Meditation
DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS
Text: Ephesians 2
6 November 2016
HAVE WE TAKEN OUR SALVATION FOR GRANTED?
If we are honest with ourselves, we would have to admit that we have taken our salvation too much for granted!
OUR PRE-SALVATION STATE
What is our pre-salvation state? The Apostle Paul wrote about this solemnly.
And you He made alive,
Who were dead in trespasses and sins,
In which you walked according to the course of this world,
According to the prince of the power of the air,
The spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
Among whom also we all once conducted ourselves
In the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh
And of the mind, were by nature the children of wrath,
Just as others. Ephesians 2:1-13
- Dead in trespasses and sins
a) Deadness- this word is most sobering
b) Our trespasses and sins can cause us to be spiritually dead
i) We are unable to respond to the Lord
ii) We are unable to find God real
iii) There is no spiritual sensitivity to the Lord at all
- Our life’s walk
a) According to the course of this world
i) We become worldly
ii) We are influenced by the world so much
iii) Our thoughts and pursuits are worldly
iv) We are not inclined to anything spiritual
b) According to the prince of the power of the air
i) This is an even more sobering word
ii) There is a spiritual power at work that we are not even aware of
iii) The reference here is to the Evil One himself
- Consequences
a) We are called “sons of disobedience”
b) We live according to the lusts of our flesh and mind
c) We become “children of wrath”
SALVATION IN THE LORD
It would take no one less than the LORD God to redeem us from our sinful state. May the Spirit of God help us to understand our true spiritual state. May we desire to have the full salvation of God that He has planned for us!