Ephesians 2:3-5
Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. (4) But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, (5) even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)
CHILDREN of WRATH
(What a great description of our angry culture)
“But God”… so simple, but SO profound.
Brokenness, MERCY, LOVE, GRACE
This verse is the Gospel in a nutshell.
Note who I WAS.
Note who HE IS.
We are made whole not by what we have done or are doing…. but by GRACE through FAITH.
If we cannot earn it, how can we lose it?
Like John MacArthur and RC Spraul used to say…. If I COULD lose it, I would. Thankfully, in his great love with which He loves us, he gives us MERCY and GRACE.
All in one verse.
Gotta love it.
Gotta have it.
Between the Garden and the Garden City 