I want to be quick to follow yesterday's post with the gospel truth that you can be saved from hell. Here is a simple reminder from Ephesians 2:1-10 that the Gospel is the greatest news one could ever hear!
1. We are dead in sin (1-3)
Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in2. We are helpless apart from God’s intervention (4-6)
which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to
the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the
sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts
of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by
nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love3. We are made to demonstrate God’s glory (7)
with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and
raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus,
Ephesians 2:7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing
riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
4. We are saved by grace through faith (8-9)
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that5. We are saved resulting in a life of good works (10)
not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so
that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Finally, recognize the urgency to heed these biblical truths and do not linger!
2 Corinthians 6:2 Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION "—
Hebrews 4:7 He again fixes a certain day, "Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."
