FROM A MESS TO A MASTERPIECE
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And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
EPHESIANS 2:1
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
Ephesians 2:
Ephesians
3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
Ephesians 2
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Ephesians 2:5
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
A HOT MESS
I. WHAT WE ONCE WERE
A. DEAD IN SIN
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
EPHESIANS 2:1
B. INFLUENCED BY SATAN
2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
EPHESIANS 2:2
C. CONTROLLED BY LUST
3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
EPHESIANS 2:3
D. UNDER GOD’S WRATH
EPHESIANS
3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
WHAT GOD DID ABOUT IT
A. HE LOVED US
EPHESIANS 2:4
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
B. HE LIBERATED US
5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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C. HE LIFTED US
EPHESIANS 2:6
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
III. WHY GOD DID IT
EPHESIANS 2
7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
IV. HOW GOD DID IT
A. THROUGH HIS GRACE
EPHESIANS 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
B. THROUGH FAITH
C. THROUGH BLOOD
EPHESIANS 2:13
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
V. WHAT WE ARE NOW
EPHESIANS
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
1. THE TASK
We have been created in Christ to do good works
2. THE TIME
This was God’s plan before the foundations of the world
MESS TO MASTERPIECE