WebSelect from the options below to find worship ideas that fit what you're looking for. This salvation is Gods gift. Less than $5/mo! There was a moral necessity for a nature suitable to God, if we were to be in His presence at all; but there was none for this special relationship. If you haven't previously submitted something but would like to, you can find my email address by clicking on my name in the "About Me" section below. The fulfilling of the desires of the flesh and of the mind includes all the sin and wickedness that are acted in and by both the inferior and the higher or nobler powers of the soul. In this passage the son admits to his father that he has "sinned" and is "no longer worthy to be called your son." It is a question not of acceptance before God, but of resisting the enemy who would take advantage of loose ways and a bad conscience. What was to be done? You might not like it so well; it would not look well in print. The imagery of death and life, as used here, is often used when illustrating fellowship issues with God. Satan's purpose for you is your destruction, and so as he is guiding the course of the world, it is a destruction derby. You know I would. Now, secondly, let us think of OUR PRESENT LIFE. And what then is the truth as it is in Jesus? "[2], Trespasses and sins Barry suggested a difference in the meaning of these terms, making "sins" to "denote universal and positive principles of evil doing, and trespasses, failure in visible and special acts of those not necessarily out of the right way. Their very wife, when they go into the house, rushes upstairs to be out of the way. This is the great want simple, genuine faith in the Holy Ghost. We did not know what it was when it came; we had never felt like that before; we could not think that we really had passed from death to life; and yet, in looking back, we are persuaded that the throes within, the anguish of heart, the longing, and the pleading, and the wrestling, and the crying, would never have been in a dead heart, but were the sure marks that God had quickened us, and we had passed into newness of life. Just as Christ is the sample and model whether of nature or relationship, so the Holy Ghost is not without His own proper place in bringing the saint into the reality, knowledge, and enjoyment of both. Christianity demands love even to our enemies, but Plutarch said that the sign of a good man was that he was useful to his friends and terrible to his enemies. I do not think that a living man can always pray by clockwork, at such a time and such a time. The words "trespasses" and "sins" are probably synonymous (compare 1 Corinthians 15:3 and Romans 4:25). It is not here deliverance, let it be ever so complete; it is not the knowledge of our position in Christ as inEphesians 1:1-23; Ephesians 1:1-23; but rather the converse Christ dwelling in us by faith, and the heart entering into the positive excellency of the Son, the only adequate object of the Father's own delight. Hence we have those gifts alone which are the expression of the grace of Christ toward the saints that He loves, for ministerial work, for the building up of His body. We all benefit from your creativity and generosity. Thanks to those of you who took time to answer questions and offer comments about how your congregation navigated worship during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ah! You that now commune with God at the mercy-seat, you that are now his favoured children, and have received power to become the sons of God, you were once heirs of wrath: "By nature the children of wrath, even as others." Take them down to the stream and let them get a drink of water. The subject of this sentence is God (Ephesians 2:4). He could not speak; he was bound about in a napkin. The ancient world believed strenuously in demons. I say "requisite," simply in view of Christ's love towards the church. It may be perverted to this or anything else; but so far is our corporate place from being put in the foreground that we do not hear one word about the assembly as such till the close of the first chapter. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once(AC) were far away have been brought near(AD) by the blood of Christ. It needs the Trinity to make a Christian, and when you have got a Christian, it needs the Trinity to make a prayer. L: We gather to share our witness to Gods Man, Satan, yea, the judgment of God that had gone forth against Him because of our sins, had no force to detain Him in the grave. They were dead in sins, but now alive in Christ. We wish that death did not remain, the old nature hampering us; but, in perfect proportion as the new life is really in us, we now run parallel with God. Merciful God, we celebrate the way that you chose to bring unity and peace to peoplethrough the gift of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. He says that those who were far off have been brought near. He goes farther, and says, "Be filled with the Spirit." "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." But it gave to the Jews the unique consciousness of being the people of God. Naturally this prayer grows out of the two great truths he had been urging. Well, then, we have a new life. All were dead alike. The young man's was given more publicly. The internal state is the great point here. Do we discipline and train our children as we ought, or do we often shirk the issue? It is a time of asking, a time of enquiring. Here are some indexes that might be helpful: INDEXES: For a complete list of all the indexes on this blog, click here. We had neither the eye that could see, nor the ear that could hear, nor the power that could feel. