Before and After, Ephesians 2:1-10
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I. Before: Dead in our selfish desires, :1-3
I. Before: Dead in our selfish desires, :1-3
A. Our condition -- Dead in sin ()
A. Our condition -- Dead in sin ()
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
B. Our lifestyle -- Influenced by Satan ()
B. Our lifestyle -- Influenced by Satan ()
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—
C. Our work -- Controlled by lust ()
C. Our work -- Controlled by lust ()
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.
D. Our result -- Under God’s wrath ()
D. Our result -- Under God’s wrath ()
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.
E. Application
E. Application
Our “before Christ” picture is seen clearly in
Do any aspects of this description still apply to you?
What steps can you take to ensure that you are no longer living this way?
Who can encourage you and hold you accountable?
II. After: Alive to reflect Christ, :4-10
II. After: Alive to reflect Christ, :4-10
A. What God Did (2:4–6)
A. What God Did (2:4–6)
1. He loved us ().
1. He loved us ().
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
2. He liberated us ().
2. He liberated us ().
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
3. He lifted us ().
3. He lifted us ().
6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
B. Why God Did It ()
B. Why God Did It ()
7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
C. How God Did It (2:8–9)
C. How God Did It (2:8–9)
1. Through His extended grace ()
1. Through His extended grace ()
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
2. Through our accepting faith ()
2. Through our accepting faith ()
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.
D. What We Are Now ()
D. What We Are Now ()
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
E. Application
E. Application
· What good works do you display?
· What 3 ways can you display God’s love to the world?