Sermons onEphesians 2

2 Corinthians

• 10:23Ephesians 2

  For God was pleased to have all of his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile everything to himself. Whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on the cross. Ephesians 2. At that time you were without Christ, without hope, without God in this world. Ephesians 2.13. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

• 10:30Ephesians 2:13

  For God was pleased to have all of his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile everything to himself. Whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on the cross. Ephesians 2. At that time you were without Christ, without hope, without God in this world. Ephesians 2.13. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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Jeremiah

• 25:56Ephesians 2:8

  Because if you did something to earn God's grace, you would boast. Ephesians 2.8. I wonder if Paul was reading Jeremiah and reading this and saying, God, you should have met me. You should have attended to me in wrath and judgment. But through Christ, you met me by grace. Has anyone experienced that verse before? Man. See, God, I was an alien. I was a wanderer. I was opposed to your grace and your mercy.

The Epistles of John

• 33:20Ephesians 2

  Gaius would say, Pastor, you don't understand. While I was a sinner, he didn't wait until I had my Sunday best on. While I was a sinner, Jesus died. Ephesians 2, 12 through 13, you who were once far off, that means stranger, you who are an alien, have been brought near, that's hospitality language, by the blood of Christ. Gaius would say to us, I was a stranger and God opened his arms to me.

Savior

• 29:57Ephesians 2

  …is his power over our lives when it comes to our spiritual death and the spiritual life that he grants us by his death and by his resurrection. That is Jesus showing his power to us. Paul goes on to say this in Ephesians 2 and just painting this picture of God's power in our life. In Ephesians 2, verses 4 and 5, he says this. But God being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he has loved us, even though when we were dead…

• 30:03Ephesians 2

  …is his power over our lives when it comes to our spiritual death and the spiritual life that he grants us by his death and by his resurrection. That is Jesus showing his power to us. Paul goes on to say this in Ephesians 2 and just painting this picture of God's power in our life. In Ephesians 2, verses 4 and 5, he says this. But God being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he has loved us, even though when we were dead…

Kings and Kingdoms

• 17:57Ephesians 2

  And if that truth sits heavy upon your life, listen to what Ephesians says. Ephesians 2 says, But God, it doesn't say he is poor. The Bible doesn't say God has mercy. It says he is rich in mercy. Because of his great love that he had for us made us alive with Christ, even though we were dead in our trespasses. So in the Bible, we have these spectrums.

• 2:25Ephesians 2

  Ephesians 2 says it. It says, but you are saved by grace through faith. It is God's gift, lest no one boasts. And if honest, most would be quick to admit that faith is a difficult thing to grasp. We know what it is, but we have a difficult time explaining what faith looks like. And even more than the concept, it's difficult to live out and to practice our faith.

When in Romans

• 22:01Ephesians 2

  Because for any of us in the Roman church that wants to look across the aisle and look at the Jew and say, ha, you rejected him and I get him. Ephesians 2 reminds us at that time, you were without Christ. Excluded from citizenship in Israel. Foreigners to the covenant of promise without hope, without God in the world. And if you read the verses that we've skipped today,…

Ecclesiastes

• 10:05Ephesians 2:20

  before it's too late. Ephesians reminds us of the same in Ephesians 2.20. Build on the foundations of the apostles and the prophets with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. Remember the acts of God before it is too late. Why would God call you and I to remember? Well, first, God would not call us to remember unless we are prone to forgetfulness. that song, right?

When in Romans

• 26:44Ephesians 2:8

  It is faith in something. Faith is the human reception of the gift of salvation. And said another way, faith is one side of the salvation coin, grace is the other. What does Ephesians 2:8 say? You're saved by grace through faith. You can't have faith in anything you want to. You can't say, "Well, I'm just going to believe. I'm going to hope in myself and I will be saved." No, faith has root and that root…

Who's Your King

• 12:56Ephesians 2

  and highly favored Joseph in the prison. It's the word used in Ephesians 2, 7 when the Bible says that we are saved by grace through faith. That's the word kindness. And it's the word used in Romans 2, 4 when the Bible says it's the kindness of the Lord that leads us to repentance. You see, it's the kindness of God that lends a helping hand to someone who can't help themselves.

