MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST JESUS
Ephesians 2:1-10
PAST STATE: DEAD
V:1-2. \” And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 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.\”
A. We were born in sin, therefore dead to eternal Life.
1. Because Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, sin became
universal in all mankind.
2. The author of sin and the originator of sin is Satan.
3. Satan is the hidden force in the nature of man. John
8:44
4. The unregenerate man has no power over Satan.
5. Under Satan, sin and disobedience is the order of our
lives.
B. Satan came to steal, kill and destroy.
1. Since Satan is against God, under his control, we are
against God.
2. Satan is the evil spirit that operates in us.
3. Satan knows our lust, our desires and our weak areas.
4. He operates on the areas that leads us into sin.
5. Satan\’s job is to temp us into sinful behavior.
LUST OF THE FLESH A KEY TO SIN
V:3 \”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.\”
A. Before we were called out, we were involved in all the worlds
activities.
1. We were controlled by the spirit of Satan.
2. We had no control over our lust or fleshly desires.
3. We were not aware of the devastating effects of our sins.
4. We were not concerned about heaven or hell.
5. We enjoyed the moment without regard to our to our eternal
state.
B. The world is corrupt, and having been influence by the world,
we were corrupt.
1. The world exists in darkness.
2. Evil exists in the cover of darkness
3. Jesus is the light of the world which the world rejects.
MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST BY HIS MERCY
V:4-5. \” But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).\”
A. God does not look at our history to determine what He will do
for us.
1. God loves us regardless of our history and our present
conditions.
2. God\’s love for us did not originate with us.
3. God\’s love for us is from everlasting to everlasting.
B. Before the foundation of the world we were chosen in Christ.
1. Christ death on the cross covered our sins past, present
and future.
2. We were baptized in his death and resurrected into the
newness of life.
3. Before our relationship with Christ we were dead in our
sin.
4. But because of God\’s mercy were made alive in Christ
Jesus.
C. God\’s mercy covered us in our sins
1. God\’s love is the motivation for His mercy.
2. God\’s mercy covered us in our sins until He called us out of
the world.
3. His mercy is boundless
4. God\’s mercy is directed at us.
5. If it were not for God\’s mercy, from the cradle to the grave
we would remain unsaved, condemned in our sins.
RAISED UP WITH JESUS
V:6-7. \” And raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.\”
A. Before Christ, we were in the world condemned to an eternal
hell.
1. Because of His great love, the Father drew us to Jesus.
John 6:44
2. God raised us up out of our sins and cleanse us with His
Word. John 15:3.
3. The Lord gave each believer a measure of faith so we could
accept Christ as our personal savior. Romans 12:3
B. Christ changed our position from the world to heaven
1. Not only that, but He prepared a place for us in heavenly
places.
2. Christ assumed total responsibility for us with His blood
on the cross.
3. God made us one with Christ in His body. Romans 12:5
C. Christ death on the cross has secured our future.
1. God mercy and kindness covers us from day to day.
2. God is rich in mercy and generous in kindness.
3. What does all this mean to me today?
a. I can move through life with confidence that God is on
my side.
b. When trouble show up at my door, I can smile because
God promised to make it work out for my good.
Romans 8:28
c. I have been equipped with spiritual gifts to the do the
work that he has assigned to me. Romans 12:6
SAVED BY GRACE
V:8-9. \” For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.\”
A. This is the evidence of God\’s love for us.
1. First, He predestined us before the foundation of the
world to be in Christ. Eph 4:1
2. Second, He protected us in our sins while we were in the
world. Romans 5:8
3. He called us out of the World. Romans 8:30
4. Forth, He drew us to Himself. John 6:44
5. Fifth, He gave us a measure of faith as He was drawing us
to Himself. Romans 12:3
6. Sixth, He baptized us in to Christ death and made us alive
in the resurrection of Christ.
7. Seventh, He made us a new creation in Christ Jesus.
2 Cor 5:17
8. He continues to regenerate us to be more like His Son.
Titus 3:5
B. You cannot be good enough to deserve God\’s mercy.
1. No one can claim because of their good works they earned
salvation.
2. It is not about you, but about the Love of God for you.
3. We ought to raise up and shout that God called us out of
the world.
4. The Lord mercy for us endures forever. Psalms 106:1
WE ARE THE WORK OF CHRIST
V:10. \” For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.\”
A. Every believer was called with a purpose; for good works.
1. The work that God has for us was prepared before we were
called out of the world.
2. We were call to serve so that we could grow spiritually as
we serve.
B. We are the work of Christ.
1. Christ died on the cross to make atonement for our sins.
2. Christ will complete the work He has begun in us.
Phil 1:6
3. The work of God is that we confess Jesus Christ to others so
that they might believe in Him. John 6:29
4. Believers are the light of the world through which Jesus
should be made known.
THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE AND MERCY
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Parkway
Houston, Texas 77386
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