August 30, 2020 Messages

“What You Were Made For”

From Ephesians 2:1-10

📖 Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV) And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1. Who You Are or Who You Were: Without God, we can’t and have no but our own selfish desires.

📖 Ephesians 2:1-3 (ESV) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest of mankind.

2. What God Did: Through Christ, our is to be brought

📖 Ephesians 2:4-7 (ESV) God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

3. Who You Are: God gives you two gifts worth more than anything this world offers. Our is to receive and .

📖 Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV) By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

4. What You Do: Our ultimate is to do because of what for us NOT because we need to earn His love.

📖 Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Your purpose is NOT found in what you do but in what God HAS DONE. You were created and saved NOT by Good works but FOR Good works!

Theme: Only when you understand the gift God has given you can you live out your purpose daily.