'', "no man is called a living man, but he who is in the way of truth in this world.----And a wicked man who does not go in the way of truth, is called, , "a dead man". Introducing this great practical truth, he reminds them of what they had been, but also tells them what they are now. No man ever made himself to live. Date Service Readings Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Read all. And so accordingly all that is acceptable takes this shape. The moment the apostle comes to inward relationship, he leaves the universality of phrase and speaks only of the saints of God "in you all." Young people want instruction; they want building up in the faith; they generally lack knowledge; they have not the deep experience of the older man; they do not know so much about sin, nor even so much about salvation as the older man that has been a guilty sinner; they need to be fed. See how Paul's language grows and swells and rises as he proceeds! And Christ appears now so glorious to him; he had heard of Christ before, and had some apprehensions of him; but now he is surprised to find that the One who he said had no form nor comliness is, after all, altogether lovely. Utter strangers to the covenants made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Our state and course are such as deserve wrath, and would end in eternal wrath, if divine grace did not interpose. But I dare say I have some characters that are illustrations of that case too. It is in vain to look for the church's prosperity, if saints individually do not grow up unto Christ. 4, 5. The fulfilling of the desires of the flesh and of the mind includes all the sin and wickedness that are acted in and by both the inferior and the higher or nobler powers of the soul. But now fromEphesians 2:11; Ephesians 2:11 the apostle enters into particulars, and shows that the bringing down from God's own heights of these glorious counsels and making them thus manifest in man here below, completely sets aside the Jewish system, or rather supposes the setting aside of all Jewish elements. That is, there is a creative connection between God and man which is the source of man's moral relations with God, and the reason why man, and man alone of all creatures on the earth, shall live again and give an account of himself to God. The mark of the pierced hand is on everything: "We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.". We all benefit from your creativity and generosity. Thou hast the dew of thy youth, O child of God; and thou shalt have yet more of it, and be like thy Lord, when he shall take thee away from every trace of death, and the corrupt atmosphere of this poor world, and thou shalt dwell with the living God in the land of the living, for ever and for ever! We confess our trying to you, and ask for your power to be at work within us. 2:1-3 When you were dead in your sins and trespasses, those sins and trespasses in which you once walked, living life in the way this present age lives it, living life as the ruler of the power of the air dictates it, that spirit who now operates in the children of disobedience--and once all we too lived the same kind of life as these children of disobedience do, a life in which we were at the mercy of the desires of our lower nature, a life in which we followed the wishes of our lower nature and of our own designs, a life in which, as far as human nature goes, we deserved nothing but the wrath of God, as the others do. Pelagianism asserts the convalescence of human nature. Since then it is not so much they that have lost, but man in and by Christ that has gained such a place as they never had nor could have. Ephesians 2:2). Oh, you did stutter and stammer over it! And God throughout eternity is going to be revealing the exceeding greatness of His mercy and of His kindness, these things that He has given and provided and done for you through Jesus Christ. In Romans, in 1st and 2nd Corinthians, and in Galatians righteousness was largely used. ], "The unbeliever is not sick; he is dead! I figured it was all right because there were so many around town. Faith dies and unfaith blossoms as a flower; Nor ever wilt thou find upon the open streets of men. (E) 3All of us also lived among them at one time,(F) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](G) and following its desires and thoughts. And the reason is simple; so inadequate is the creature, so untrustworthy is the first Adam, that one might well be certain the true meaning of the Bible was lost to him who judged otherwise. There is nothing mysterious about this. But, besides the new man which lives in dependence, we need to guard against losing power according to God. As the end of the latter will be incomparably worse than the former, so judgment will be commensurate with man's apostasy from grace; for the Lord must come from heaven, "in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and on them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This joy we never knew till we received the new life. And he said, "I looked at all of the wealth and I said, 'How dies the rich man like the fool, this is emptiness.' He can sin by either violating the standard of Gods will or by failing to come up to its standards. Hath quickened us together with Christ. Thus, then, Adam acts and speaks. The Lord impress this solemn truth on all your hearts by his own spirit; for Jesus Christ's sake! For the Jew It was possible to say: "Remember that you are a citizen of God, and that you speak to the people of God." 99 Intercession 65 Corporate Worship Idea 62 Liturgy 53 Confession 49 Praise 44 "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in offences and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." II. He may sit in the heavenlies; Christ is there as his Representative. The epistle to the Ephesians truly understood will help none so to do. WebWe were living. "You hath HE quickened." He sees no beauty in religion; he hears not the call of God; he is unaffected by the dying love of the Saviour; and he has no interest in eternal realities. Modern progress has made the world a neighbourhood: God has given us the task of making it a brotherhood. Contents. Now, this morning, I trust I shall not be tedious; I shall endeavour to make the subject as interesting as possible, and also endeavour to be brief. Ah, whither shall we flee? But there is yet more. