Title: In Christ Jesus/Ephesians 2:1-10
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In Christ Jesus/Ephesians 2:1-10
Everyone, are you happy? If you live with an egocentric attitude, you will find it difficult to find happiness.
will be Because we are not omnipotent enough to make ourselves completely happy. Other
It's also difficult to be happy when you compare yourself to someone's life. It is easy to be arrogant when you are a little better,
Because if you want enough, critical and exclusive feelings and feelings of inferiority are triggered. then how
Do I have to be happy? We must find the answer in the Word of God, which is the standard of truth.
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Today's Bible text tells us how the Apostle Paul became a happy man. he's in jail
I wrote this letter. Although his body was confined, it could not take away his happiness.
I did. Because he is in Christ Jesus. Here we see that a human being transcends his environment.
You will come to realize the truth that in order to be happy, you must be in Christ Jesus. say again
The basis for judging one's life, the standard should not be me, nor should I become anyone else.
It's possible. It must be Jesus Christ. Why are we only in Jesus Christ?
Can life be happy?
I. Because you have poured out your great love in Christ Jesus
The text says, “God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us…” (verse 4).
I write. At the same time, “This is the highest of His grace through His mercy toward us in Christ Jesus.
so that his riches may be revealed in the generations to come” (verse 7). here we do
We learn that God loves us greatly and has shown us great mercy. God
How did you love this us? You gave up your Son, Jesus, for us on the cross.
He loved us until the time. That he gave up his son means that he loves us from now on.
It means that you love him as much as you do and that he will freely give you all the riches in your son.
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God loves us, but He loved us even before we knew Him. call on god
He loved me even when I was accepting and rejecting. Then we were dead to God in our sins and transgressions.
I did. The punishment of eternal death that those who are cut off from God, the source of life, will inevitably meet.
There was no escape from punishment. We couldn't pay the price for our sins in our own strength.
But God paid a high price for our sins with the blood of His Son. then
Why should I be afraid? Why should I live like a sinner? Why do you say that if you worry, you live?
how? You can't.
II. Because you have given us eternal life in Christ Jesus.
We are saved through faith through the grace of God. This is God's gift
Salvation comes in Christ Jesus. So, “we who were dead in trespasses, together with Christ
made him alive…” (verse 5). There is one eternal life given to us in Christ.
This is a great gift from It cannot be obtained by any of our works or merits, nor can it be calculated by a price.
is a gift. Have any of us paid for the love of our parents? There is not.
Likewise, God gives really great gifts free of charge. Souls going to hell get eternal life for free
How can you calculate the price of getting it and going to heaven?
You are the recipients of great gifts. A person who is greatly loved. received such great love
Witt confesses: “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered.
(Psalm 32:1).” David was a sinner. Have you ever had a time of serious moral depravity?
All. Nevertheless, after receiving forgiveness from God and experiencing God's love,
that was confessed. Then in Christ Jesus your sins are forgiven and you have eternal life
Then, how can this not be a great happiness that cannot be expressed in words?
Ⅲ. Because He made us for good works in Christ Jesus
We are created by God for good works in Christ Jesus (verse 10). one
You are the one who made us. So he can claim you
I did. And declare. “You are mine. i made you I have a good purpose, beautiful
It was built with a purpose, a special purpose.” So in the beginning, when God created man, man
was a beautiful masterpiece in the sight of God. But this masterpiece has sinned and fallen,
I couldn't use it. Distorted and warped. Nevertheless, God does not earn
He wants us to be beautiful again, like charred wood left behind by a fire.
How did you do that? He did it at the price of the blood of Jesus Christ. cross
His son's blood, flowing down the river, to all the broken lives, "I will make you beautiful again.
C.” is God’s declaration and oath. Everyone, the appearance of the reality surrounding you is too heavy
are you? Are you shy? Are you sad? Think of the oath of God engraved in blood on the cross.
“You are mine. I redeem you today with the blood of my Son. I will make you beautiful again
will do I will make you special. Believe that I have redeemed you for a good work. you are john
you are precious I am the Holy One, and I will keep my oath; I am the Almighty, and I have done all that I have said.
I will do it.”
I will arrange the words. We were previously dead in our sins and trespasses. Did you follow the customs of the world?
All. He followed Satan, the ruler of the air. He lived according to the lusts of the flesh and was a person of wrath by nature.
It was a meal (verses 1-3). God, who is rich in mercy, will save us with his great love.
you said to us in Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, with Jesus Christ
You have given me great grace. We received special love. I received eternal life as a gift
I did. Redeemed and re-created as a new creation with a special purpose (vv. 4-10).
A new title is given to those who have thus been redeemed in Christ Jesus and have received great favor.
it gets messy. “Therefore, from now on you . . . but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God
D (verse 19).” That's right. We are God's family. Families eat together, sleep together. together
We cry and laugh together. We go together wherever we go, and we help each other no matter what. anytime, anywhere
I am with you. We cry and laugh together. They help you. “You are my son
ira. Wherever you go I will be with you in the midst of water and in the midst of fire.” Therefore, sex
Dos, let's not be discouraged by the world or people. Looking only to God, Christ Jesus
Let's hold onto the grace promised within.