• 14:30Ephesians 2:4

  my end of the bargain. Again, this is not a bless your heart kindness. The kindness of God towards you has roots. Let me remind you of what Ephesians 2 4 says. That God who is rich in mercy. So on a scale to barely to lavish, how much mercy does God have? He is rich in mercy. Which means

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• 14:44Ephesians 2:4–16

  from God for eternity. But as we go on to see this beautiful picture of the peace that we have, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God. And I mean, truthfully, Ephesians chapter two, verses four through 16, it says this, for he himself talking about Christ, he himself is our peace. And he made us both one and has broken down in his flesh, the dividing wall of a hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in…

The Mind of a Disciple

• 27:57Ephesians 2

  your sickness is sin and sin makes you sicker than you could ever realize. Ephesians actually says you're not sick but you're dead in your sin and your trespasses in Ephesians 2 chapter 1 which is what our kids at kids camp are learning right now. That was our verse yesterday. We are dead in our sins and our trespasses. So if you are overwhelmed with the sickness of your soul this morning there is

Who's Your King

• 35:44Ephesians 2

  is never designed to replace what only faith can do. That's why Ephesians 2 says, Church, you are saved by grace through faith. It is not yourself. It is God's gift. It is not of works so that you can boast. I read this passage and I come away deeply sad. But then I know the gospel and we have what Saul never had. We have a Redeemer.

Hidden Revealed

• 28:21Ephesians 2

  every second of our lives because when Jesus purchased people by God for his blood believer he is talking about you Ephesians 2 believer you were dead in your sin but God has made you alive in Christ 1st Timothy Paul writes that Jesus came into this world to save sinners of which I am the worst 1st Peter chapter 1 Peter writes blessed be the God

Ruth

• 17:54Ephesians 2

  I will only be known as the Moabitess. And Boaz looks at her and says, hey, Ruth. Can you imagine her saying, what did you call me? Listen, my daughter, there's a verse in Ephesians that reminds us that we all begin spiritually as outsiders. Listen to what Paul says in Ephesians 2. Paul is saying to us, church, that when you hear Moabitess, when you hear how Ruth is marginalized and how she is always on the outside, that's you.

From Death to Life

• 1:51Ephesians 2

  And this is what we know about you also If you have not given your life to Christ Today If you trust in Jesus Christ You can experience abundant life That's our heart As a church And we see that in Ephesians Over and over again I appreciate I appreciate Pastor Jared Leading last week He delivered a message In Ephesians 2 He kind of preempted today's sermon And it was a scheduled break for me So Pastor Jared

• 3:41Ephesians 2

  It was because you gave So if you're sitting around thinking I would love to serve But no one's asked me You've been asked And I have a heart to see all people Making a difference for Christ So I'm thankful to teach Four and five year olds And today I'm thankful to be here again So Ephesians chapter 2 Beginning in verse 11 Jesus is working and moving in our church From the young to the old And we continue our sermon series

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From Death to Life

• 4:18Ephesians 2:1–10

  Every day I'm thinking, I don't know why you walked down that aisle, but I am so glad that you did. This morning, our text is in Ephesians chapter 2, verses 1 through 10. Some would say that this is the greatest 10 verses in the Bible with the greatest two words in the Bible. And I've titled the sermon this morning, The Wonder of Grace. So Christian, believer, let me ask you up front, when you look at your life, when you consider

• 6:34Ephesians 2

  And we're going to do this by reading together. So you can either do this by opening up your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 2, or you can read with me from the screen. And we're all going to be reading from the CSB. And let's all read together vocally out loud. Ready? So here is the gospel in under one minute. We're all going to read together.…

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(GR)ATTITUDE

• 11:26Ephesians 2

  am I living in sin? Because sinful people aren't thankful people. Because I know in my life, sinful people aren't happy people. Because sin is poison. It's destroying your soul. It might be sweet to your lips, but it is bitter to your heart. And Hezekiah knows this. He says, God, dead people can't be thankful. Ephesians 2 in the New Testament echoes the same language. If you say, well, of course I'm alive, why would you ask me

• 13:26Ephesians 2

  will be the one who can praise thee. thankfulness is the heartbeat of a man who lives again. And if you're familiar with the words of Jesus Christ, you're hearing that theme. What must a man do to be saved? Jesus says, well, he must be born again. Find out what Hezekiah knows. That Jesus makes that which was dead alive again. The same passage in Ephesians. Ephesians 2, 1. You are dead in your sin and trespasses. Ephesians 2, 4.

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The JESUS Story

• 35:04Ephesians 2

  May I live a bold life. For the Christian, every life is a Lazarus life. Ephesians 2 says it this way, you are dead in your sin and your trespasses, but God. Where does boldness come in? Boldness is that but God life, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us, has made us alive. How could this happen?

