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Ephesians 2-1-3 Dead in Sins! Ephesians 2-1-3 Dead in sins! Ephesians 2:1–3 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. Prayer for illumination: Introduction: On the television show “the biggest loser” whoever losses the most weight receives a cash prize of $250,000. Recently, the show had the heaviest contestant ever. Michael Ventrella weighted 526 pounds. Over the course of the show, Michael lost a record 264 pounds, which means he lost half of his body weight. This is a stupendous feat. Since he was the biggest loser, he won the cash prize. Michael had a big problem. His weight was causing all kinds of health problems. His weight made him a walking time bomb. The trainers on the show rescued him from his massive problem. As a result, he was incredibly thankful. Generally speaking, the bigger our problems, the more thankful we are for the solution. All of us had massive problems before conversion to Christ. Unfortunately, most of us did not realize (and still don’t realize) the magnitude of our problems. As a result, we are not that amazed by God’s grace. This brings us to Ephesians 2:1-3. Paul uses these verses to describe the incredibly massive problems we faced before conversion to Christ. What were our problems? Paul tells us very clearly. Before conversion… We were dead. We were enslaved. We were condemned. We will not be amazed by grace, until we embrace these sobering realities. Let’s look at each of these topics in detail. First, we were dead! Ephesians 2:1 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins Who is Paul talking to? He is talking to everyone. He says, “and you were dead in the trespasses and sins….” This verse is specifically addressing the gentiles, but Paul broadens his audience in verse 3. Ephesians 2:3 (ESV) — 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. All of us were dead in sins… All of us once lived in the passions of our flesh…. All of us were children of wrath, like the rest of mankind…. We need to be very clear; Paul is describing everyone who has ever lived, in every culture, outside of Jesus Christ. This means that he is describing you and me before conversion. Paul does not say, “you were in big trouble, or you were really sick, or you were hanging on to life by a thin thread, and you just needed a helping hand.” He says, “you were dead in trespasses and sins.” This seems odd, when we consider that all of our non-Christian friends seem very much alive. Paul is clearly talking about spiritual death, not physical death. He makes the same claim elsewhere. Ephesians 2:5 (ESV) — 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses,…. Colossians 2:13 (ESV) — 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh,… See also Rom. 3:10; 6:23; John 3:3,5; 2 Cor. 4:3-4 Because of sin (both our sins and the guilt and corruption we received from our first parents) all human beings are spiritually dead apart from Christ. Ephesians 2:1 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins Since non-Christians are spiritually dead, they cannot see the glory of Jesus Christ and they cannot hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. Illustration: Many years ago, my wife and I took a road trip through Pennsylvania, making stops in Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and Princeton. It was particularly excited about visiting Princeton university and seminary. Why? I had just spent a bunch of time in seminary studying church history and I had learned that many of my theological heroes were buried at the Princeton seminary (Charles Hodge, A.A. Hodge, and Jonathan Edwards). When we showed up to the graveyard, I asked one of the employees, “Can you direct me to the grave of Jonathan Edwards?” I think he said, “Who???” I was a little flabbergasted. Many consider Jonathan Edwards to be the greatest theologian that America has ever produced. Eventually we found the grave of Edwards. He died in 1758 from a smallpox inoculation. He had been dead for quite some time. I walked up to the tombstone and knelt down. Then I said, “Mr. Edwards, thanks so much for remaining tethered to God’s word. I have benefited tremendously from your sermons and your books. I have a question about one of your quotes in your book Religious Affections.” Ok, I did not start talking to Edwards!!! Why??? He was dead. A dead person can’t respond when you talk to them. Kent Hughes writes, “You can play reveille in the Arlington National Cemetery for a whole year, but you will get no response from the dead soldiers there.” In a similar sense, before conversion, we were spiritually dead. Which means that we could not respond to Jesus Christ. We could not choose God. We could not choose anything. As a result, God had to choose us and then perform the miracle of regeneration. This is exactly what we read in Ephesians 1. Application: We are not that amazed by grace, because we don’t really understand how dead we were before conversion. Many of us think that we were kind of dead, like in the princess bride. Do you remember when Wesley, the hero was mostly dead, but not all the way dead? We think that is what we used to be like spiritually. We were not sick, or kind of dead, or partially dead, or in need of a little moral reformation. Our souls were as dead as Lazarus, in the tomb or all the skeletons in the valley of dry bones (Ezk. 37). When Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave it was a miracle. When Jesus regenerates our souls and give us spiritual life, it is just as much a miracle. And when it happens, God gets all the glory!!! If your heart is not stirred by grace, remember who you were. You were dead in sins. Here is the scary thing… You can be spiritually dead and be a very moral person. You can be spiritually dead and go to church every week. You can be spiritually dead and know all the right answers. Because we were spiritually dead to the things of God, we were also enslaved by sin. This brings us to the second point. First, we were dead! Second, we were enslaved! According to Paul, we used to be enslaved to three things; the world, the flesh, and the devil. Let’s look at each one. We were enslaved to the world! Ephesians 2:1–2 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, Before conversion we walked in sin following the course of this world. Behind the English word “follow” in verse 2, is the Greek word “Kata.” In other parts of the NT it can be translated as “under the control of.” Paul’s point is simple… before conversion we were controlled by the world’s way of thinking. This raises an important question. What is the world’s way of thinking? The word world is used 186 times in the NT and it almost always has evil connotations. The world describes everything in our culture that is opposed to God. The world’s way of thinking is expressed by the various non-Christian religions, ideologies, philosophies, values, and economic systems in our culture. It is also expressed by Hollywood, fashion, university elites, and many news outlets. The world’s way of thinking leads to greed, selfishness, oppression, war, intolerance, sexual immorality, broken families, poverty, and racism. All non-Christians are controlled by this way of thinking, which explains why there is so much group think in our culture. Before conversion we were enslaved to the world. In addition… We were enslaved to the devil! Ephesians 2:1–2 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— Before conversion we followed the prince of the power of the air. The phrase “the prince of the power of the air,” is a reference to Satan. According to the end of verse 2, before conversion, we did more than follow him, we were actually controlled by him. Paul writes, “the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.” The phrase “at work” is from the Greek word energeo. This is the same word Paul used to describe God raising Christ from the dead in Eph. 1:20. This implies that Satan supernaturally controls or energizes the lives of non-Christians. Ultimately, who is behind all the evil and violence in the world? Satan. He is the one, who is currently stirring up all the racism and violence in America.
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