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(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

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--

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

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.

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

(Eph 2:1-10 ESV)

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

You Are a Sinner

• And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1 ESV)•we were dead in our trespasses (Eph 2:5 ESV)

You Are a Sinner

we …were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. (Eph 2:3 ESV)

You Are a Sinner

• And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1 ESV)•we were dead in our trespasses (Eph 2:5 ESV)

You Are a Sinner

we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind (Eph 2:3 ESV)

You Are a Sinner

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-- (Eph 2:2 ESV)

You Are a Sinner

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-- (Eph 2:2 ESV)

PHA

RISEE

PHA

RISEE

TAX

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LLEC

TOR

TAX

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LLEC

TOR

'God, be merciful

to me,the sinner!'

'God, be merciful

to me,the sinner!'

Saved by Grace

• But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us (Eph 2:4 ESV)• the immeasurable riches of his

grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Eph 2:7 ESV)

Saved by Grace

even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- (Eph 2:5 ESV)

Saved by Grace

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Eph 2:8-9 ESV)

Saved by Grace

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Eph 2:8-9 ESV)

Saved by Grace

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Eph 2:8-9 ESV)

No Boasting Allowed

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Eph 2:8-9 ESV)

I Don’t Boast!

Sneaky Boasting Methods

•Putting others down

PHA

RISEE

PHA

RISEE

TAX

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LLEC

TOR

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LLEC

TOR

God, I thank you that I am not like other men,

extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. (Luk

18:11 ESV)

No Boasting Allowed

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 (Eph 2:3 ESV)

Sneaky Boasting Methods

•Putting others down•Overdone guilt

Sneaky Boasting Methods

Guilt

I failed!

It all depends on me

Pride

Saved for Good Works

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:10 ESV)

Saved for Good Works

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:10 ESV)