galatians 5:19-
We were children of wrath
The wrath of God resides upon the lost
There is coming a day when the wrath of a Holy Righteous God will be poured out on humanity.
He has held off for thousands of years, but the day is rapidly approaching when He will say, that is it.
I’ve had enough
Fortunately for lost man verses 4-7 changes everything.
The wrath of God resides on us
What He Did
Ephesians 2:
He loved us with His rich mercy
He loved us with His rich mercy
This literally means that God has invited us to a feast of love, he demonstrated this on the cross.
We are invited to commune with the God of the universe.
He is rich in mercy.
Quick to forgive and redeem
Psalm 1
Not only is He merciful and loving, but he does so in the midst of our sin
Jesus descended from on hight to a place of muck and mire.
He came down from heaven to pull us up out of our sin.
He made us alive through Jesus (by his grace), raising us up from the dead and placed us in a heavenly seat.
This is incredible, in exchange for my sin I get to become the very righteousness of God through Christ.
He raised us up from the dead
Placed us in a place of honor
He literally exchanges my wickedness for his righteousness.
Showing his kindness and the exceeding riches of his grace in the process
Now I am able to be accepted in the eyes of God.
The blood of Jesus covers our sin and makes us clean in His sight.
This is the best news ever.
Without Jesus we am helpless and hopeless
Believe it or not, it still gets better from here.
Not only do I get to exchange my sin for His righteousness, but I also don’t have to do anything physically to receive it.
I’ll explain what I mean
Who You Are / Who You Can Be
(Saved by grace through faith)
Our salvation is of God, not of our works.
Salvation comes as a gift from God.
Gifts are free of charge.
This means it cost us nothing.
We do not have to work for it.
This gift is given to us by the grace of God.
This grace is undeserved.
Remember this is all given to us when we are dead in our sin.
And the salvation is through faith in Jesus’ work on the cross.
The death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This salvation is not based on what I can do.
It is based on what He did.
The freedom to be found in this statement “not of works,”
Praise God we don’t have to earn God’s favor.
In Jesus we become favored by God.
I do not have to prove my worth to God.
In Christ I am worthy
I do not have to do tricks for God.
In Christ I am worthy
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