3. Let’s begin today
with a question…
“Why?” “How?”
“For…” vv 8 & 10.

4. “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:7

5. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

6. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

7. “are ye saved”
Past, present and
future condition

8. The Past Condition
“saved”
Being rescued from, kept safe from and healed from our natural condition

9. The emphasis is upon what they are right now, in the present.
The Present and
Ongoing Condition
“saved”
The emphasis is upon what they are right now, in the present.

10. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

11. “by grace”
The agency that caused them to be in their current and continuing condition.

12. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

13. The connection through which the agency of God’s grace
“through faith”
The connection through which the agency of God’s grace
connects with the condition
of being saved.

14. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

15. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

16. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:7-8

17. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

18. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

19. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

20. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

21. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

22. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

23. Are we functioning sons
and daughters in the
House of God or are we
just playing house?

24. Are we functioning
members in the
church of God or are
we just playing church?

25. The plan of the Heavenly Father is for every believer to
come under the roof of His house and be a functioning member in His house.

26. Following Jesus begins
with salvation, but is only complete with being a functioning member in the Father’s House.

27. Following Jesus begins
with salvation, but is only complete with being a functioning member in the Father’s House.