The Glory of God’s Church

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2

•Who we were. •Who we are now.•Who God wants us to be.

Eph 5:25-28Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

Remember Who You Were

Eph 2:1-4As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. NIV

Remember Who You Are

Eph 2:4-5But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.

Eph 2:8-10For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Remember Who God Wants You To Be

Eph 2:19-20Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

Eph 2:10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 23:34

Remember•Who we were. •Who we are now.•Who God wants us to be.

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