realise your position in christ
TRANSCRIPT
Selfies officially more deadly than sharks!
Series
‘Our riches and responsibilities as believers’
‘Realise your position in
Christ’
Eph 2:1-10
The unbeliever’s position - what we were
Dead
As for you, you were dead in your
transgressions and sins
Eph 2:1
The unbeliever’s position - what we were
Disobedient
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
Eph 2:2
Forces that cause disobedience
The world
followed the ways of this world
Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Rom 12:2 NLT
Forces that cause disobedience
The flesh
All of us also lived among them at one time,
gratifying the cravings of our flesh
Eph 2:3a
The turtle and the scorpion
It’s my nature!
Forces that cause disobedience
The devil
and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those
who are disobedient
Eph 2:2b
The unbeliever’s position - what we were
Doomed
Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of
wrath
Eph 2:3c
The unbeliever’s position - what we were
He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and
shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of
his might
2 Thess 1:8-9
The believer’s new position - what we are
He gives us new life
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us
alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved
Eph 2:4-5
The believer’s new position - what we are
He lifts us up
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him
in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus …
Eph 2:6-7
The believer’s new position - what we are
Saved by grace
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so
that no one can boast
Eph 2:8-9
The believer’s new position - what we are
He uses us in His Service
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God prepared in advance for us to do
Eph 2:10
The believer’s new position - what we are
He uses us in His Service
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so
that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last
John 15:16