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Thursday Dec 12, 2013
EPHESIANS 2:1-3 AND YOU HE MADE ALIVE, WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS
Thursday Dec 12, 2013
Thursday Dec 12, 2013
Ephesians 2:1 And you
He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom
also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath,
just as the others.
Verses 1-3 focus on fallen man, and
his hopeless condition (dead) as a result of his sin.
If Ephesians 1:19-23 takes us to the heights in exploring the power and
authority of the risen and ascended Christ, Ephesians 2:1-3 takes us to the
very depths, as Paul gives a detailed explanation of the powerless, hopeless,
lifeless condition of fallen men, enslaved by their own fleshly desires, and controlled
by the world around them and by Satan. The irony of fallen man’s dilemma is
that he doesn’t even realize his condition until after he is saved. Lost
men, blinded and deceived by Satan, think they are really “living it up,” when
in reality they are dead. They think that by living in sin they are
enjoying life to its fullest, but they are not. They suppose that they are
free, subject to no one, but they are really enslaved.