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In this passage Paul's thought flows on regardless of the rules of grammar; he begins sentences and never finishes them; he begins with one construction and halfway through he glides into another. Yet nothing is more certain than that God so speaks to our faith. 8, 9. Besides, as we have seen, the church is the dwelling-place of God through the Holy Ghost's presence here below. He had looked at sin before, but had never seen it to be sin. When two parties are at variance, the surest way to bring them together is through someone whom they both love. You were really not going anywhere, you were just existing. Hold on to your thumb. Once is enough for the intelligent. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints" there is nothing like this truth, where it is learnt from the Holy Ghost, for humbling the soul, were it even the greatest of the apostles, "is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and make all see what is the fellowship [rather administration] of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in, God, who created all things [by Jesus Christ to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.". Where God now seats me together in Christ in these heavenly places, or in the heavenlies. (AI) His purpose was to create in himself one(AJ) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(AK) by which he put to death their hostility. In the lives of so many there is a kind of tragic process. STOP delaying to get to know the Bible better! who were dead -- Another demonstration of Gods power illustrated (Ephesians 1:19) is illustrated in the resurrection of the Ephesians from the dead! This is where we should be, where we may be if we are quickened by the divine life. As the Father is everlasting, so is the Son. the spring in your step to go where youre sent. And all this hangs upon that first sentence, "You hath he quickened." 12. Because if you face reality, truth doesn't exist, and thus you will only end in despair. As they were about to leave in bewilderment the priest came up. We were living. Now, what was the purpose of God? We are his workmanship say some of the translations of Ephesians 2:10. The Jew had an immense contempt for the Gentile. We were dead; but we are quickened by the Spirit of God. Many wonder that such truths as these should not have more words used in communicating them. This verse states the intrinsic unity that never passes away, beginning with the fact of "one body;" then the efficient power, one Spirit; and lastly the cause of it all in the calling of grace. His life will be ever afterwards a loosing and letting go; for he will need it till he cometh up to be with God for ever and ever. The word for sin is hamartia ( G266) ; and hamartia ( G266) is a shooting word. The wrestling is not with flesh and blood, "but against principalities, against powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places." Sort of concluding, you might as well bomb out and stay drunk, there is nothing else, too much pain to try to face reality.Sort of the philosophy that a lot of people have taken today. Living God, thank you for re-working us to become more like Jesus. fol. That is what Christ does for us. Sin does something to a man; it kills innocence; and innocence, once lost, can never be recovered. Observed, 1. make us bold as we claim your victory in the world. Only in verse 22 is the church even named for the first time, where it is said God has given Christ "to be the head over all things to the church." NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. HOMER: Jethro, if you had two big luxurious houses like those ones in the Beverly Hills and I was livin yonder under the bridge without no home, would you give me one of your big luxurious houses? We all benefit from your creativity and generosity. He has raised us from the dead. Ah! For example, the Matthew and Luke accounts of the Lord's Prayer use the words interchangeably; and, as Blaikie said, "The distinction cannot be carried out in all other passages. Ephesians 2:2). What is the value of any other unity? A man is where his head is, is he not? That is living prayer. There was counsel, but besides there was intrinsic glory altogether independent of any plans of conferred honour. There was a lot of things I didn't want to do. The "hope of his calling" is the bright prospect of the saints themselves, as they are in Christ before God. Contemporary Call to Worship Unquestionably the Spirit of God does evermore dwell in the Christian, though I am not aware that He is ever said to dwell in our hearts. young man, I weep, I weep over thee; thou art not yet so far gone, that they have rolled the stone against thee; thou art not yet become obnoxious; thou art not yet the staggering drunkard, nor yet the blasphemous infidel; thou hast much that is ill about thee, but thou hast not gone all the lengths yet. It is simply an inevitable law of love. Our world belongs to God! HOMER: I do know you would. Whither shall we flee to avoid the noxious odour of that reeking corpse? Was there only this? It is evident in this verse that the deadness of unregenerated people is a derivative, not of their birth, but of their sins. The mark of the pierced hand is on everything: "We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.". P: I will fasten the belt of truth about my waist. