---MADE ALIVE!

-"You were dead in your
transgressions 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 work-
ing in the sons of disobedience."
--(EPHESIANS 2:1-2)--

--AS a young man, my dad was traveling with a group of friends to an out-of-town sporting event when the tires of their car slipped on the rain-soaked roads. They had an accident--a bad accident. One of his friends was paralyzed and another was killed. My dad was declared dead and taken to the morgue. His shocked and grief-stricken parents came to identify him. But my dad revived from what turned out to be a deep coma. Their mourning turned to joy.--

In Ephesians 2, the apostle Paul reminds us that apart from Christ we are "dead in [our] transgressions and sins" (v.1). But because of his great love for us, "God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions" (VV.4-5). Through Christ we have been brought from death to life.

So in every sense, we all owe our life to the Father in heaven. Through His great love, He has made it possible for those of us who were dead in sin to have life and purpose through His Son.~~
[-"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him." --[JOHN 3:36 NASB~]

--WE OWED A DEBT WE COULD NOT PAY, BUT JESUS PAID THE DEBT HE DID NOT OWE.~~

--ODB/BC~ [Please read Romans 10:9-11]/ 'GOD LOVES YOU' / Jaci Velaquez
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