"The true, living, omnipotent, sovereign, creator God chooses to make His dwelling place in the church He is building."

We are not the same as we once were, so we should not live the way we once lived especially in the way we treat those who are also fellow ci

Through Christ, we can draw near to the very throne of grace with confidence. We have intimate fellowship with our Abba Father. He will neve

What a beautiful picture of grace – hostility to friendship. Jesus’ atoning death killed the hostility. This reflects the change between us

Oneness isn’t about trying to coexist with each other. It is being intimately united to one another in Christ just as the Father and Son are

You were far off from God, hopeless and helpless on your own to come near to God. Now, in Christ, you have been brought near by His blood, a

The only one who is perfectly able to keep every promise He makes is God because He is faithful, omnipotent, sovereign, and He cannot lie.

4) Believers are also set apart for God, to be distinct from the world around them. Are there areas where you have blended in instead of bei

Before we work verse by verse through the second half of Ephesians 2, I thought it would be good to consider an overview of the entire section as well as focus on who Paul says we were apart from Christ, the “But now in Christ” truths, and who we are in Christ. 11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated

Not only do we have the precious truths that God made us alive, raised us up, and seated us in the heavenlies, but each of these truths is w

“True saving faith will always result in good works. Someone who was ‘all’ dead and made alive with Christ will delight to do what glorifies

“We exercise faith in Christ’s finished work, but even faith is a gift from God so that no one may boast. We bring nothing to the work of sa

My birth father left my birth mother long before I was born. My birth mother gave me up for adoption. As a newborn baby, I could never have survived on my own. My parents chose me. They loved me without me doing anything. They completed the paperwork and the interviews. I couldn’t write or speak. They paid the costs of adoption. I had no money or possession to pay the price. They waited an agonizing month after my birth because they didn’t know blood tests were required for a

When we were hopeless and helpless in our dead state, but God being rich in mercy loved us with a great love. He made us alive together with

"We cannot truly understand God’s amazing grace and mercy if we do not truly understand our “all” dead state apart from Jesus."

Before we jump into Ephesians 2, I thought it would be good for each of us to read the first section as an overview and focus on who Paul says we were before Christ, the “But God” truths (who God is and what He has done), and who we are in Christ. And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we

“We have the privilege of making God’s manifold wisdom known, the privilege of bringing Him glory and praise forever.”

“Far too often, we make the small things big, and we make little the surpassing greatness of our God. Our lives would be transformed if we s

“We need God’s power for life in this world. We need His power to stand firm. We need the immeasurable greatness of God’s power toward us, s

“Paul prayed for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened. Paul uses enlightened to mean that we will love what God loves. We will see the w