But God
11/13/22
“But God”
Ephesians 2:1-10
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins ~Ephesians 2:1 (ESV)
1. We need a Savior because of our corruption in sin.
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— ~Ephesians 2:2
2. We need a Savior because of our captivity to Satan.
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. ~Ephesians 2:3
3. We need a Savior because of our condemnation to hell.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, ~Ephesians 2:4
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ~Ephesians 2:5
and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ~Ephesians 2:6
4. But God
so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ~Ephesians 2:7
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, ~Ephesians 2:8
5. Faith in the face of temptation
not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ~Ephesians 2:9
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. ~Ephesians 2:10
6. Nothing Is impossible for God