Paths

• 13:21Ephesians 2

  Why? In Ephesians 2 verse 9 and 10 So that no man can boast It is not of your works It's not something you have done Now chosenness Can lead to two areas that are equally sinful Some become arrogant And say I have it figured out God has chosen this group And so I am going to be arrogantly content in that Which is not what the Bible says And then there's some that are complacent And so I don't have to do anything

James

• 9:11Ephesians 2

  This is one of the most controversial verses in the New Testament, verse 14. What good is it if you claim to have faith but do not have works? Can such faith save you? See, when you compare this verse to other famous New Testament verses, it sounds like there's odds, there's tension, there's difficulty. Some of you know what Paul says in Ephesians 2, beginning in verse 8. Paul says it this way,

Isaiah

• 41:07Ephesians 2

  Because God wants us to remember what we were and what we could be if it wasn't for His grace. So let me end with this verse in the New Testament. Ephesians 2, verse 8. God simply says, you are saved by grace through faith. It is not of works. It is the gift of God. It's not of works. It's not anything you've done so that no man will boast.

• 42:52Ephesians 2:10

  …front or you can just come to this altar and pour your face out before God and say, God, I don't want to walk this road that I am walking right now. Gather me. Lord, I am the one and I know you're looking for me. But Ephesians 2.10 says this,

• 0:47Ephesians 2

  …He goes, man, I'm 45. I go, what? I said, where are all your gray hair? Thank you guys for having me. It's an honor to be here. If you've got your Bibles, I want you to go ahead and just, we're going to camp out in Ephesians chapter 2. But before we do that, if you came into the lobby and you saw that huge display there, that's us, Awaken International.

• 2:06Ephesians 2

  …that the world that's fighting against trafficking has taken. So if you've got a heart for that or just seeing people come to know the Lord through the gospel, come meet me afterwards. If you've got your Bibles, Ephesians chapter 2, let me just go ahead and give a shout-out to my wife and son. I have been married 16 years. My wife chased this chocolate man down. And so my wife and I could not have children.

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B2Church

• 42:31Ephesians 2

  And there are times in my life, if I'm honest, I don't handle situations in the right way. Because I forget how much I've been forgiven at the cross. How do we deal with our self? Ephesians 2 says this. At that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from the citizenship of Israel and foreigners to the covenants of promise. Without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus, you who…

Acts

• 44:23Ephesians 2:8

  …through him. So where are you today? Why will Jesus stand for you? You know, we don't need Stephen's faith because Stephen can't give you his faith. But Stephen had a faith that's given to all of us if we believe. Ephesians 2.8. It is by grace that we have been saved through faith. You see, faith is a gift of God for everyone who desires his son, Jesus Christ.

• 24:55Ephesians 2

  Do you believe that Jesus can do what he says he can do? Maybe you're here right now and you finally for the first time realizes, Ephesians 2 says, that you're dead in your sins and your trespasses. That you're walking according to the ways of the world, according to the prince, the power of the air, the Satan, according to the spirit that lives within the…

Habakkuk

• 19:39Ephesians 2

  And these commandments were a constant reminder to the people of God that God had covenanted with them. When you wait, remember the promises of God. And so you say, I know, you're thinking, well, what are the promises of God? That's an excellent question. Mark in your Bibles, Ephesians chapter 2. I'm going to summarize this chapter and these promises of the Lord in our lives. This is what Ephesians 2 says about the people of God.

• 19:48Ephesians 2

  This is what Ephesians 2 says about the people of God. Who are the people of God? Those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ, who lived a sinless life, who died on the cross for sinners, so that those who believe would not only have…

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• 37:53Ephesians 2

  You don't find Jesus. He finds you. I love the line that we sang earlier. When he called my name, I ran out of the grave. And Ephesians says it this way. Ephesians 2. But God, who is rich, what is God? He is rich. How does he supply your needs? Out of his riches. But God, who is rich in mercy. You want to know God's perspective towards you, even in your sin, he is rich in mercy.

Philippians

• 44:10Ephesians 2:8

  The responsibility to pursue righteousness is yours. Maybe you're here today and you've tried church and you are done. Let me just say the reason you're struggling is because you have been working for your salvation, not from your salvation. There's a big difference in one word. There's a big difference in one word. And the gift of Christ is in Ephesians 2.8. For it is by grace you have been saved.

