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I. Living
1. Dead in
Ephesians 2:1 (ESV) And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked.
Genesis 2:17 (ESV) In the day you eat of it you shall surely die.
Romans 5:12 (ESV) Sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.
2. Three of Spiritual Death
Ephesians 2:2a (ESV) …following the course of this world.
Ephesians 2:2b (ESV) …following the prince of the power of the air.
Ephesians 2:3 (ESV) …living in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind.
Galatians 5:17 (ESV) The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit.
3. The
Ephesians 2:3 (ESV) …we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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II. But God
Ephesians 2:4-6 (ESV) But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved u, even when we were dead in our trespasses, 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.
1. Two words change
Genesis 50:20 (ESV) You meant evil against me, but God meant it for my good.
Psalm 73:26 (ESV) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Romans 5:8 (ESV) But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
2. Rich in
Romans 5:20 (ESV) Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
3. Great in
Ephesians 2:4 (ESV) …because of the great love with which he loved us.
1 John 3:1 (ESV) See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
4. Made with Christ
Ephesians 2:5 (ESV) Even when we were dead in our trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ.
Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV) I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.
5. and Seated with Christ
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III. Grace not
Ephesians 2:7 (ESV) …so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 2:13 (ESV) You will receive the inheritance as your reward.
1. of Grace
1 Peter 1:4 (ESV) An inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
Colossians 3:24 (ESV) You will receive the inheritance as your reward.
2. as Gift
Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 5:1 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:28 (ESV) For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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IV. on Mission
1. of Grace
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.
Psalm 139:14 (ESV) I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
2. in Christ Jesus
3. Prepared in
Jeremiah 1:5 (ESV) Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.
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