In Ephesians 2:1–10, Paul abruptly shifts from the soaring doxology of chapter 1 to a sobering diagnosis: "And you were dead..." This is no accident. Before exalting the believer in the heavenly places, the apostle forces us to remember the grave we once occupied—dead in trespasses and sins, conformed to this world, enslaved to the prince of the power of the air, and by nature children of wrath. Paul exposes three comprehensive deaths (spiritual, worldly, demonic) to shatter every illusion of self-merit and pride. Yet immediately comes the glorious hinge: "But God..." Rich in mercy and great in love, God made us alive together with Christ, raised us up, and seated us in the heavenlies—three divine cures mirroring our ruin and securing our redemption entirely by grace through faith, not of works. We are not self-made saints; we are God's workmanship (poiema), His living masterpiece, recreated in Christ Jesus for good works He prepared long before we breathed. This sermon reminds the church: forgetting our former deadness opens the door to presumption and robs grace of its glory. Remembering it arms us against the accuser, fuels humble gratitude, and propels us into the purposeful, God-ordained life we were reborn to live. From the mire of our past to the majesty of our position in Christ—run to the cross with every memory. There the charges are answered, the wrath is satisfied, and the minor key of our sin makes the major key of grace ring all the sweeter. Listen, remember, marvel, and walk.