Ephesians 2:4-10
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, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
God’s great love and untold storehouse of mercy shed grace on us who are hopeless sinners. We were born dead in sin, and He gave us undeserved life with Christ in His death to pay our debt. He then raised us to life as He raised Himself from the grave, resurrecting us spiritually to a new life that has an inheritance in heaven with Christ. This grace put on display for all time saves us from wrath and the hell prepared for the disobedient, both angel and man, and is not something that can be earned by doing good. This free and unobtainable gift was given by God’s mercy and love so that we can never say any of it was our accomplishment or choice. He made us as an intimate expression, in His image, that we might then do good not even as a result, but as we were planned to be by His good design. This then is how we must live.
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