until you can explain it to your grandmother'
-Albert Einstein
So..... how well do you know the gospel?
This last Sunday, I was given the tool of a Lifetime!
Our pastor... in our Sunday School Class, said that
if we were to go to Ephesians 2:1-10, there we
would find the gospel message, all laid out in one
section of scripture.
No need to flip here and there, and lose pace or
focus as we attempt to share our faith.
Here it is: Ephesians 2:1-10
BEFORE CHRIST:
| And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, | |
| in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. | |
| Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. CHRIST ENTERS: | |
| But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, | |
| even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), | |
| and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, | |
| so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. BY GRACE | |
| For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; | |
| not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. WITH DIVINE PURPOSE | |
| For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. |
I do plan to make notes in the margin of my Bible if I would
like to emphasize certain points... but essentially, everything
is there in this passage to bring an unbeliever to an understanding
of the Gospel.
So cool!
Thank you, Pastor Lonnie...
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