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. Remake us, Lord, again into your image, for we choose to imitate you. I mean, that they like the amusements of the world; they like to put on their shroud sometimes just for a treat. What I want to hint at is this: when a man is far gone into sin, Christ does this for him he breaks off his evil habits. Let this, then, be held as a fixed principle, that the union of our soul with God is the true and only life; and that out of Christ we are altogether dead, because sin, the cause of death, reigns in us. Here again the apostle brings in the relation of the Holy Ghost to the new things. for who should be more above the feelings of jealousy than those who delight in that which shows the greatness, and the glory, and the perfect goodness of God in His greatest work? The boogieman will get you, you know." It is something with which life is permeated. It is in a common love of him that people come to love each other. Sin is the failure to hit the target of life. That accounts for everything: "together with Christ." height; and to know the love of Christ." Among whom also we all had our conversation ( Ephesians 2:3 ). I remember the first week of that new life, and how, on the second Sabbath, I went to the place where I had heard the gospel to my soul's salvation, thinking that I would attend there. Angels are not the object. "You" refers to Gentiles (2:11). WebThe Art of Following - Matthew 4:12-23. We have not only left the dead, and become joined to Christ, but we are made to sit in heaven with Christ. 3. 21. 4 all the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name. 8 praise our god, all peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; 9 he has preserved our lives and kept our For the first time in his life Little Billee has taken part in a drunken debauch and has himself been drunk. the spring in your step to go where youre sent. No God? Nothing short of this suffices. But it gave to the Jews the unique consciousness of being the people of God. Hence he says, "that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ," referring to himself and any other saints who had been chosen from the people of the Jews. "Because I live, ye shall live also." That awareness of God, that communion with God, or that fellowship and oneness that God intended that man should have with God. In its place he put love to God and love to men. There is no work that you can do that can make you alive spiritually. It is not carnal blessing such as was in measure given under the law to Israel, and will be under the new covenant by and by; it is spiritual blessing. As though the keen, quick, razor edge of his power to reach and re-evoke the by-gone charm and glamour and essence of things had been blunted and coarsened. If you haven't previously submitted something but would like to, you can find my email address by clicking on my name in the "About Me" section below. It is impossible for flesh to be true to it. 2. l Caphtor, fol. No matter how deep you drill, Gods love would be deeper! Again, I have in my presence young men who have grown to riper years than that fair damsel who died in her childhood. In Greek there are two words for new. Now my eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to the prayers offered in this place. Was there not positive love, far beyond forgiveness? (See also Romans 6:16; John 3:36. This is the nature that is given to the believer now. Could I just be me? We are Our world belongs to him! "Like trying to get an octopus into a paper bag." Accordingly the very opening brings before us this astonishingly elevated manner of presenting the great truth with which the apostle's heart was filled. who were dead -- Another demonstration of Gods power illustrated (Ephesians 1:19) is illustrated in the resurrection of the Ephesians from the dead! Well, at least you are interested in the subject. "You hath he quickened." I must draw near to him in prayer.". (Ephesians 2:1). WebA CALL TO WORSHIP From the Shadows to Reality! He knows about himself better than you do. 17He came and preached peace(AL) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. There is, indeed, life, and energy, and motion. You have got a wrong and blasphemous concept of God. Hence it is said, "One Lord," which is precisely that which is owned in the common creed of Christendom. Praise to the Father of Lord Jesus Christ! (J) 6And God raised us up with Christ(K) and seated us with him(L) in the heavenly realms(M) in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,(N) expressed in his kindness(O) to us in Christ Jesus. The essence of the worldly man is, as someone has said, that "he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." Thus we have at last the church developed in its two main characters. There is Jairus's daughter; she lies on her bed; she seems as if she were alive; her mother has scarce ceased to kiss her brow, her hand is still in her father's loving grasp, and he can scarcely think that she is dead; but dead she is, as thoroughly dead as she ever can be. When the Psalmist sang: "I will extol thee, my God and king" ( Psalms 145:1) he meant it literally. Where these are made