LIVING AS CHRIST'S MASTERPIECE (Ephesians 2:1-10)
I. We are His Masterpiece!
A.
Our identity is in Christ Jesus.
1.
Individually, I am a new creature. (2 Corinthians 5:16-19)
2.
Why was a new creature necessary? (Ephesians 2:1-3)
B.
His workmanship is a new creation.
1. Paul also uses the word poemia in
Romans 1:20.
2. His new creation is the building of new race
of people. (1 Peter 2:9-10; Galatians 6:15-16; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Titus 2:14;
Hebrews 11:13-16; Romans 8:18-25)
C.
CREATION ALERT!
1.
What is our tendency? (Genesis 11:31-32)
2. What is the right question?
II. How did we become
His Masterpiece?
A.
God's great mercy made us alive in Christ. (Ephesians 2:4-6)
B.
God makes us alive by His grace for His glory. (Ephesians 2:7-9)
1. God's holiness demands justice, our deserved
death. (Exodus 34:7; Ezekiel 18:4; Psalm 5:5; 7:11;
3. Our access to this new state of creation is
our belief, faith. (John 3:16; John 6:28-29; Romans 10:8-13; Ephesians 1:13,
15, 19, 4:20-24)
C.
How can you be saved? (Ephesians 2:7-9; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Romans
10:8-13)
III. The consequence of
being created in Christ is "good works."
A.
Our "good works" have been predestined. (Ephesians 2:10)
Ephesians 1:4-7, 11-12; Galatians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:14
B.
Jesus' earthly ministry is our continuing ministry, our work. (John
17:18)
1. Our continuing work is to glorify God. (John
17:4)
2. Our continuing work is in the truth of God's
word. (John 17:17)
3. Our continuing work is His kingdom lifestyle.
(Psalm 37:3-4; Luke 9:23; Matthew 5-7; Matthew 25:25ff; Ephesians 5:1-2, 8, 15;
Philippians 2:1-5)
4. Our continuing work includes seeking the lost
for salvation. (Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:18; Matthew 8:24; Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy
2:4; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 28:31)
5. Our continuing work is to be active members,
for the common good of His body, His church. (1 Corinthians 11:7, 12; Ephesians
5:22, 23; Hebrews 10:24)
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