Intro.

context

TEXT:

Ephesians 2:1-10
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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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.
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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.
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But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
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even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
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not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would
walk in them.

a. Ang kahimtangan sang tawo nga wala ky Kristo

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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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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.
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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. Patay(dead) –v1 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

GK νεκρός-nekros. From an apparently primary word νέκυς nekus (a corpse).

Description:
Ephesians 4:17-19 ……in the futility of their mind,
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being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the hardness of their heart; 19and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to
sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Paul, is reminding Ephesians of their natural sinfulness and lostness .

“in” trespasses – indicates the realm or sphere(larangan). Being sinful in Nature, not an act

UNIVERSALY:
Romans 3:9-18
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What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all
under sin;
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as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one;
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There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God;
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All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, There is not
even one.”
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“Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” “The poison of asps is under
their lips”;
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“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
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“Their feet are swift to shed blood,
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Destruction and misery are in their paths,
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And the path of peace they have not known.”
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“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
 a. Worldliness (system) panglakaton v2a walked according to the course of this world
Course of the world=Humanity in general (e.g. John1:9)

Selfish motive
1John 2:26 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the
boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

materialism
Mark 4:19 19but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things
enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

b. Under the power of Satan v2b according to the prince of the power of the air
(controlled by satan)- "is now working in the sons of disobedience”
Described as ruler of the world.
John12 31“Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

Corinthians 4 (the god of this world)

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in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not
see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Satan blinded the minds
Ephesians 4:1717So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer
just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Satan is the , the prince and ruler over this world system.

The air could be used metaphorically, as when

we speak of an “air of expectancy.” In this context world and air would be
almost synonymous, both of them representing a realm, or sphere, of influence.- ideas, beliefs,
and convictions

c. Fleshly (mindset) v3 lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the
mind
 (lusts) refers to strong inclinations and desires of every sort,
not simply to sexual lust.  (desires) emphasizes strong willfulness,
wanting and seeking something with great diligence.
As with trespasses and
sins, lusts and desires are not given to show their distinctiveness but their
commonness. They are used synonymously to represent fallen man’s complete
orientation to his own selfish way. By nature he is driven to fulfill the lusts and
desires of his sinful flesh and … mind.

Every believer was once totally lost in the system of the world, the flesh, and
the devil, who is the prince over the demons, who are the power of the air.
Those are fallen man’s three great arenas where he is in a losing battle with
spiritual enemies—yet they are enemies with whom, by nature, he is now allied
(cf. 1 John 2:16). Rather than all men being children of God, as most of the world
likes to think, those who have not received salvation through Jesus Christ are by
nature children of wrath (cf. John 3:18). Apart from reconciliation through
Christ, every person by nature (through human birth) is the object of God’s
wrath, his eternal judgment and condemnation. They are characterized most
accurately not only as sons of disobedience but consequently as children of
wrath—objects of God’s condemning judgment.

Salvation Is by Love
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved
us, (2:4)
Salvation is from sin and by love. God’s mercy is , rich,
overabounding, without measure, unlimited. The problem with reconciliation is
not on the Lord’s side. The two words but God show where the initiative was in
providing the power of salvation. His great desire is to be rejoined with the

-Give illustration about Forgiveness.

-Give the illustration of prodigal son, how he is forgiven

Salvation Is into Life

even when we were dead in our transgressions, [God] made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been
saved), (2:5)

Above all else, a dead person needs to be made alive.

The power that raised us out of sin and death and made us alive (aorist tense) together with Christ (cf. Rom. 6:1-7) is
the same power that continues to energize every part of our Christian living (Rom. 6:11-13). The we may emphasize the
linking of the Jew with the Gentile “you” in verse 1. Both are in sin and may receive mercy to be made alive in Christ.

Romans 6:1-7
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What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
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May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
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Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
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Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
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For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His
resurrection,
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knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we
would no longer be slaves to sin;
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for he who has died is freed from sin.

Romans 6:12-13
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Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
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and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves
to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

When we became Christians we were no longer alienated from the life of God. We became spiritually alive through
union with the death and resurrection of Christ and thereby for the first time became sensitive to God. Paul calls it
walking in “newness of life” (Rom. 6:4).

