Unit 2: Ephesians¡ASession 8
Title: "ºtÅܪº®¦¨åTransforming Grace" 4/21/2019
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believers. We have a name of that in our
tradition: Prevenient Grace, or the grace that ¡¥goes before¡¨ salvation. Prevenient Grace means God is at work in the world, drawing
all people to himself before they come to faith. And the transforming grace
of God is available and at work in all believers.
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We will see how through
Jesus death and resurrection, we can experience
God¡¦s grace and a transformed life.
1. Natural - Born Sinners: ¸g¤å Scriptures reading: ¥H¥±©Ò®ÑEphesians
2:1-3
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Ephesians 2:1-3, 1. As for you, you were
dead in your transgressions and sins, 2. 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. 3. 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.
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Commentary: Human beings are naturally predisposed to be self-absorbed,
self-centered, and self-indulgent. Surely we heard of Him and were taught in
Him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were
taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self which
is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; We are
easily deceived to imagine that pursuing our own desires will fulfill us. We attempt to run
our own lives, only to become slaves of unworthy masters. (4:21, 22). But we are not innocent victims. We chose to live as rebels. We
turned our backs on God to follow self-destructive and irrational desires. As a
result, we suffered the consequences.
2. ±o±Ï¥»¥G®¦By Grace We have been saved : ¸g¤å Scriptures: ¥H¥±©Ò®Ñ
Ephesians 2:4-7,
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4. But because of his great love for us, God,
who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.
6. And God raised us up with
Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7.in order that in
the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in
his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
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Commentary from N.I.V. Ephesians,
p. 2530, Ephesians 2:4, 5: In the previous verses Paul
wrote about our old sinful nature (2:1-3). Here Paul emphasizes that we do not
need to live any longer under sin¡¦s power. The penalty of sin and its power
over us were miraculously destroyed by Christ on the cross. Through faith in
Christ we stand acquitted or not guilty, before God (Romans 3:21, 22) God does
not take us out of the world or make us robots- we will still feel like
sinning, and sometimes we will sin. The difference is that before we became
Christians, we were dead in sin and were slaves to our sinful nature. But now
we are alive with Christ (see also Galatians 2:20 -I have been crucified with Christ and I no
longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Because
of Christ¡¦s resurrection, we know that our bodies will also be raised from
the dead (1 Corinthians 15:2-23) and that we have been given the power to
live as Christians now (1:19). These ideas are combined in Paul¡¦s image of
sitting with Christ in ¡§the heavenly realms¡¨
3 ±o±Ï¾a¯«®¦¡B¦æµ½³ø¥D®¦: ¸g¤å Scriptures: ¥H¥±©Ò®ÑEphesians 2:8-10,
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8-10: For 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.
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We become Christians through God¡¦s unmerited grace,
not as the result of any effort, ability, intelligent choice, or act of service
on our part. However, out of gratitude for this free gift, we will seek to help
and serve others with free gift, we will seek to help and serve others with
kindness, love, and gentleness, and not merely to please ourselves. While no
action or work we do can help us obtain salvation, God¡¦s intention is that our
salvation will result in acts of service. We are not saved merely for our
own benefit but to serve Christ and build up the church (Ephesians 4:12).
4 µ²½×Conclusion: ¤µ¤Ñ¡A´_¬¡¸`¡A§Ú̼y¯¬C¿qªº¦ºùØ´_¬¡¡A³o³y¦¨±o±Ï(SALVATION)¤§¥i¯à¡C§Ú̸g¹L«H¤ß³Q±Ïªº®¦ÂI ¡A¦b³o´_¬¡¸`ªºÂ§«ô¤Ñ ¡AÅý§ÚÌ«Ü·V«ªºÅª¸g¤å¡C
¤HÃþ¥»¬O¥H³ÌÃaªºµ²§½ "¦º¦b¸o´c¤¤" ¦ý¦]¤W«ÒªºµL½aªº·R±ÏÅ«¤F§ÚÌ¡A ³o§x¹Ò¤w¸g¹L¥h¡C(SALVATION) ±ÏÅ«¬O§Ú̱µ¨ü ³o§ª«¡A§Ú̪º¦^À³³o®¦¨å¡A¬O¥²±M¤ßªA¨ÆÍ¢¡CToday, Easter, we celebrate the death and
resurrection of Jesus which makes salvation possible. We are saved by grace
through faith. On this Easter Sunday, may we take seriously the message of the GOSPEL. It is while
humanity is in the worst imaginable state, ¡§dead in¡Ktransgressions and sins,¡¨
that God loves and redeems us. The struggle is over. Salvation is ours to
accept as a gift. Our response to grace must be a life lived in devoted service
to Him.