2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 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, 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. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
You’ve probably been in predicaments where things seemed pretty hopeless. Maybe it was a baseball game, and your team was down by three runs with two outs in the last inning. Or it was a situation at work or with your family that seemed to have no solution. But then somehow… you managed to “save the day.” Today, Pastor John explains a far greater hopelessness: the hopelessness of being spiritually dead without God. But in this case, it was God who saved the day because of His love for you.
Now, let’s join Pastor John in the book of Ephesians, chapter 2, as he continues his message, From Death to Life, Part 1.