Often our lives are so busy that we fail to realize the greatness of our God. When the ball games are going, we fail to remember. When parties are happening, we fail to remember. When business is booming, we fail to remember. But, it would do us good spiritually to recall to our minds and hearts how great the Father’s love is to us. When we stop to consider that we were wretched and vile sinners who deserved the wrath of God, it will amaze us, excite us, and possibly overwhelm us to understand that we are part of the family of God!Paul reminded his readers of that exact point in Ephesians 2:1-10. Consider how these verses are constructed for the purpose of both remembrance and rejoicing! True revival comes to our hearts when we recall where we have been saved from. Consider these marvelous verses:
Eph. 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;Eph. 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:Eph. 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.Eph. 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Eph. 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)Eph. 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:Eph. 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.Eph. 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Eph. 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.Eph. 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.In these verses we see some wonderful things! Below is a simple outline that I have memorized for the purpose of categorizing these ten verses:I. A Statement of Man’s Wickedness (Vs. 1-3)II. A Statement of God’s Love (Vs. 4-7)III. A Statement of God’s Plan of Salvation (Vs. 8-10)Years ago a marvelous hymn was written titled, The Love of God. Although the hymn was written by F. M. Lehman, the third stanza was from a poem that was written in the year 1050. The third stanza is my favorite stanza because of the eloquence of the description of God’s love for sinners!Could we with ink the ocean fill,And were the skies of parchment made;Were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill,And ev’ry man a scribe by trade;To write the love of God, aboveWould drain the ocean dry;Nor could the scroll contain the whole,Tho’ stretched from sky to sky.May we recall the wonder of God’s marvelous and measureless love in order to experience a revival in our hearts!For the Glory of GodRev. Josh Buice
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