The New You in Christ • 9.4.22

Perris Valley Church

Sermon Notes: Ephesians 2:1-10

Series: Text Messages

Title: The New You in Christ (Baptism Sunday)

Date: 9/4/22

Location: Lake Perris SDA Church

Ephesians 2:1 (NLT)

Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.

Colossians 2:13 (NLT)

You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.

Point number 1 in your notes:

You were not made to live the way you have been living.

Ephesians 2:2 (NLT)

You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

2 Corinthians 4:4 (NLT)

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ,

Ephesians 2:3 (NLT)

All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.

Point number 2 in your notes:

You were made to be changed by God.

Ephesians 2:4-5 (NLT)

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)

Colossians 1:21 (NLT)

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

Galatians 5:16-17 (NLT)

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other,

Point number 3 in your notes:

To love God is to love what God loves, and hate what God hates.

Ephesians 2:6 (NLT)

For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8 (NLT)

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

1 Peter 1:3-4 (NLT)

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

Ephesians 2:9 (NLT)

Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Point number 4 in your notes:

Who you are when you come to Jesus Christ should be noticeably different from who you were and from our world.