and kept right, we can then safely follow what God will show us in due time, but not otherwise. It was an absolutely new thing: never was seen one so glorious, never can there be another so triumphant, as the power there put forth. In the verse before the apostle had spoken of the "one Spirit," and hence it would be superfluous to introduce the statement of His baptism here, even if the adjuncts did not exclude the idea. Even though we may be trying our best to hit the mark, we've come short of the glory of God. The old clothes were comfy and familiar. Very likely the old sinner's experience will not be a feeding experience. The first thing sin does is create a feeling of estrangement between us and God. You remember when you began to pray; would you like to have your first prayer printed? We need, but we have, the Holy Spirit who is surely all-sufficient, if looked to. (v) It is the life which follows what the King James Version calls the desires of our flesh. First there was the Court of the Gentiles; then the Court of the Women; then the Court of the Israelites; then the Court of the Priests; and finally the Holy Place itself. Here the apostle repeats that high, large, and blessed phrase already so familiar to us, "that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ; in whom ye also [trusted]." That would cease, for God is a Spirit, they that worship Him worship Him in Spirit and in truth. "To be dead in trespasses and sins does not mean unconsciousness or non-existence. Upon his repentance and confession, his father forgives him; therefore, he spiritually "came to life again." And what is the manifestation of love? They are put into the grave, in order that all may be hidden. STOP delaying to get to know the Bible better! And I worship Him in Spirit and in truth.And so He has made us alive, alive spiritually, for by grace are we saved. To succumb to that is inevitably to come to disaster. He made us at the first; he has new-made us. The heart itself then, is broken, and bleeds at ten thousand wounds. It is not merely in the presence of an angel, still less before the world. If it be illustrated in Christ, if it be bound up with Him, fear not to trust simply and to believe implicitly. There is nothing for us without Christ and his cross. These demons were not all bad, but many were, out to propagate evil, to frustrate the purposes of God and to ruin the souls of men. Paul goes on to say that we are recreated by God for good works. The poster has the picture of a young man, blood all around him, tied with chains, and in big letters, it said, "No escape." I know the heart of this people. Even Christ was tempted. Is not this the meaning of the institution? This text brings us Easter tidings; it sings of resurrection; it sounds in our ear the trumpet of a new life, and introduces us into a world of joy and gladness. Once is enough for the intelligent. Here the prayer is not, as in the first chapter, that they might know the power that had wrought toward them; it is now that their hearts might be in the secret of His grace according to the power that works in them. In body and mind they are under the control of Satan, and consequently are rebellious against God (2:1-3). One of the tragedies of the nineteenth century was the career of Oscar Wilde. Whenever a man realizes that he has sinned, he is oppressed with the feeling that he dare not approach God. The special point before the apostle's mind is that this was the choice of God before the world, in which we are brought to know the infinite blessing. the Christian's dynamic is the desire to serve. In Galatians 5:19-21 Paul lists the sins of the flesh. All other combats are outside the calling of a Christian. in our homes and schools, in our church and in our world. They were dead in relation to that to which they afterward became alive - i. e., to holiness. That paradox has two arms. Forgive us when we create barriers rather than tear them down. That is not the result of killing the seven-headed dragon and grabbing the three golden apples. You had nothing to do with this. And you hath he quickened - The words hath he quickened, or made to live, are supplied, but not improperly, by our translators. This engineer was soundly converted. Come into Gods presence with singing! X, p. 638. Web(EPHESIANS 2:1718, ALT.) They were chosen in time. What reason have sinners then to be looking out for that grace that will make them, of children of wrath, children of God and heirs of glory! The third case goes further still in the manifestation of death; for it is the case of which Martha, using strong words, said, "Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he hath been dead four days." (AI) His purpose was to create in himself one(AJ) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(AK) by which he put to death their hostility. The re:Worship survey on pandemic worship practices has been completed. People often speak of the Greeks as being the sunniest people in history; but there was such a thing as the Greek melancholy. Accordingly, in Ephesians 2:1-22, the apostle pursues this train, and shows that it is not another exertion of power, but a part of the very same work of God which raised up Jesus from the dead. Call to Worship (Psalm 107, Ephesians 2, John 3) God loves us with a steadfast love. Thus far the apostle has described the misery of a natural state in Ephesians 2:1-3, which we shall find him pursuing again in some following ones. I would rather find Christ where he is not, than not to find him where he is. They believed that it went on for three thousand years; then came a conflagration in which the whole universe was consumed in flames; then the whole process began all over again, and the same events and the same people exactly repeated themselves. Sins, , may