Given a choice between hearing bad news or good news, we may vary as to which we would rather hear first. In Ephesians 2, Paul starts with the bad news, telling us we were dead in our trespasses and sins. Fortunately for us, that's not the end of the story. He goes on to say, "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved (Eph. 2:4-5). God can cure the consequences of our sins. We can't, but God can! That's the good news!