Remember the Good News

Ephesians 2:1-10

Pastor Miles

1. You were spiritually dead.

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 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— 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 2:1-3 ESV)

We are subjects of God's righteous wrath.
We are separated from the life of God.

2. God made you spiritually alive.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 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, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-7 ESV)

Jesus died the death that we deserved: the physical & spiritual death.
As a result, we now have a new spiritual life in Christ.
He did this because of His incredible kindness to us.

3. You are saved by grace through faith.

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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV)

This grace is a gift from God: a pardon (forgiveness) & a person (Jesus).
Requires faith: reaching out & trusting in God.
We are God's masterpiece, His work of art. We have been given unique abilities and calling to do good works for Him. We do good works to show our gratitude for Him.

Daily Prayer

Father, 

Thank you for saving me by Your grace through faith. 

Thank you that when I was dead in my sin, You made me alive in Christ when I put my trust in Jesus Christ as my Savior.

I want to follow Him as Lord of my life.

Help me to remember the Good News and share it with others.

Amen.