Ephesians 2:4-6 (NKJV) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus…
We were dead in our trespasses (sins). But we are alive now.
Why?
Because God saw fit, in His mercy toward us (because of His great love), to make us alive together with Christ.
And if that wasn’t enough, He raised us up to sit together with Christ in heavenly places!
When I read this and it really sank in, my mind was blown. It just knocked me for a loop to know that God took me, a dead person, immersed in the sinful ways of the world, and made me alive in Christ.
He didn’t just paint over the old me. He made me new, washed in the blood of Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I am no longer that same person. And if you have been washed in that same blood, neither are you the same person.
Oh, the old me or you may try to rear its ugly head at times, but if we submit to the Holy Spirit, that won’t last long. And as we mature in Christ, the old us will eventually stay dead and buried.
Think about the enormity of that fact; that we were dead but have been made alive in Him.
This is truly incomprehensible for the human mind; impossible to fully grasp.
It is true, nonetheless!
And once we start to grasp that truth, it will change the way we think and the way we live our lives.
It will cause us to carefully consider every choice we make, whether big or small, and listen more carefully for the voice of the Holy Spirit, so we can follow His leading and walk the path of life, leaving behind the paths of the old, dead man that we once were.
We were dead, but are now alive in Christ.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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