Amazing Grace
Ephesians 2:1-10
Grace is amazing because of who we were, who saves us, and who we become.
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Published July 24th, 2016
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Ephesians 1:20-2:10
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Christ's Raised to Glory for Ages to Come
in Christ when he raised him from the dead
Ην ενηργησεν εν τω Χριστω εγειρας αυτον εκ νεκρων και καθισας εν δεξια αυτου εν τοις επουρανιοις
Why God can love us
and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
not only in this age but also in the one to come.
υπερανω πασης αρχης και εξουσιας και δυναμεως και κυριοτητος και παντος ονοματος ονομαζομενου, ου μονον εν τω αιωνι τουτω αλλα και εν τω μελλοντι•
και παντα υπεταξεν υπο τους ποδας αυτου και αυτον εδωκεν κεφαλην υπερ παντα τη εκκλησια, ητις εστιν το σωμα αυτου, το πληρωμα του τα παντα εν πασιν πληρουμενου.
The Human Status - actual guilt
Και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις υμων,
And you were dead
εν αις ποτε περιεπατησατε κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου, κατα τον αρχοντα της εξουσιας του αερος, του πνευματος του νυν ενεργουντος εν τοις υιοις της απειθειας•
in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked,
The World
following the course of this world,
Descriptiion of 2:1
Satan
following the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
The Flesh
εν οις και ημεις παντες ανεστραφημεν ποτε εν ταις επιθυμιαις της σαρκος ημων ποιουντες τα θεληματα της σαρκος και των διανοιων, και ημεθα τεκνα φυσει οργης ως και οι λοιποι•
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,
carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,
The Human Reward - Adam's Guilt
and were by nature children of wrath,
like the rest of mankind.
God's Grace
ο δε θεος πλουσιος ων εν ελεει, δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου ην ηγαπησεν ημας,
But God,
being rich in mercy,
because of the great love with which he loved us,
Basis for 2:5-7
και οντας ημας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν συνεζωοποιησεν τω Χριστω, - χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι -
even when we were dead in our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ—
God's action in 2:4
by grace you have been saved—
και συνηγειρεν και συνεκαθισεν εν τοις επουρανιοις εν Χριστω Ιησου,
and raised us up with him
and seated us with him
in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
God's Purpose
ινα ενδειξηται εν τοις αιωσιν τοις επερχομενοις το υπερβαλλον πλουτος της χαριτος αυτου εν χρηστοτητι εφʼ ημας εν Χριστω Ιησου.
so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Purpose of 2:5-6
God's Salvation and Our Response
Τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια πιστεως• και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων, θεου το δωρον•
For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing;
it is the gift of God,
Basis
ουκ εξ εργων, ινα μη τις καυχησηται.
not a result of works,
so that no one may boast.
αυτου γαρ εσμεν ποιημα, κτισθεντες εν Χριστω Ιησου επι εργοις αγαθοις οις προητοιμασεν ο θεος, ινα εν αυτοις περιπατησωμεν.
For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared beforehand,
that we should walk in them.
The Resurrection of Christ and subsequent sitting at the right of God for the age to come is the basis for the Christian's Spiritual (in this life) and bodily (in the next) Resurection for the coming ages. This is the greatest benefit our Union with Christ. "Our Wagon is hitched to Jesus' Wagon" - CC.
Present in this description of the human conidition is: the flesh the world Satan -"prince of the power of the air"
These good works are "keeping the law" - we should
God's love is so great that he would mercifully make dead sinners alive, raise them from the spiritual grave, seat us by virtue of our union with Christ so that for eternity he would show us kindness toward us in His Son.
Και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις υμων,
εν αις ποτε περιεπατησατε κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου, κατα τον αρχοντα της εξουσιας του αερος, του πνευματος του νυν ενεργουντος εν τοις υιοις της απειθειας•
εν οις και ημεις παντες ανεστραφημεν ποτε εν ταις επιθυμιαις της σαρκος ημων ποιουντες τα θεληματα της σαρκος και των διανοιων, και ημεθα τεκνα φυσει οργης ως και οι λοιποι•
ο δε θεος πλουσιος ων εν ελεει, δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου ην ηγαπησεν ημας,
και οντας ημας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν συνεζωοποιησεν τω Χριστω, - χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι -
και συνηγειρεν και συνεκαθισεν εν τοις επουρανιοις εν Χριστω Ιησου,
ινα ενδειξηται εν τοις αιωσιν τοις επερχομενοις το υπερβαλλον πλουτος της χαριτος αυτου εν χρηστοτητι εφʼ ημας εν Χριστω Ιησου.
Τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια πιστεως• και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων, θεου το δωρον•
ουκ εξ εργων, ινα μη τις καυχησηται.
αυτου γαρ εσμεν ποιημα, κτισθεντες εν Χριστω Ιησου επι εργοις αγαθοις οις προητοιμασεν ο θεος, ινα εν αυτοις περιπατησωμεν.
ἥτις ἐστὶν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν πληρουμένου.
καὶ πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔδωκεν κεφαλὴν ὑπὲρ πάντα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ,
ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ κυριότητος καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι•
Ἣν ἐνήργησεν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ ἐγείρας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ καθίσας ἐν δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
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