1. THE VICTORIOUS LIFE Ephesians 2:4-10

2. The Need For Victory…  Ephesians 2:2 …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.

3. Remember Paul’s Earnest Prayer? Eph. 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know:  The hope of His calling,  The riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,  The surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. Your Position:Hope Glory Power

4. Remember Paul’s Earnest Prayer? Eph. 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know:  The hope of His calling,  The riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,  The surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. Your Position:Hope Glory Power The Obstacles Spiritually Dead Course of this Kosmos The ‘prince..of this air’ Ephesians 2:1-2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 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.

5. A Victorious Life Means… The Obstacles Spiritually Dead Course of this Kosmos The ‘prince..of this air’ Your Position:Hope Glory Power Must understand this… In order to get there… HUGE Gap Obstacles Weakness

6. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  The starting point of it all Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

7. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  The starting point of it all  He wants a love relationship with you! because of His great love with which He loved us…

8. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  The starting point of it all  He wants a love relationship with you!  Which requires His mercy and grace Mercy: He sees our misery Grace: he has compassion for our faults. But God, being rich in mercy…by grace you have been saved

9. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  The starting point of it all  He wants a love relationship with you!  Which requires His mercy and grace  NOT a business relationship We are helpless: spiritually-dead Eph. 2:5 “even when we were dead in our transgressions”

10. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  The starting point of it all  He wants a love relationship with you!  Which requires His mercy and grace  NOT a business relationship We are helpless: spiritually-dead Nobody is “too helpless…”

11. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  No longer afraid of death Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ

12. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  No longer afraid of death  No longer afraid of God Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ

13. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  No longer afraid of death  No longer afraid of God Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ Romans 4:17 God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

14. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  No longer afraid of death  No longer afraid of God  “Enlivened together with Christ” Eph. 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ

15. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  No longer afraid of death  No longer afraid of God  “Enlivened together with Christ” Eph. 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ New Birth Begins QuietlyPeace, Joy, etc.New OutlookNew RelationsCan’t ‘go back’A new humanity

16. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Jesus did not stay in the tomb… Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him,

17. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Jesus did not stay in the tomb… Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him, Resurrection Life Means: Re-entering lifeNew principlesNew power

18. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

19. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Resting Is: He Won!ConfidencePatience! Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

20. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Resting Is: He Won!ConfidencePatience! Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

21. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Resting Is: He Won!ConfidencePatience! Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

22. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ This isHope Power Glory

23. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ We NEED:Hope Power Glory

24. A Victorious Life Means…  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ We NEED:Hope Power Glory

25. A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Ephesians 2:7 (NASB) so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

26. A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Ephesians 2:7 …so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For Purpose Lasting Purpose! Purpose Now!

27. A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me  God Loves You!  Made Alive!  Raised Up & OUT  Resting in Jesus Christ Ephesians 2:7 …so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For Purpose Lasting Purpose! Purpose Now! Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

28. A Victorious Life Is GRACE Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

29. A Victorious Life Is GRACE Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.