Eph.2:1-18
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Eph.2:1-18
"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord” Acts 3:19 Turn again, reverse
Dead In Dead To Eph. 2:1
= Separated “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.” Jas 2:26 Spiritual Death is separation from God !
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins” Eph.2:1 They were dead spiritually Trespasses – willfully crossing the boundary Sins – missing the mark
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins” Eph.2:1 After conversion they are alive Dead to Sin - Rom. 6:1-2 Alive to God Paul died to sin – Gal. 2:20
“ who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness ?” 1 Pet. 2:24
ungodly Godly Eph. 2:2
“in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” Eph. 2:2
ungodly Vain mind – Eph. 4:17 Uncleanness – Eph. 4:19 Eyes filled with adultery- 2 Pet.2:14 Works of Flesh – Gal.5:19-21 Unrighteousness – 1 Cor.6:9-10 Disobedience
Godly Good works – Eph. 2:10 Do good unto all men – Gal.6:10 1 Tim. 6:18 – rich in good works Life to glory of God – Matt.5:16 Obedience
Child of Child of God Eph. 2:3
“among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.” Eph. 2:3
Child of Wrath = anger, vengeance, punishment Eph. 5:6 - Will know the wrath of God Heb. 10:26-31 – fearful thing II Cor. 5:10-11
Child of God Reconciled to God – Eph.2:16 Access to the Father – Eph.2:18 In God’s household – Eph. 2:19 Heir of God
Change involved in Conversion Rom. 1:16
Dead in sin Living in world Child of wrath Alive to God Living in good works Child of God
“Repent therefore and be converted” The Gospel can change lives
HearJohn 12:48HearJohn 12:48 BelieveJohn 8:24BelieveJohn 8:24 RepentLuke 13:3RepentLuke 13:3 ConfessMatt. 10:32-33ConfessMatt. 10:32-33 BaptizedMark 16:16BaptizedMark 16:16 FaithfulMatt. 24:13FaithfulMatt. 24:13