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. God was talking about spiritual death. And ah! Here are some indexes that might be helpful. For if we are in Christ, we have a vantage ground which makes all things clear. Our world belongs to him! But if we are to walk thus, let us not forget the prayer for the state of our hearts which precedes these exhortations. It is a very blessed experience to be able to walk on earth, and look up to heaven; but it is a higher experience to live in heaven, and look down on the earth; and this is what the believer may do. But now fromEphesians 2:11; Ephesians 2:11 the apostle enters into particulars, and shows that the bringing down from God's own heights of these glorious counsels and making them thus manifest in man here below, completely sets aside the Jewish system, or rather supposes the setting aside of all Jewish elements. That is not the result of some great effort on my part. God loves us so much he gave us One might be altogether a stranger to him that adopts. Nor does it settle any question as to their ability or power while in that state. Now, as life comes thus with strange surprises, and mingled with pain, so, dear friends, it comes often with many questions. First, let us talk a little about OUR QUICKENING. This old English word conversation doesn't really give you the true meaning of the Greek word, which is our manner of living. (ISAIAH 1:18, ALT.) It is Christ, Christ, Christ, Christ; like the harp of Anacreon. The mark that God has established for you is perfection. That is precisely why sin is so universal. L: I will place But it is not merely a thing imparted. Paul closes this passage with a great exposition of that paradox which always lies at the heart of his view of the gospel. Oh, you did stutter and stammer over it! He will make sinful people holy, and disobedient people obedient to the faith. Hence the apostle Paul, in what is by no means the simplest utterance he has given, writes in few words. Suppose two people have a difference and go to law about it; and the experts in the law draw up a document, which states the rights of the case, and ask the two conflicting parties to come together on the basis of that document. ", Cicero could write much later: "As the Greeks say, all men are divided into two classes--Greeks and barbarians." But the Gentiles had no such hope. "Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you." Here are some indexes that might be helpful: INDEXES: For a complete list of all the indexes on this blog, click here. 22. I speak to you who are quickened by grace. No God? The Holy Ghost thus takes a corresponding part. In the verse before the apostle had spoken of the "one Spirit," and hence it would be superfluous to introduce the statement of His baptism here, even if the adjuncts did not exclude the idea. 4. The devil, or the prince of devils, is thus described. With the coming of Christ the Gentile entered into that new view of history in which a man is always on the way to God. And desire is not simply a fleshly thing; it is the craving for any forbidden thing. But this young maiden is still caressed; so it is with many of you; you are loved even by the living in Sion; God's own people love you; the minister has often prayed for you; you are admitted into the assemblies of the saints, you sit with them as God's people, you hear as they hear, and you sing as they sing. So the apostle says, "You hath he quickened, who were dead in offences and sins;" for now we can bear to learn anything, however humiliating, and He can speak of anything, no matter how exalted or holy. It is neither the tabernacle, nor the temple, but His habitation in Spirit. 44. Throughout the epistle all the secret is just this God would associate us with Christ (that is, of course, in everything that is consistent with the maintenance of the divine glory). And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins. Before they close in fight, Diomede wishes to know the lineage of Glaucus, and Glaucus replies: "Why enquirest thou of my generation? The sinner arrogantly lives in total disregard of the will of God, as though the Creator has no law or moral judgment for His creation. It is a revelation of God that comes in at the time when the Jews have, at least temporarily, lost their place altogether. Israel had always had the radiant hope in God which burned clearly and inextinguishably even in her darkest and most terrible days; but in his heart the Gentile knew only despair, before Christ came to give him hope. Now, this morning, I trust I shall not be tedious; I shall endeavour to make the subject as interesting as possible, and also endeavour to be brief. God has made our conscience quick as the apple of the eye; he has made our soul as sensitive as a raw wound, so that the very shadow of sin falling on the believer's heart will cause him great pain; and, if he does go into the actual sin, then, like David, he talks about his bones being broken, and it is not too strong a figure of the sorrow that comes upon the believing heart when sin has been committed, and God has been grieved. Altogether differently here "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" has blessed us where Christ is on high. It is expressly not against any powers that were living and acting in the world. Gideon's answer was: "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you" ( Judges 8:23). Is it so with us? That is, you really didn't have any real eternal purpose. At the same time, we learn by our experiments. For we were by nature, that is, we were doing what comes naturally to the fallen man. Its construction was very elegant; upon it stood pillars at equal distances from one another, declaring the law of purity, some in Greek and some in Roman letters that no foreigner should go within the sanctuary" (The Wars of the Jews, 5, 5, 2). 