God's Great Work
Jerry N Watts
Ephesians 2:4-10
The first words of chapter 2 invite us to 'REMEMBER' so that we can "Reflect". Paul writes, "You WERE disobedient, depraved, doomed, and dead. It's like a sad epitaph on a gravestone. Sometimes those epitaphs on tombstones can be humorous.
'Opened my eyes, took a peep, didn't like it, went back to sleep.'
'Here I lie, snug as a bug in a rug.' (2 rows down) "Here I lie, snugger than that other bugger."
"Beneath this stone my wife does lie, now she's at rest and so I."
ROUNT ROCK, TX - "I told you I was sick"
ON AN ATHEIST'S GRAVE - "All dressed up and no place to go."
Since the Garden, God has been at work in the lives of His crown creation (mankind). Since the fall of man, His purpose has been redemption because we are all those things that Paul mentioned in the first 3 verses. God is on record of wanting to draw us back to Himself, through Jesus. When we remember what we were, the condition we were in, and the hopelessness we knew, the first two words of verse 4 bring comfort.
"BUT GOD" is a lifechanging truth. Where God steps in He changes things, in fact, if HE doesn't change things, it's likely He didn't step in. Because God in a life always leads to "But God" in a life. Every person who has followed Christ has a "BUT GOD" event that has led to a change in attitude, demeanor, and heart. (TEXT) (Christ Jesus- in & with)
The truth is that, in today's American church culture, we seem to try to focus our attention on anything but God. There are many things we replace Him with.
This causes us - to have a 'lower view of God' than we should. It is one thing to 'say' we have a high view of God, but it is another thing entirely to give recognition to Him.
Here's the truth; Salvation is entirely of and by God. Without Him, there'd be no way, a word, or work of salvation. It is "God's Gift to Us." It born out of His love, mercy, and grace. Remember the definitions. Agape love, us not getting ...
Jerry N Watts
Ephesians 2:4-10
The first words of chapter 2 invite us to 'REMEMBER' so that we can "Reflect". Paul writes, "You WERE disobedient, depraved, doomed, and dead. It's like a sad epitaph on a gravestone. Sometimes those epitaphs on tombstones can be humorous.
'Opened my eyes, took a peep, didn't like it, went back to sleep.'
'Here I lie, snug as a bug in a rug.' (2 rows down) "Here I lie, snugger than that other bugger."
"Beneath this stone my wife does lie, now she's at rest and so I."
ROUNT ROCK, TX - "I told you I was sick"
ON AN ATHEIST'S GRAVE - "All dressed up and no place to go."
Since the Garden, God has been at work in the lives of His crown creation (mankind). Since the fall of man, His purpose has been redemption because we are all those things that Paul mentioned in the first 3 verses. God is on record of wanting to draw us back to Himself, through Jesus. When we remember what we were, the condition we were in, and the hopelessness we knew, the first two words of verse 4 bring comfort.
"BUT GOD" is a lifechanging truth. Where God steps in He changes things, in fact, if HE doesn't change things, it's likely He didn't step in. Because God in a life always leads to "But God" in a life. Every person who has followed Christ has a "BUT GOD" event that has led to a change in attitude, demeanor, and heart. (TEXT) (Christ Jesus- in & with)
The truth is that, in today's American church culture, we seem to try to focus our attention on anything but God. There are many things we replace Him with.
This causes us - to have a 'lower view of God' than we should. It is one thing to 'say' we have a high view of God, but it is another thing entirely to give recognition to Him.
Here's the truth; Salvation is entirely of and by God. Without Him, there'd be no way, a word, or work of salvation. It is "God's Gift to Us." It born out of His love, mercy, and grace. Remember the definitions. Agape love, us not getting ...
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