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EPHESIANS 2:1-101 As for you, you were dead in yourtransgressions and sins, 2 in whichyou used to live when you followedthe ways of this world and of the rulerof the kingdom of the air, the spiritwho is now at work in those who aredisobedient.
EPHESIANS 2:1-103 All of us also lived among them atone time, gratifying the cravings of ourflesh and following its desires andthoughts. Like the rest, we were bynature deserving of wrath. 4 Butbecause of His great love for us, God,who is rich in mercy,
EPHESIANS 2:1-105 made us alive with Christ even whenwe were dead in transgressions—it isby grace you have been saved. 6 AndGod raised us up with Christ andseated us with Him in the heavenlyrealms in Christ Jesus,
EPHESIANS 2:1-107 in order that in the coming ages Hemight show the incomparable richesof His grace, expressed in Hiskindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For itis by grace you have been saved,through faith—and this is not fromyourselves, it is the gift of God—
EPHESIANS 2:1-109 not by works, so that no one canboast. 10 For we are God’shandiwork, created in Christ Jesus todo good works, which God prepared inadvance for us to do.
If not all, religions and spiritualities apart from Christianity, they teach
something called WORKS, and that is you can save yourself by doing certain things and not doing other things, but you can be your own
savior.
HINDUISMDetaching from your separated
ego and making an effort to live in unity with the divine saves you.
NEW AGEISMGaining a new perspective through
which you now see that you’re connected to all things as a divine
oneness saves you.
DAOISMAligning yourself with the Dao to have
peace and harmony saves you. In many people’s minds, simply being a
good person saves you.
This is what we are, that as a Born Again Christians, we are not saved
by our own works, but we are saved by Jesus’ works.
The storyline of the Bible is that we are in a terrible fate, and there is a sentence of death hanging over us, and we cannot rescue ourselves.
Jesus, our great God and Savior, comes in from the outside, and
He comes to rescue us. He comes to save us, and we are saved by
His works.
And He rises from death, conquering our enemies of sin and death, so it is
His victory and not ours that is the means by which we experience
salvation and are rescued.
And if anyone is trusting in anyone or anything other than Him or in addition to Him, they’re trusting in the wrong thing, and they will not experience
salvation.
EPHESIANS 2:55 made us alive with Christ even whenwe were dead in transgressions—it isby grace you have been saved.
EPHESIANS 2:88 For it is by grace you have beensaved, through faith—and this is notfrom yourselves, it is the gift of God—
When the Bible uses the language of grace, it’s talking about Jesus’ works.
When the Bible uses the language of works, it’s talking about our works.
We are not saved by what we do or who we are, we are saved by who He
is and what He does, and that’s GRACE.
It means unmerited favor, undeserved love. This means that God pours out His
affection not just on the undeserving, but the ill-deserving, in fact those who
were previously His enemies.
Jesus dies on the cross in our place for our sins. This is the grace of
God through which we are saved.
That means:Jesus died the death that we should have died.Jesus suffered the punishment that we should have suffered.Jesus tasted the wrath of God that we should have drunk full strength.
If you are in Christ, if you are a Christian, if you belong to Jesus, there is no penalty of sin for you,
meaning God does not punish you when you sin.
There may be consequence for your sin, but He’s not punishing you, because Jesus has already been
punished in your place for your sins.
It also means if you are in Christ, once you die, you will not suffer an eternal penalty for your sin, because Jesus already paid for it at the cross. It’s
what it means in saying it’s GRACE.
“Give your life to Jesus and when you die, you’ll go to heaven.”
That’s true! Eternal life does not begin the moment you die, it begins
the moment you meet Jesus.
That’s the beginning of your eternal life, and that you are saved in the past from the penalty of sin, and
you’re saved in the present from the power of sin.
GENESIS 1:3131 God saw all that He had made, and itwas very good. And there wasevening, and there was morning—thesixth day.
It said that God made everything and it was “very good.” There was no sin, there was no sickness, there was no
suffering, there was no disease, there was no decay, and there was no death. Everything was perfect. It’s the world that, down deep in our heart, we all long for and yearn for. We have a
sense that it was lost and we want it back.
And there will be a day, just as Jesus rose, we too shall rise. And the Bible
says that we’ll be totally new, thoroughly new, and that sin will be no
more.
There’ll be no suffering, no sickness, no sin, no death, no devastation,
no destruction.
That’s called the Kingdom of God, and in the Kingdom of God we’ll be
saved from the presence of sin.
EPHESIANS 2:1-31 As for you, you were dead in yourtransgressions and sins, 2 in whichyou used to live when you followedthe ways of this world and of the rulerof the kingdom of the air, the spiritwho is now at work in those who aredisobedient.
EPHESIANS 2:1-33 All of us also lived among them atone time, gratifying the cravings of ourflesh and following its desires andthoughts. Like the rest, we were bynature deserving of wrath.
DEATH is the result of sin. Where there is no sin, there is no death.
That’s why in the Kingdom of God we will not die because we’ll be saved from the presence of sin and death
will be no more.
Let’s say it’s your phone or your laptop. You plug it in, it’s powered up, you unplug it, it lives, but only for a while and then it what? And
then it dies. You and I are like that.
We’re not independent; we’re dependent beings. We’re made by the living God, and when we sin against
Him, it’s as if we are unplugging from the source of life.
The result is that we are still alive, but we’re in the cycle of death, and
eventually we die because we’re disconnected from the Source of life.