10. I tell you, I would be so shocked if I had one of my sons come and say something like that to me. In the NIV vs. 1-7, three additional verbs not in the Greek. In contrast to the blackness of my own past, now God. Nothing they do can bring them back to life, because no matter how much good they try to do, they are still sinners. The priest sprinkled the blood around the altar because it was atonement for the soul. Now do you agree with that or not? And they began to be merry (Luke 15:21-24 NASB). Now my eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to the prayers offered in this place. But then those in respect of whom God the Father had such thoughts were in point of fact sinners. Everybody is going. You say, "Well, I believe God. When Isaiah received his vision of God, his first reaction was to say: "Woe is me! But then the possession of a nature capable of communing with God did not and could not satisfy. Yes, life is a strange thing; and if you have the life of God in your soul, you will undergo many changes, and not always be what you want to be. You, by God's grace are a man; this little one is but a new-born babe; hear what he has to say. Who would demand of God to make the objects of His mercy like Christ the Son? Clearly life was going to be completely different for any nation which had a consciousness of destiny like that. gain access to 50+ premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. They are in Christ; Christ died, and therefore they died. , . ye daughters of Sion, who are ever at the house of prayer, oh! The second picture Paul uses is that of a building. The consequence is that we find the Spirit of God, now sent down from heaven, not only putting the saints into relationship with the Father, but, besides, dwelling in them and making them God's habitation through the Spirit. Now, notice verse Ephesians 2:5 , "with Christ," verse Ephesians 2:6 , "in Christ Jesus," verse Ephesians 2:7 , "through Christ Jesus." Accordingly, when all was complete in the communication of God's plans in the Bible, there was one subject that was left a blank. Thus there were dark shadows, and lowering clouds. He commands his companions, who by bad example are bearing him on his bier to his grave, to stop, and then there is a partial reformation for awhile, and after that there comes the strong out-spoken voice "Young man, I say unto thee, arise!" But we are not at liberty to set aside the declarations of our Lord and of the Apostle Paul, that, while we remain in Adam, we are entirely devoid of life; and that regeneration is a new life of the soul, by which it rises from the dead. "Yes, Lord." Could I just be me? Is He not satisfied with giving us a nature like His own? This clearly is of the deepest possible interest to the saints. Few would venture on so bold a statement as that; but if you boldly do the thing, I must speak of it. And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins. The Jews believed that God had approached their nation with a special offer. And they don't know the joy that we have in the presence of the Lord as we worship Him and as we sing unto Him our love and our praises and our thanksgiving. And I really appreciate all that you have given to me, Dad, and all that you have done for me. We confess to you that we resist this work in us. The law or "mark" in this context is the righteous will of God. A corpse is insensible. Contents. But just as before, in the walk which shuts out hatred, and anger, and so on, we were warned against grieving the Spirit of God; so the power of the Holy Ghost asserts itself here. Take a passage in 2 Corinthians (2 Corinthians 8:5), which has been before us only a short time ago: "And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God." Finally, He enunciated the motive for our calling (i.e., the unmerited grace of God, Ephesians 2:1-10). Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? There is some perplexity in the language; but, if we attend carefully to what the apostle says about those two parts, the meaning is clear. Jesus wants to do good things through us! (iii) It is a life characterized by disobedience. The course and tenour of their lives are according to his suggestions, and in compliance with his temptations; they are subject to him, and are led captive by him at his will, whereupon he is called the god of this world, and the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. But it is not said that we are love. But no matter how hard we may try to hit the mark, none of us have really hit the mark that God has required for man. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1950), Vol. Were ripping off the crops from the children of Israel, they were hiding their food in caves and all. We know ourselves chosen, adopted as children of God. How blessed is the character and the spring of Christian service! In these days of dividing walls of race and class and creed we must shake the earth anew with the message of the all-inclusive Christ, in whom there is neither bond nor free, Jew nor Greek, Scythian nor barbarian, but all are one.". I have in my church and congregation and I dare to say what men dare to do I have in my congregation women whose ruin and destruction have been wrought by some of the most respected men in respectable society. What it means is that these words were added by the translators. Web2 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. Thank God, dear hearer, if you have living pangs. I was a pretty good little kid until my fleshly appetites took over, and then I began to yell until they took care of feeding me. Thus is the Lord ever presented as the pattern. Our state and course are such as deserve wrath, and would end in eternal wrath, if divine grace did not interpose. To us it could be but eternal purpose, to Him eternal being; to us pure grace, but to Him His own indefeasible right. Paul begins by reminding his readers that they lived in alienation from God (vv. God would frame a new sort of workmanship worthy of