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Ephesians: Who Am I? Discovering Our True Identity
Jordan Easley
Ephesians 2:1-10
We are continuing our study of the book of Ephesians today... and remember... we’re doing so, asking the question, ‘‘Who Am I?’’
As Paul wrote the believers in Ephesus, roughly 2,000 years ago... he showed them who they were, in Christ. And today... if you are a Saint, in Christ... a person who’s been blessed by God and called by God, He’s going to show you... that YOU have been SAVED!
That term ‘saved’ can be confusing to some. I’ve asked people over the years, ‘‘has Jesus saved you?’’ ...One day I had a person ask me, ‘‘Has Jesus saved me from what?’’ They didn’t understand this idea of ‘being saved’ and they initially couldn’t see their need for salvation.
Here’s something I’ve discovered:
Your desire to be FOUND increases dramatically once you realize you’re LOST.
And in the same way... your desire to be saved begins once you realize you’re in need of salvation.
*** I experienced that ‘‘need for salvation’’ for the very first time as a young boy... not in a spiritual sense, but in a physical sense.
One Summer Saturday in Texas, my family was enjoying some time at our local lake when I was probably 9 or 10 years old. I’ll never forget the scene that day... there was a beach where people would hang out, and then there was also this floating manmade structure about 100 feet offshore... and kids would swim out to that structure... bounce on it... and jump off.
That’s what I had been doing all day long. I had been playing and swimming back and forth... just having fun. Well, at one point, while I was swimming out, my body locked up. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced that before... but it’s terrifying!
I don’t know if it was a cramp or something else... all I know is my body stopped working and I went under. I remember taking on water and gasping for air... and at one point I remember thinking-’This is it for me. I’m going ...
Ephesians: Who Am I? Discovering Our True Identity
Jordan Easley
Ephesians 2:1-10
We are continuing our study of the book of Ephesians today... and remember... we’re doing so, asking the question, ‘‘Who Am I?’’
As Paul wrote the believers in Ephesus, roughly 2,000 years ago... he showed them who they were, in Christ. And today... if you are a Saint, in Christ... a person who’s been blessed by God and called by God, He’s going to show you... that YOU have been SAVED!
That term ‘saved’ can be confusing to some. I’ve asked people over the years, ‘‘has Jesus saved you?’’ ...One day I had a person ask me, ‘‘Has Jesus saved me from what?’’ They didn’t understand this idea of ‘being saved’ and they initially couldn’t see their need for salvation.
Here’s something I’ve discovered:
Your desire to be FOUND increases dramatically once you realize you’re LOST.
And in the same way... your desire to be saved begins once you realize you’re in need of salvation.
*** I experienced that ‘‘need for salvation’’ for the very first time as a young boy... not in a spiritual sense, but in a physical sense.
One Summer Saturday in Texas, my family was enjoying some time at our local lake when I was probably 9 or 10 years old. I’ll never forget the scene that day... there was a beach where people would hang out, and then there was also this floating manmade structure about 100 feet offshore... and kids would swim out to that structure... bounce on it... and jump off.
That’s what I had been doing all day long. I had been playing and swimming back and forth... just having fun. Well, at one point, while I was swimming out, my body locked up. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced that before... but it’s terrifying!
I don’t know if it was a cramp or something else... all I know is my body stopped working and I went under. I remember taking on water and gasping for air... and at one point I remember thinking-’This is it for me. I’m going ...
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