Being Rich in Mercy

(Eph. 2:1-10/FCC/5-10-26/Lukins)

Theme→Whoever you’ve been, God makes you new in Christ.

1. From where→the human condition (2:1-3)
   1. Human state: dead in sin (2:1-2a) (Gen. 3)
   2. The sources of this state (2:2b)
   3. Its reach (2:3) (Rom. 5:12-14)
2. How→God’s grace in Christ (2:4-6)
   1. God’s heart (2:4)
   2. God’s solution: Christ (2:5-6) (1:7) (Rom. 3:24-25b) (Heb. 9:12-14)
3. Why→For the glory of His grace (2:7-10)
   1. So that all might see (2:7)
   2. What is from God alone (2:8-9)
   3. Our recreation and new purpose (2:10)
4. Three responses
   1. I can’t
   2. I don’t have to
   3. I need to do more