MAIN IDEA:

We were saved and are being saved because of the Grace of God Alone!

POINTS:

1. Salvation is BY Grace

2. Salvation is TROUGH Faith

3. Salvation is NOT OF Yourself

4. Salvation is NOT OF Works

5. Salvation BY Grace THROUGH Faith HUMBLES the Sinner

SCRIPTURE:

Ephesians 2:4-7

MAIN IDEA:

God delights in richly and graciously displaying His kindness in the salvation of spiritually dead sinners like you and me!

POINTS:

1. God’s Loving Interruption (v4)

2. The Saint’s Spiritual Resurrection (v5)

3. The Saint’s Joint Ascension (v6a)

4. The Saint’s Sovereign Placement (v6b)

5. God’s Divine Motive (v7)

1. Godly men and women are provoked and moved to action when the one True God’s honor is trampled on by false religion

2. Godly men and women will be reviled when honoring the One True God in the face of false religion

3. Godly men and women must Know the One True God in order to war against false religion

MAIN IDEA:

God's power displayed in the saving of Sinners.

POINTS:

1. The Unregenerate's Condition (1)

2. The Unregenerate's Conduct (1)

3. The Unregenerate's Carnality (2)

4. The Unregenerate's Common End (3)

MAIN IDEA:

Paul's Prays for what only God can give: a more robust knowledge of God and His power!

POINTS:

1. The Reason for Paul's Confident Prayer (vs 15-16)*

A. God's Triune Work

B. The Saint's Continued Faith in Jesus

C. The Stain's Love for One another

2. The Content of Paul's Confident Prayer (vs 17-19)*

A. That the Saints would know God by the Power of God

B. That the Saints would know the Hope of their Calling

C. That the Saints would know the riches of God's Inheritance

D. That the Saints would know God's Power Deployed for them

3. The Power Behind Paul's Confident Prayer (20-23)*

A. The Power deployed for Believers Raised Jesus from the Dead

B. The Power deployed for Believers Placed Christ On His Heavenly Throne where he Now Rules Over the Cosmos

C. The Power deployed for Believers Gave Christ as Head over the Church

MAIN IDEA:

Saints of the Living God must Praise Him for His triune work of salvation that ultimately creates the church.

POINTS:

1. Salvation is the work of God alone

2. Salvation is from the Father

3. Salvation is n the Son

4. Salvation is applied by the Spirit