And so you can be living, physically, while yet dead spiritually. And in the process of dying physically, to then
stand before God to experience eternal death, which is living forever under punishment and not blessing, separated from the grace of God, not
connected to the grace of God.
Sin includes our thoughts, our words, our deeds, our motives.
It includes sin of commission where we do bad things, sin of omission where we don’t do good things.
We’ve crossed a line. We’re in a place where we’re not supposed to be
doing a thing we ought not do, and there’s consequence for that.
Take that understanding and then think of your relationship with God:
•That we’ve all stepped over the line •That He is the One who is offended •He’s the One that we’ve sinned against•He’s the One that we’ve disobeyed and rebelled against.
4. FOLLOWING THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF AIR, THE SPIRIT THAT IS NOW AT WORK IN THE
SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE
Not only are there God’s people, there are Satan’s people.
Not only are there those who are empowered by the Holy Spirit, but those
who are empowered by demons.
5. AMONG WHOM WE ALL ONCE LIVED IN THE
PASSIONS OF OUR FLESH, CARRYING OUT THE DESIRES OF THE
BODY AND MIND
By nature, what that means is you were born apart from God with a sin nature.You need to have a new nature, and out of a new nature will come new desires
and a new mind.
When the Bible speaks of God, it does say that He is love. The most often
attribute of God referenced in Scripture is that He’s holy.
The Bible does speak about God’s salvation, it also speaks of damnation. Jesus speaks of hell and heaven more
than anyone in the whole Bible.
And when it comes to the wrath of God, it’s mentioned with about two dozen words in the Old and New Testament combined, and the wrath of God is spoken of about six hundred times.
And the wrath of God is to create in us a sense of urgency that we’re
under a death sentence, that the clock is ticking, that after this life there is no
second chance.
That we better get this thing straightened out with Jesus right now while there’s still time because it’s a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of the living God. A sense of urgency, a sense of urgency
ROMANS 2:55 But because of your stubbornnessand your unrepentant heart, you arestoring up wrath against yourself forthe day of God’s wrath, when Hisrighteous judgment will be revealed.
God tells us about the consequences of His wrath so that we will have a
sense of urgency, know that we’re in dire need of a Savior, and invite Jesus
to come and rescue.
EPHESIANS 2:4-54 But because of His great love forus, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 madeus alive with Christ even when wewere dead in transgressions—it is bygrace you have been saved.
Dead people don’t make decisions. Apart from Jesus, you’re spiritually
dead, but God makes us alive in Christ. God puts life into us.
God brings us from separation to reconciliation.
That’s what God does, and then we respond with faith, but the faith is in
evidence of our salvation.
God gives us God. God gives us
Jesus Christ. It’s grace. We’re not
just undeserving, we’re ill-deserving.
We didn’t ask for it, we just got it.
God gives us His forgiveness, His love, His righteousness, His truth, His Holy Spirit, the Scriptures, the
church. God gives us God.
EPHESIANS 2:8-98 For it is by grace you have beensaved, through faith—and this is notfrom yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one canboast.
EPHESIANS 2:6-106 And God raised us up with Christ andseated us with Him in the heavenlyrealms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order thatin the coming ages He might show theincomparable riches of Hisgrace, expressed in His kindness to usin Christ Jesus.
EPHESIANS 2:6-108 For it is by grace you have beensaved, through faith—and this is notfrom yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one canboast. 10For we are God’shandiwork, created in Christ Jesus todo good works, which God prepared inadvance for us to do.
If you are in Christ, there is a seat in the Kingdom of God with your name on it
and a reservation set. When you die, you will be absent from the body and present
with the Lord. And that seat is guaranteed.
You’ll sit there with Jesus and His people and rejoice at the wedding
supper of the Lamb, a great feast where we sing the praises of Jesus.
That’s where you’re going.
Jesus’ works save us. He works in us as His workmanship, and then works through us as an act
of worship.
So, our works are the result of His works, unlike religion that teaches, or
spirituality that teaches, or morality that teaches, “Here are your works and they
will save you.” NO. Jesus saves you.
You’re saved by His works. He works in you.He works on you.
He works through you to do good works as an act of worship.
All work done unto the Lord is good works. God has things for you to do. Your meaning, and your life, and your
value, and your purpose is all empowered by the grace of God.
It’s not that we’re saved by works, but rather we’re empowered by grace to do
good works. So, works and grace are not against one another. God’s grace forgives our sin. God’s grace also empowers our works. So you can do good works by the
grace of God to the glory of God.
“By the grace of God, I was able to do the good works that God prepared in advance
for me to do.” So, God’s grace empowers you to do good
works. And any work, all work by God’s grace for God’s glory are good works.
God isn’t calling you all to be deacons.
God isn’t calling you all to be elders. But God’s calling us all to good
works.
The good works are all things that Jesus has laid out for us to do, and
whatever those are for you, those are the things you should be doing by the
grace of God.
Sometimes young people get way too far down the road.
They start thinking about what they’re going to do in sixty years.
5. Some of you don’t need new works—you’ve got way too much to do—but to infuse your current works
with grace.
Religion says you’re saved by your works.
Jesus teaches and demonstrates we’re not saved by our works, we’re
saved to our works.
They’re not the root of our faith, they’re the fruit of our faith.
They’re not what bring us into relationship with God, they’re what
come out of those who are in relationship with God.