Reformation: 5 statements that form/faith

• 12:55Ephesians 2

  And how dare us look at God and say, I don't like your plan. Are we ready for the answer? And are you willing to accept the answer to the question of what must we do to be saved? Ephesians 2, 8, 4, you are saved by grace through faith. It is not of yourselves. It is God's gift, not from work so that no one could boast. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If you try to land the plane by…

Reformation: 5 statements that form/faith

• 1:04Ephesians 2

  And this week we're going to be looking at grace alone, how grace alone informs our faith. So if you have your Bibles, I'd encourage you to turn to Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2 is where we're going to be at this morning. You know, as a culture, we love a rescue story. We love to see a hero take on this seemingly insurmountable quest to save someone in need. This affects our literature.

• 1:09Ephesians 2

  And this week we're going to be looking at grace alone, how grace alone informs our faith. So if you have your Bibles, I'd encourage you to turn to Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2 is where we're going to be at this morning. You know, as a culture, we love a rescue story. We love to see a hero take on this seemingly insurmountable quest to save someone in need. This affects our literature.

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Ducks in a Row

• 40:12Ephesians 2

  today and you don't really understand what that means I want to share one verse and give you three truths John 3 16 says this for God so love you you say you know what I don't even love God I don't care he doesn't care right now he sent his son when we were enemies Ephesians 2 says that while we were dead in our trespasses and we were sons of disobedience we were holy terrorists that

Ducks in a Row

• 40:26Ephesians 2:8

  And that is your salvation. Ephesians 2.8 says, It is by grace that you and I have been saved through faith, not of works, lest anyone would boast. So maybe you're here today and you felt like you could work. And I just want you to hear this in your soul. You cannot earn your salvation. And there are two people that just took deep breaths here. Some of you have been badness for a long time and you feel like you're a good person.

What is Church?

• 20:13Ephesians 2

  And then I realized that I was given to Christ, that I may know He is my Savior. You have been given to your heavenly Father. Ephesians 2 says this, But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love for us, that while we were dead in our trespasses, has made us alive in Christ Jesus. It is by grace you have been saved. And so this morning, when Christ prays over us, we ask, Lord, have I accepted the gift of salvation?

• 2:19Ephesians 2

  It's catchy. If you have your Bibles with you today, please turn to Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2. We are in our part four of a sermon series we've called Graceonomics.

• 2:25Ephesians 2

  It's catchy. If you have your Bibles with you today, please turn to Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2. We are in our part four of a sermon series we've called Graceonomics.

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• 5:40Ephesians 2

  …grace, through faith, for good works. You see, we can't just have that five by grace thing happening in our lives. By faith, grace, faith, all tied together. Folks, let me tell you something. It leads us to verse 10 of Ephesians chapter 2. It says that we are created as workmanship, worthy, creating workmanship. So, I started asking these questions in my own mind. What is this whole idea of having real faith? The truth

• 12:59Ephesians 2:8

  ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 9 is a very familiar passage we baptists love to spout this one out out of our hearts for by grace you've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of god not as a result of works lest any man…

• 6:22Ephesians 2

  …Now, here's what happens with us. Many of us in this room, we've come to Christ by faith. We did that. We know that. I'm going to assume that most of us in this room are saved by His grace. And we did that by faith. Ephesians chapter 2. For by grace you've been saved through faith in Jesus Christ, right? So when we came to faith in Christ, we came to faith in Christ because the wooing of the Holy Spirit came into our lives.

• 20:00Ephesians 2:1–9

  I Call You As My Child You Are My Friend I Save You By My Grace Today And He Changed Some Of You As Well He Changed Some Of You As Well Ephesians Chapter Two Verses One Through Nine I Want You To Notice What This Beautiful Text Tells Us Ephesians Chapter Two Verses One And You Were Dead To The Trespasses And Sins In Which You Walked According You Walked Following The Course

• 20:06Ephesians 2:1

  I Call You As My Child You Are My Friend I Save You By My Grace Today And He Changed Some Of You As Well He Changed Some Of You As Well Ephesians Chapter Two Verses One Through Nine I Want You To Notice What This Beautiful Text Tells Us Ephesians Chapter Two Verses One And You Were Dead To The Trespasses And Sins In Which You Walked According You Walked Following The Course

• 26:39Ephesians 2

  Ephesians chapter 2, and we love this one, verse 8 and 9, especially if you're a Baptist, you love this, because this is kind of like our banner statement. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9, listen to what it says. For by grace you've…

• 26:47Ephesians 2:8

  Ephesians chapter 2, and we love this one, verse 8 and 9, especially if you're a Baptist, you love this, because this is kind of like our banner statement. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9, listen to what it says. For by grace you've been saved through faith. Boy, we'd all jump up and down. Woo, hallelujah. For by grace you've been saved through faith, that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God.…

• 11:35Ephesians 2:8

  Let us remember what we have in common. Number one, salvation is what the work God does for us. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8, 9, For by grace you've been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God as a result of works. And folks, let me tell you something. Salvation is what God does for us. Sanctification. Made…

• 12:48Ephesians 2:8

  …God does for us. Sanctification is what God does in us. Service is the work that God does through us. Now, here's a passage of Scripture that sometimes we don't want to go to. We love that grace passage over there in Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9. Oh, we love that. For by grace we've been saved through faith in that night of yourselves. It is a free gift of God, not as a result of works that any man should boast.

