God Who is Rich in Mercy
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, 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 ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Notice Chapter 2 starts with a conjunction which tells us Paul's train of though is connected to our last two weeks of Scripture.
Last week we Saw that Paul was blessed because of the Good report of the People of Faith in the Church of Ephesus That He continues without stopping to praise God for them, Then We see Paul intentionally pray for them that they would have a greater understanding of God His word and all the Spiritual blessings that are promised to them
Now we get to chapter two and we See the Word.............. AND..........
Most will quickly pass by this conjunction and begun to read chapter 2 without a thought of the word And but it as every word every jot every twiddle throughout scripture is important in proper study of his word by this we see it directly related to the prayer of Paul that they would grow in wisdom in knowledge of God
We can go back to verse 18 chapter one
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
And You He made alive who were dead in trespasses in sin
He made you whom believe Alive, you were dead unable to do anything but what dead men do surcome to your nature
a physical body that is dead is a corpse he cannot breathe the air he cannot take a glass of living water he can do nothing but what is nature is and that is to be dead and lie in his own coffin
Likewise those that are dead in their trespasses are spiritually dead
stuck captive to their sin
the bible says they are slaves to their sin
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
from the moment of my birth i was a sinner the sinful nature of adam has been passed down to me
i myself can do nothing but sin this is my nature
because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
my mind is hostile towards God it in not able to come to God
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
my heart is wicked i cannot know it i cannot trust it
there is none good im me, in a dead man there is no good
as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, There is not even one.”
So what can i do if i am lost can i become good when im inwardly so evil, can i change
“If you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ Because of the magnitude of your iniquity Your skirts have been removed And your heels have been exposed. “Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil. “Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw To the desert wind.
So then where is my Hope if I cannot change my nature my condition what then is there any hope?
Absolutely my brothers and sisters your hope cannot be in your will in your efforts even in your decisions but in Christ alone
Your hope is in Jesus
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
you cannot come unless he draws you and when He does you better come all in
For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
Look at verse 4-6
But God,
Oh Thank you Lord for the But God. When I was his enemy when I was stuck as a prisoner to my sin He came for Me
Praise The lord for the But God this morning AMen
Rich in mercy , Oh brothers do you know what mercy is, That is the forgiveness of a debt or a crime when you should not be forgiven
His Mercy is great His mercy is wonderful His Mercy is Rich for my Sins are Great Can we Praise God this morning for His Rich mercy
His great Love for us even when we were dead in our trespasses
Of dear children this is so good this is so wonderful
Look here if you did me wrong the way the I have wronged the lord I wouldn't like you much less love you
You see the Scripture says in John
“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
as a enemy of God stuck dead in my trespasses I would have never have chosen him
Oh but because of his love because of his rich mercy he chased me down he left the 99 faithful to find the one who was lost
He carried me on his shoulders and rejoiced for the one that was lost has been found
Oh brothers oh Sisters do you see how wonderful the sovereignty of God is he loves you even when you loved yourself and hated him even when you loved the world and despised him he loved you enough to open your eyes to open your ears that you would see that you could hear that you would believe
Oh how I love God oh how I cherish Jesus
He is my savior oh he is my Redeemer
Oh how wonderful
I don't know where you are or why your are here but each one of us has something to thank God for today let none leave here today without Giving god praise and thanks
I am not sure of anyone's walk with Christ for only he know the hearts of Men
But His word says seek Him and you will find him
So maybe he drew you here today to hear this word that you would humble yourself and turn from your sin to his glory then if that is you please come forward here today
Oh how I would love to help lead you to Christ
Maybe you just want to worship in gratefulness at the alter here and now is a great time ]
His word says if you are ashamed in front of men I will be ashamed in front of my father
another translations says if you deny me in front of men i will likewise deny you in front of my father
Let no one turn from the calling the urging of the Holy Spirit if you feel him leading you to pray Pray if you feel Him leading you to worship worship, if you feel him leading you to give thanks give thanks if you feel him leading you to surrender this life for his come surrender now is the time