And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. And verses 8-10, he tells us how God saves, and that’s what we will focus on today.įor by grace you have been saved through faith. In verse 7, he tells us why God saves: so that in the coming ages God could show us the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. In verses 1-6, he tells us what happens when God saves: God brings us from death to life. Flowing from that, as he opens the second chapter of Ephesians, he takes the first 10 verses to explain the greatest spiritual blessing of salvation in Christ. In the first chapter, Paul introduces himself and talks about the immense spiritual blessings we have in Christ. Ephesians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the ancient church. Some background is helpful as we fly into these verses. We’re going to look at one place the question is answered in Ephesians 2:8-10. There is an answer, and it can be found throughout the Bible. Today we’re going to think about one of the most important questions in all of life: how is one saved? Thankfully, God has not left that question open.
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