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I. Introduction
Today we embark upon a little mini series about the identity of the believer.
We had a message from Ephesians 1:1-13 not long ago.
You may want to listen to that message as a foundation for this one.
In this little series, we want to help prepare you for the work of the ministry as we carry out the great commission in our area.
This subject will also be the focus of our Bible study beginning on Wednesday 21, 2022.
I want us to look at where God has brought us from and a primary reason why He has brought us from where we used to be.
So let’s look at Ephesians 2:1-10.
II.
Dead Man walking!
(Eph.
2:1-3)
There is an idiom, according to the Free Dictionary (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dead+man+walking),
that says, “dead man walking.”
Sociologically in the US, this refers to “a condemned man walking from his prison cell to a place of execution.”
Spiritually speaking, according to Ephesians 2:1-3, that is exactly the state that everyone one of us were in.
“being dead in trespasses and sins”
BDAG ‘Dead’ Definition: pert. to being so morally or spiritually deficient as to be in effect dead, dead, fig.
ext. of 1
Louw/Nida ‘Dead’ Definition: pertaining to being unable to respond to any impulse or to perform some function—‘unable, ineffective, dead, powerless.’
• Trespasses are offenses again God!
• Sins are a departure from either human or divine standards of uprightness; to act contrary to the will and law of God
“in which you once walked”
Following:
1.
The Prince of the power of the air
2. The spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
“among whom we all once lived”
1.
In the passions of the flesh
2. Carrying out the desires of our flesh and mind
3. by nature children of wrath, like all the rest of mankind!
III.
But God…(Eph.
2:4-7)
A. God is rich in mercy.
BDAG Definition mercy: kindness or concern expressed for someone in need, mercy, compassion, pity, clemency)
B. God loved us–even before we believed.
BDAG Definition love: the quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love
C. God made us alive together with Christ.
D. God saved us by His grace.
“saved” is a perfect passive.
In Greek it connotes completed action and continuing results!
BDAG Definition grace: that which one grants to another, the action of one who volunteers to do someth.
not otherwise obligatory
E. God raised us up and seated us with Christ in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
F. God will demonstrate the immeasurable riches of his grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
IV.
Salvation is By Grace Alone through faith Alone (Eph.
2:8-9)
A. God saved us by His grace through faith in Christ
B. We did not effect our own salvation
C. Salvation is a gift from God.
D. None of us can boast about being saved by any works!
V. We are God’s Workmanship (Eph 2:10)
A. Believers are God’s creation.
He has made us what we are.
B. We were created in Christ Jesus for good works which God had already prepared for us to do and live in.
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