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. — EPHESIANS 2:4–5
If it were not for the mercy of God, our end would be wrath and punishment. But because of His great love, when we were yet still His enemies, He sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins and raised Him for our justification, in order that—by grace through faith—we might be made alive in Christ!
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We would be hard pressed to imagine a greater contrast than the one between life and death. It is precisely in that radical contrast that the Scriptures portray the condition of the human race. The Bible teaches that through one man sin and death entered into the world (Rom. 5:12). All who are in Adam are enslaved to sin, living out the sinful desires of the flesh in rebellion to God according to the will of Satan.
If it were not for the mercy of God, our end would be wrath and punishment. But because of His great love, when we were yet still His enemies, He sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins and raised Him for our justification, in order that—by grace through faith—we might be made alive in Christ!
In this passage, we see that the locus of our new life with God is Christ. He is both the source and means of our new life through the empowering presence of His Holy Spirit. Because the Father has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. 1:3–14), our newfound significance is not based on what we can do for God, but on what Christ can do through us.
What are we to do with this life in Christ? Shall we return evil for it? Shall we continue in sin? Shall we pursue the things of this dying world? May it never be! This life has been given to us so that we might live to the praise of the glory of God’s grace.