Text: Ephesians 2:1-10
Truth: God’s grace saved us before God’s wrath could destroy us.
Thrust: We must always appreciate God’s grace in all of our lives.
Thesis: Since God’s grace saved us before God’s wrath could destroy us, we must always appreciate God’s grace in all of our lives.
Turning Point: If God didn’t save you, He would have destroyed you.
Theme: God’s Grace
Topic: What God did for us by His grace
Title: Grace Unexpected & Undeserved
Tagline: Thank God.
Thoughts:
- The trouble with blindsides is that you don’t see the other side.
- This is especially true with our spiritual condition.
- If God didn’t save us, He would have destroyed us.
- Paul tells us our pitiful condition prior to being saved — we were hopeless! (Eph 2:1-10)
- Sin brings about certain destruction. It’s just a matter of time.
- The trouble, according to Paul, is that we didn’t know it and there was nothing we could do about it.
- Salvation is all by grace from beginning to end.
- If God didn’t save us, He would have destroyed us.
- We must always appreciate God’s grace in all of our lives. This is our only choice, given our condition.
- Grace is always unexpected & undeserved. It’s all about God from beginning to end. Thank God.