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The Amazing Grace of God
2: 1-10

In Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul clarifies what it means to receive salvation and to be a part of the Body of Messiah. Here, the apostle moves from eternity past into time. He describes the act and process of salvation, the miracle that draws men into the eternal plan portrayed in Chapter One. In context, this section builds on the thought on 1:19, where Paul introduces the great power of Messiah toward us who believe and then digresses to discuss the power in Messiah’s life. He returns now to the power of our salvation. In the first ten verses, Paul presents the past, present, and future of the believer: what he was (to see link click Av – Salvation from Sin); what he is now (see Ax – Alive in Messiah) and (see Ay – Raised in Messiah); and what he will be (see Az – Seated in Messiah). Therefore, in these verses, Sha’ul tells us how sinners who deserve nothing but God’s wrath can become trophies of His grace:

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I was lost, but now I’m found,
Was blind, but now I see.