The Dead Made Alive Ephesians 2:1

Paul the apostle shared how God Almighty “put all things under” the “feet” of Jesus and “gave him to be the head over all things to the church” which he said was “his body” and “the fullness of him that fills all in all”. In chapter two and verse one of his letter, Paul referred to the way God made the Ephesians “alive” who were once “dead in” their “trespasses and sins” where we read:

And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

The verse begins, “And you has he quickened who were,...” Paul began with the words, “And you” which refers to the Ephesian church members “has he quickened who were” or “being, coming and having life”. Because of Jesus' sacrifice, Paul references how Jesus made the Ephesians alive.

The verse continues, “...dead in trespasses and sins;” Paul added, “who were dead” which means “as one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, destitute of life and inanimate” “in trespasses” or “lapses or deviations from the truth and uprightness or misdeeds” “and sins” which refers to “misses to the mark, to err and be mistaken; to wander from the path of uprightness and honor and to do wrong”. The Ephesians were as those who are “dead” in their “trespasses” or willful disobedience to God's world and “sins” or “missing of the mark”.

When we think through these words of Paul, we realize God Almighty through Jesus Christ has “born us again” or made us “alive again”. We were separated from God, “dead in our trespasses and sins” with no hope to have a relationship with God. When Jesus was sacrificed upon the cross, He paid for our wrongs whether deliberate or not and made the way for us to be close to the Heavenly Father. May our He help us by His Holy Spirit to know what a great sacrifice He has provided for our wonderful new life.

Next time Paul shares about “the prince of the power of the air” , so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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