“Your Spiritual Biography” | Ephesians 2:1–7

October 24, 2021 ()

Bible Text: Ephesians 2:1–7 |

Series:

1. Dead - You are/were dead in your sins (vs. 1)

3 Views - People are Spiritually

  1. Well
  2. Sick
  3. Dead

2. Disobedient - You are/were the slave of the World , the Devil, and the Flesh (vss. 2-3a)

3. Doomed - You are/were under God’s wrath (v. 3b)

4. Difference - “But God”

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Luke 15:23–24 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

  1. We Must Emphasize the Use of the Law of God
  2. We all Have a Spiritual Past
  3. We all Have a Spiritual Future
  4. We should celebrate the Miracle of Salvation

Many commentators divided these verses up similarly. R. Kent Hughes and Tony Merida (both quoting older commentators) were especially helpful.

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