Ephesians
Lesson Four
But God
Ephesians 2:1–10
Ephesians 2:1–10
Now Paul Turns To
2:1–3
From
what we’re saved from
2:4–7
That
that God moved to save us
2:8–9
How
how we receive it
2:10
For
what we’re saved for
Peripateō · Ephesians 2:2
In Which You Used to Walk
2 Kings 20:3 · Septuagint
“Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully”
Hebrew halak, Greek peripateō
Ephesians 2:2
“in which you used to walk”
the direction a life is going, day after day
Ephesians 2:10
Paul isn’t finished with this word.
Ephesians 2:1
Why Begin With Death?
If weakness
we could get stronger
If ignorance
someone could teach us
Paul says death
the dead add nothing to their own resurrection
It rules out every answer that starts with us.
But God
2 Samuel 9 · Ephesians 2:4
Mephibosheth
Who he was
“a dead dog like me”
Why the king came
“for Jonathan’s sake”
Where he sat
at the king’s table, “like one of the king’s sons”
Great love. Rich in mercy.
Ephesians 1:20 · 2:6
Raised and Seated With Him
Christ · 1:20
Us · 2:6
raised
raised with him
seated
seated with him
Ephesians 2:8 · NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith
Through Faith · Ephesians 2:8
faithfulness · trust · confidence · loyalty · what we believe
Allegiance
the loyalty a people give their king
pistis
πίστις
God’s Handiwork · Ephesians 2:10
something someone made, the work of an artist’s hands
the root of our word “poem”
poiēma
ποίημα
created in Christ Jesus
to do good works