05/10/2025
Title: We Are Made Best To Do The Best
Text: Ephesians 2:1-10
We are M-A-D-E B-E-S-T.
M-INISTERED because of our sins
*verse 1, (we are DEAD due to our DISOBEDIENCE)
"As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,"
A-LIVE in the Lord Jesus Christ
*verse 5, (the GRACE of GOD saved us)
"Made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved."
D-IRECTION for living
*verse 2, (FORMERLY, we FOLLOW the ways of the world)
"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."
E-XEMPT from God's wrath
*verse 3, (BEFORE, we BELONGED to those who are punishable)
"All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath."
B-ESTOWED great love and rich mercy
*verse 4, (GOD is rich in GRACE and mercy)
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,"
E-LEVATED in status in life
*verses 6-7, (RAISED us up in heavenly REALMS)
"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus."
S-AVED through faith
*verses 8-9, (salvation is a GIFT of GOD)
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."
T-ASKED to do excellent works
*verse 10, (we are MANDATED before the world was MADE)
"For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Conclusion: As God's masterpieces, we are restored and saved by His mercy and grace. We are made best to do the best, equipped for good works that bring glory to Him. Praise the Lord for His redeeming love!