Himself; and therefore all question of antecedent measures disappears. Or, what was the manner of life that we lived? Find Related Songs (Not this year) Second Sunday after Christmas Day: Those things result in death! The man who is under their domination has taken sides against God. (There is no need to credit the re:Worship blog itself.). The psychologists tell us that we never forget anything. The King James Version has it that they were without Christ. It needs a Milton to conceive of the walk of God; but he that hath the divine life walks with God; and sometimes he seems to step from Alp to Alp, from sea and ocean, accomplishing what, unaided, he would never even attempt. So the flow of the world, you just flowed with it. Such is the measure, if measure it can be called, of the grace wherein we stand. Somehow we have an impression that God is going to just get all of these dirty, nasty things that we have said we would never do and say, "All right, start here." You have much about you that is lovely, but you have just begun to indulge in evil habits; you have not yet become the desperate sinner; you have not yet become altogether noxious in the eyes of other men; you are but beginning to sin, you are like the young man carried out on his bier; you have not yet become the confirmed drunkard; you have not yet begun to curse and blaspheme God; you are still accepted in good society; you are not yet cast out; but you are dead, thoroughly dead, just as dead as the third and worst case. Here God from Himself and for Himself is acting according to the riches of His own grace. Then, everything surprises you. That which you believe, you must believe up to the hilt; believe it livingly, believe it really; for that is not believed at all which is only believed in the letter, but is not felt in the power of it. He loves his Son, and we love his Son. 12. He is pouring out his heart, and the claims of grammar have to give way to the wonder of grace. Here is the point. No preacher, however earnest, can make one hearer to live. Scripturally-based resources for worship planners and leaders. So we have many who are lovely, amiable, morally admirable, like him whom the Saviour looked upon and loved; yet they are dead for all that. It becomes the pleasure, the delight, the thrill of our lives. Paul uses the word paroikos ( G3941) for sojourner. 2:4-10 Although we were all like that, I say, God, because he is rich in mercy and because of his great love with which he has loved us, made us alive in Jesus Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses (it is by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Christ, and gave us a seat in the heavenly places with Christ, because of what Christ Jesus did for us. When Aristotle is discussing bestiality, he says: "It is found most frequently among barbarians," and by barbarians he simply meant non-Greeks. all that is out to hurt and twist and destroy! Perhaps he believes that there is, because he was brought up to believe it; but he is not cognizant of God; God has not entered into him; he has not come into contact with God. (There is no need to credit the re:Worship blog itself.). I have heard that they have never had a headache in the last hundred years, and no rheumatic pains, nor have they been troubled with the gout, The reason is that they are cut in marble, and they are dead; but a living man feels the fog and the winds; he knows whether it is an east wind or a west wind that is blowing. X, p. 638. Not even Jesus can give a man back his lost innocence, for not even Jesus can put back the clock; but what he can do is take away the sense of guilt which the lost innocence necessarily brings with it. Oh that we might have grace to walk in communion with such grace! He has not come to God consciously. What has it to do with a happy life, so long as every sentiment of the mind, and every act of the will, is death? "Like trying to get an octopus into a paper bag." To those who want to reject Christ, the message is true; there is no escape. (ii) We saw that sin killed the ideals by which men live. 4But because of his great love for us,(H) God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(I)it is by grace you have been saved. Here are some indexes that might be helpful. Who is delighted when He sees you happy and joyful. Oh! for you, that you should lack the root of the matter. 8For it is by grace(P) you have been saved,(Q) through faith(R)and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 9not by works,(S) so that no one can boast. The priest said that he was very sorry but in that case he could not permit burial in his churchyard. He was a resident alien, a man who had taken up residence in a place but who had never become a naturalized citizen; he paid a tax for the privilege of existing in a land which was not his own. No matter how deep you drill, Gods love would be deeper! He found her in an attic room. None of us can make it on our own. for you; alas! When Peter realized who Jesus was, his first reaction was: "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord" ( Luke 5:8). Not a word is said of sending Him into the world, or of His life and labours there, any more than of our doing this or being that. Our having put off the old man, and our having put on the new man. My dear friends, you who are quickened, let me advise you to take care of the devil; he will be sure to be after you. Outsiders, rank outsiders, far away from any rights, or any participation in the rights of God's children. in -- indicates the realm or sphere in which lost sinners exist. For the first time in his life Little Billee has taken part in a drunken debauch and has himself been drunk. 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