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Ephesians 2
continuing in the sense of the receding chapter -
Discussing the greatness of His Power
His Omnipotence and Omniscience
His Power is manifested in raising Jesus from the dead
Now illustrated in the salvation of His people
Resurrected from the deadness of sin (being condemned Already)
You He Made Alive
One of the most powerful and accurate word pictures of what it means to be saved
He describes in such detail the status the we have attained through our salvation:
God’s predetermination of His Plan
The status of “adoption” into His family, seated with Christ, ....
And Now he explains the practical consequence of this salvation, as well as describing our state before our salvation
You have been “made alive” or “Made to live”
Jesus said “the thief comes to kill steal and destroy, but I have come that you may have life...
the life that really is life
life to the fullest
Who were dead in trespasses and sins
To comprehend what is meant by “made alive” we need to understand what is meant by “dead” here.
Obviously he does not mean physically dead here, in fact it is apparent that the sinners in the world are very much alive
Rather it is being “spiritually dead” to which he is referring.
This was not just a figure of speech (like in the story of prodigal son)
Rather it is a factual statement of the spiritual condition outside of Christ
You are a Spirit - you live in a body
if your spirit is “dead” then you are dead
Here is very explicit proof of depravity - very strongest of language
They were “dead” in relation to God, in relations to righteousness, in relation to heaven, and salvation
This does not mean that they had no physical, temporal life.
Doesn’t mean they didn’t breath, or walk around etc. or that they had no mental or intellectual abilities.
In relation to “real spiritual life” they were dead to that life.
They were “condemned already” they had the judgement of death already
Consider the dead
a dead person cannot relate to the world around them
they don’t hear when you speak
they don’t act when you instruct.
They hear not, feel not, smell not, see not anything.
All kinds of things can be going on around them, yet they cannot react to any.
They can’t perceive the warmth of the sun on their skin, or the sound a melody soothing their being.
These things can be around them but they are not affected.
(the touch of a loved ones gets no response at a funeral.
And so it is with the sinner in regard to the spiritual, eternal world.
He sees no beauty in worship
He is not moved by the call to prayer
Does not hear the call of God (though He calls, all the day long)
Not affected by the love of our savoir who died for him
No more concern for these things that a dead man has for the world around him.
This is, in truth, the condition of the sinful world
there is indeed physical life, energy, motion and activity - plans, building and inventions
But in regard to God, and heaven, and eternity, it is dead.
The sinner feels no attraction here.
No human power can interest him to act for God, to worship, to be saved
any more than human power can awake a corpse
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is needed to convert a sinner to salvation
and both of these demonstrate the awesome omnipotence of Almighty God
If only more Christians understood this reality
James 5:21
This salvation is accomplished through the omnipotent intervention of God, through faith
salvation is a miracle, just like the resurrection
If you are preaching and people aren’t getting saved, pray more, believe more (having studied, and prepared)
In Trespasses and Sins
Paul didn’t leave it a mystery as to how they were considered “dead” or for what reason/
He made it clear that they were dead becasue of trespasses and sins
Think of trespasses as going out of bounds, and sins as more of willful intent
In both cases the rules are broken,, they game is lost, the penalty applied
There is not enough talk about this in the modern church
It is unpopular to talk about sin, and even more unpopular to suggest that it actually has consequence
Yet the bible is filled with clear teaching and examples that it does
James - Sin brings death.
Isaiah - God does not hear becasue of Sin (59)
There simply can’t be much stronger language than what Paul uses here
“You were dead becasue of trespasses and sins”
In which you once walked
Although they were Christians now, they were made alive - they used to walk in this sin
Once walked - in other words, this was their ordinary course
It wasn’t just a single slip that disqualified them, rather, their way of trespass and sin was “normal”
According to the Course of This World
They were living in conformity with the customs and practices of the world at large
They were not particularly “bad” people
In fact, they were generally law abiding citizens.
It is understood that “criminals” are those that live outside of the course of the world at large
Yet, these who were “dead in trespass” were living “according to the course of this world
Again, there is simply not enough talk about this.
You can go to work every day and pay your taxes, and still be “dead” in trespass and sin
Enemies of the cross of Christ
Separated by your sin
Being a nice person is not enough - you must be born again
If you fit in with the rest of the world you are probably on your way to hell
The wide and narrow gates ()
According to The Prince of The Power of The Air
Again, Paul uses powerful, forceful language here
There is a Spirit behind this behavior
There is a devil and Paul here claims that he is influencing the course of the world, and sinners
There is a demonic influence over much our media, movies, music, and entertainment
If you get your theology from TV, from Musicians, or from the News, you are going to be wrong
This same spirit that works in the “sons of disobedience”
The implication is that there are “spirits” - living beings with a mind, will, emotions, (but not a body)
Occupying the same space that we are in - the air
Exerting, or attempting to exert influence on people
This may make some people uncomforatable
Telling someone that they are being influenced by the devil can start a fight
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