Now we could understand spiritual truth and desire spiritual things. Because we now have God’s nature, we now can
seek godly things, “the things above” rather than “the things that are on earth” (Col. 3:2). That is what results from
being alive together with Christ. “We shall also live with Him” (Rom. 6:8) says the apostle, and our new life is
indistinguishable from His life lived in us (Gal. 2:20). In Christ we cannot help but be pleasing to God.

Purpose
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus, in order that in the ages to
come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (2:6-7)

Salvation has a purpose, and The most immediate and direct result of salvation is to be raised up with Him, and [to be]
seated with Him in the heavenly places.
 When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead His first instruction was, “Unbind him, and let him go” (John 11:44). A
living person cannot function while wrapped in the trappings of death. Because our new citizenship through Christ is in
heaven (Phil 3:20), God seats us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. We are no longer of this present world
or in its sphere of sinfulness and rebellion. We have been rescued from spiritual death and given spiritual life in order to
be in Christ Jesus and to be with Him in the heavenly places. Here, as in 1:3, heavenly places refers to the supernatural
sphere where God rules, though in 6:12 it refers to the supernatural sphere where Satan rules.
The phrase in order that indicates that the purpose of our being exalted to the supernatural sphere of God’s
preserve and power is that we may forever be blessed. But it is not only for our benefit and glory. God’s greater purpose
in salvation is for His own sake, in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Response- through Faith

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, that no one should boast. (2:8-9)

Our response in salvation is faith, but even that is not of ourselves [but is] the gift of God. Faith is nothing that we
do in our own power or by our own resources.
In the first place we do not have adequate power or resources. More than that, God would not want us to rely on
them even if we had them. Otherwise salvation would be in part by our own works, and we would have some ground to
boast in ourselves. Paul intends to emphasize that even faith is not from us apart from God’s giving it.
If salvation is of grace, it has to be an undeserved gift of God. Faith is presented as a gift from God in 2 Peter 1:1,
Philippians 1:29, and Acts 3:16.

-Every person lives by faith. (give examples)

When we accept the finished work of Christ on our behalf, we act by the faith supplied by God’s grace.
the act which, though it is ours, is primarily God’s—His gift to us out of His grace.

When a person chokes or drowns and stops breathing, there is nothing he can do. If he ever breathes again it will be
because someone else starts him breathing. A person who is spiritually dead cannot even make a decision of faith unless
God first breathes into him the breath of spiritual life. Faith is simply breathing the breath that God’s grace supplies.

Obviously, if it is true that salvation is all by God’s grace, it is therefore not as a result of works. Human effort has
nothing to do with it (cf. Rom. 3:20; Gal. 2:16). And thus, no one should boast, as if he had any part. All boasting is
eliminated in salvation (cf. Rom. 3:27; 4:5; 1 Cor. 1:31). Nevertheless, good works have an important place, as Paul is
quick to affirm.

Salvation Is unto Good Works

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

Although they have no part in gaining salvation, good works have a great deal to do with living out salvation. No
good works can produce salvation, but many good works are produced by salvation.
“By this is My Father glorified,” Jesus said, “that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples” (John 15:8). Good
works do not bring discipleship, but they prove it is genuine. When God’s people do good deeds they bear fruit for
His kingdom and bring glory to His name.
 Before we can do any good work for the Lord, He has to do His good work in us. By God’s grace, made effective
through our faith, we become His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. God has ordained that we then
live lives of good works, works done in His power and for His glory.

I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every

branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every
branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may bear more fruit.
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to
you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you
abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in
Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can
do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as
a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into
the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words
abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.
By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so
prove to be My disciples. (John 15:1-8)

Paul’s primary message here is still to believers, many of whom had experienced salvation years earlier. He is not
showing them how to be saved, but how they were saved, in order to convince them that the power that saved them is
the same power that keeps them. Just as they already had been given everything necessary for salvation, they also had
been given everything necessary for faithfully living the saved life. The greatest proof of a Christian’s divine
empowerment is his own salvation and the resulting good works that God produces in and through him (cf. John 15).
These good works are expected because God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them, and that is
why James says faith is illegitimate if works are not present (James 2:17-26). “17Even so faith, if it has no works, is
dead, being by itself.”
-application for good works

Conclusion:
Salvation does not come from knowing about the truth of Jesus Christ but
from intimately knowing Christ Himself. This coming alive can be accomplished
by the power of God because of His love and mercy.