• 14:06Ephesians 2:8

  Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9. For by grace, you've been saved through faith, that not of yourselves. Here we go. It is the gift of God, not as a result of works that anyone should boast. I wrote this down in my quiet time today. God just gave me this for you today. The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending. Boy, y'all, let that bathe over you for a little bit because it just wore me out

• 1:03Ephesians 2

  …want to continue to thank those of you that didn't like it, keeping your comments to yourself. That just blesses me when you keep those things to yourself. If you brought your Bible, and I hope you did, turn with me to Ephesians chapter 2. Desperate to belong. Ephesians chapter 2, beginning with the 19th and only the 19th verse, we've got a selection of. This is not an expositional study of the book of Ephesians. If you want to hear that, each Sunday…

• 1:08Ephesians 2

  …want to continue to thank those of you that didn't like it, keeping your comments to yourself. That just blesses me when you keep those things to yourself. If you brought your Bible, and I hope you did, turn with me to Ephesians chapter 2. Desperate to belong. Ephesians chapter 2, beginning with the 19th and only the 19th verse, we've got a selection of. This is not an expositional study of the book of Ephesians. If you want to hear that, each Sunday…

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• 23:42Ephesians 2:8

  my personal story starts with ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 for by grace you've been saved through faith that not of yourselves it is the gift of god god gave me the gift of eternal life my name was written on church role but it wasn't written on heaven's role i was a lost…

• 25:58Ephesians 2:8

  It's okay to be Gone on vacation Do some things like that That's okay But be connected To this body of believers Forsaking not The assembling Of the saints It brings encouragement For daily living Number five It provides a location This is the location Where the equipping Of the saints Occur I love what Ephesians chapter 4 Says Now Ephesians chapter 2 Verse 8 and 9 We love that

• 26:33Ephesians 2:8

  To be where he is, you must know how to get there. Ephesians 2.8, for by grace you have been saved through faith and not of works. See, it's not these works or things that we're doing, not of yourself. It is the gift of God. Not as a result of works so that no one may boast. For we…

• 11:34Ephesians 2

  …among the darkness of this world that has been around for a long time. And God knew that. And God knows that. And God knows there are people whose lives are hidden in the darkness of those things. Because he said so in Ephesians chapter 2. But we know he knows that. And he said to Israel, he said, but I want you to be a peculiar, particular, unique people that trust me. And how did he show that?

• 8:26Ephesians 2

  …1 John 2, verse 15, When you confess Christ as your Savior, your decision-making became more important after that point than it ever has been in its life. And we talked about that in our Sunday school class because in Ephesians chapter 2, we see that before Christ, we were dead in our trespasses and sins. We were far away from the commonwealth of Israel. In other words, we weren't even a part of what God was doing through the nation of Israel.

• 8:52Ephesians 2:1

  …part of what God was doing through the nation of Israel. We were way out there in darkness. We were under the seductive power of the prince of the power of darkness that's in this world. You read about it. It's all in Ephesians chapter 2, verses 1, 2, 3, and 4 through there. And you see that a lost person, he doesn't have a whole lot of decisions. But once we become a Christian and Jesus Christ comes into our life, And then we begin to read these letters of…

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• 30:52Ephesians 2:8

  …be born when he's born of God that's a work of the spirit of God that's not a work of man that's not a work man can lay a hand on that's not work man can be proud of that's not work man can point at it is a work of God Ephesians 2 8 for by grace are you saved through faith not of

• 24:22Ephesians 2

  adultery what about the potentiality of lying if you go back and you read in in ephesians chapter 2 you find that in lost condition man lives and is darkness he lives in darkness he is darkness he's thinking on his own mind his own mindset his own way and you say well brother chris what about these other fates and religions out there that are giving in i'm just saying they can give in all they want to

• 16:05Ephesians 2

  …truth. Everyone has lived in and was darkness. Now, when I say was, that means if you're a believer today, you're not darkness. But not only were you in darkness, you were darkness. And listen to what he says in Ephesians 2, verse 1. He says, You were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of the world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the…