probably mean here habitual transgression; sinning knowingly and daringly. (There is no need to credit the re:Worship blog itself.). We saw that the deadly thing about sin was that it slowly but surely destroyed a man's will and that the indulgence which had begun as a pleasure became a necessity. For "if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." The Gifts Of The Unity Of Christ ( Ephesians 2:13-18 Continued). Oh! 1. It is sensitive about sin; detects and detests it thoroughly. Indeed, these are the very qualities of God Himself. In fact, I ripped one off and brought it home. WebReflection/Call to worship - based on Ephesians 2:11-22 118 views Aug 1, 2021 A short reflection with pictures and music that can be used personally or in a shared act of All men, being naturally children of disobedience, are also by nature children of wrath: God is angry with the wicked every day. Another plan discloses itself. The sound of music, and the voice of friendship and of alarm, do not arouse it. Between it and the Court of the Women there was a wall, or rather a kind of screen of marble, beautifully wrought, and let into it at intervals were tablets which announced that if a Gentile proceeded any farther he was liable to instant death. There is the whole Trinity in that one verse, Christ, the Spirit, the Father. in Num. And every believer is where his Head is; and if we are members of Christ's body, we are in heaven. WebEvil Eyes Exaltation Exhaustion F Faith Faithfulness Family Father Fear Fear of the Lord Food Foreigner Forgiveness Freedom The Future G Gates Generations Gentleness Gifts "The unity of the Spirit" seems to be the general name for that great fact which is now established that unity of which Christ is the chief, and to which we all belong. But it is very different in relation to the mother whose child he killed. The song of the nightingale is not to be analysed by the laws of musical composition. In contrast to the blackness of my own past, now God. Ah! Scripturally-based resources for worship planners and leaders. People are invited "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living," and, unless we are made alive unto him, he cannot be our God either here or hereafter. That is the message of the young people of Europe today. We little think of the experiments that children have to go through before they arrive even at the use of their eyes. There is a certain murderous power in sin. At first a man engages in some forbidden pleasure because he wants to do so; in the end he engages in it because he cannot help doing so. Who just delights to spend pleasant days together with you. But the man who lives the Christless life takes his own way of things, even when he knows what God's way is. No time to worry about where the path, the flow is leading. How solemn to learn what the old man is in its most detestable forms, against all which the Christian is warned! The re:Worship survey on pandemic worship practices has been completed. It is no use merely taking it up as a name or barren title. "Grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." (118) To bring home more effectually to the Ephesians the general doctrine of Divine grace, he reminds them of their former condition. It was brought in either to convict the Corinthians of their utter departure through the spirit of the world, the flesh taking that shape, or it was brought in triumphantly on their restoration. Walls of prejudice still exist and barriers of racism still hold people back from reaching their true potential. Man may cavil and murmur now in unbelief; but God will vindicate them every one when man shall be silent for ever. Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter.Paul is going to talk about someone tonightvery interesting. So with the sinner in regard to the spiritual and eternal world. If God reveals it now, the idea of man of ourselves being the first and main object in the mind of God is impossible. fol. There is not even the gloss of life left. Now I am too busy. my brother, alas! One might distrust a mystery, if it centred in the church. If you're interested in reading the results, visit here: https://pandemicworshipsurvey.blogspot.com/, We gather together in the name of Jesus Christ. I cannot help reminding you, that you must not overlook the fact that Paul will not go a hair's breadth away from Christ. If worldlings could only know the bliss of living near to God, and of basking in the light of his countenance, they would throw their wealth into the sea, and ten thousand times as much, if they might but get a glimpse of this joy that can never be bought, but which God gives to all who trust his dear Son. Herein is love. Scripturally-based resources for worship planners and leaders. This is the moral nature which God confers on us who are born of Him. It is well to mark the difference. Might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! He had missed the mark.Now, by the very root of the word, it does indicate, which is also true, that it is possible to be a sinner without wanting to be. He loves the loved one so much that the love of his sins is broken. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth [inwardly applied, and thus bracing us morally], and having on the breast-plate of righteousness." From the beginning, through all the crises of our times, until his kingdom fully comes, God keeps covenant forever. Let the stealer steal no more." Any dead fish can float down the stream, it takes a live fish to swim against the current." This was peculiarly needed. We cannot earn God's love; but we can and must show how grateful we are for it, by seeking with our whole hearts to live the kind of life which will bring joy to God's heart. 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