Ephesians 2

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1. The Key Teachings of Martyn Lloyd-Jones · Ochorus Originals

   The Plight of Man cites EPHESIANS 2:1

   And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. EPHESIANS 2:1 On Sunday mornings through much of the 1950s and into the 1960s, Lloyd-Jones preached his…

2. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Without Christ cites Ephes. ii. 12

   “Ye were without Christ.”—Ephes. ii. 12. THE text which heads this paper describes the state of the Ephesians before they became…

3. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

   Alive or Dead? cites Ephes. ii. 1

   “You hath he quickened who were dead.”—Ephes. ii. 1. The question which forms the title of this paper deserves a thousand thoughts. I invite…

4. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Man's Misery by the Fall cites Eph 2:2

   …we are ‘under the power of Satan,’ who is called ‘The prince of the power of the air.’ Eph 2:2. Before the fall man was a free denizen, now a slave; before, a king on the throne, now…

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 2, Chapter 1 — Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made Accursed and Degenerate cites Eph. 2:3

   …whole seed. Paul never could have said that all are “by nature the children of wrath,” (Eph. 2:3), if they had not been cursed from the womb. And it is obvious that the nature there…

6. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

   The Devices of Satan cites Ephesians 2:6

   …raised us up with him and seated us with him in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6). We must live on that higher ground where the only way Satan can reach us is by firing…

7. Communion with God · John Owen

   How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Eph. ii. 8–10

   …with God on that account — The second objection — The necessity of our obedience stated, Eph. ii. 8–10 — The grounds, causes, and ends of it manifested — Its proper place in the new covenant —…

8. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

   Three Kinds of Faith cites EPHESIANS 2:8–9

   …that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. EPHESIANS 2:8–9 Having cleared away what faith is not, Evans turns to what Scripture does say about it.…

9. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

   Faith and Justification cites EPHESIANS 2:8–10

   …man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. EPHESIANS 2:8–10 Paul secures both in three verses, and the order is decisive. Works follow; they do not…

10. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    August cites Eph. ii. 10

    …results and impressions.—J. R. Miller. August 4 Created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Eph. ii. 10. Let us ask Him to work in us to will those good works, so that our will, without being…

11. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Eph. 2:14

    …promise both of the present and the future life, and ample security for all blessings (Eph. 2:14). The nature of this must be ascertained from the word. Faith does not promise us length…

12. Communion with God · John Owen

    That this communion is distinctly with the Father, Son, and Spirit cites Eph. ii. 18

    …the Father, Son, and Spirit, 1 John v. 7 opened to this purpose; also, 1 Cor. xii. 4–6, Eph. ii. 18 — Father and Son mentioned jointly in this communion; the Father solely, the Son also…

13. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Sit: Our Position in Christ cites Ephesians 2:18

    …one new man. “For through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians 2:18, ASV). One Son, one Spirit, one Father—therefore one household. The church is not an…

14. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 2 — Comparison Between the False Church and the True cites Eph. 2:20

    …of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone” (Eph. 2:20). If the Church is founded on the doctrine of the apostles and prophets, by which…

15. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd · David Brainerd

    From his birth to the time when he began to study for the Ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale-College, and the grounds of his expulsion cites Eph. 2:1

    …it as of myself; and could not oblige God to bestow it upon me by any of my performances, Eph. 2:1, 8. “This,” I was ready to say, “is a hard saying, who can hear it?” I could not bear…

16. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The New Birth cites Eph. 2:1

    …we are "quickened" (or made alive), we who "were dead through our trespasses and sins." (Eph. 2:1). There is a profound contrast between regeneration and mere conversion. Conversion is an…

17. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites Ephes. ii. 1

    …from God. “At that time ye were without Christ, strangers to the covenants of promise” (Ephes. ii. 12). Men dying in their sins have no more right to promises than strangers have to the…

18. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is There a Literal Hell? cites Eph. 2:1

    …the shame, and the ignominy and the despair of existence. In a similar way we are told in Eph. 2:1, that men until they are quickened, or made alive, by the power of God are "Dead in…

19. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites Ephesians 2:1

    …spiritual life, to those who are spiritually dead through their trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). The Holy Spirit imparts this life. The written Word is indeed the instrument which the…

20. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    The Bondage of the Will cites EPHESIANS 2:1

    …to and potent for good?” And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. EPHESIANS 2:1 In The Bondage of the Will Luther uses a vivid, and much-debated, picture. The human…

21. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    Make You a New Heart cites Ephesians 2:1

    …however powerful. But Scripture describes the natural man as dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1), unable to receive the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14), and with a mind that…

22. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Eph 2: 1

    …yield perfect obedience to the moral law, is evident. (1) Because he is spiritually dead. Eph 2: 1. How can he, being dead, keep the commandments of God perfectly? A dead man is not fit…

23. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse I cites Eph. 2:1

    …Apostle to the Ephesians: “You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.” (Eph. 2:1.) And again, “when we were dead in sins, he hath quickened us together with Christ; and…

24. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Holy Ghost cites Eph. ii. 1

    …arises from the total corruption of human nature. We are all by nature “dead in sins.” (Eph. ii. 1.) However shrewd, and clever, and wise in the things of this world, we are all dead…

25. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Baptism cites Ephes. ii. 1

    …21.) They remained “dead in trespasses and sins,” and were “dead while they lived.” (Ephes. ii. 1; 1 Tim. v. 6.) (6) Baptism is an ordinance which in Apostolic times went together with…

26. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Regeneration cites Eph. ii. 1

    …together with Christ: “You hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph. ii. 1); as “a putting off the old man, which is corrupt,—being renewed in the spirit of our…

27. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The World cites Eph. ii. 2

    …world." (Gal. i. 4.) "In time past ye walked according to the course of this world." (Eph. ii. 2.) "Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world." (2 Tim. iv. 10.) (b) Let us…

28. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 4 — How God Works in the Hearts of Men cites Eph. 2:2

    …he describes the devil as “the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience,” (Eph. 2:2). The blinding of the wicked, and all the iniquities consequent upon it, are called the…

29. The Saint and His Saviour · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Despised Friend cites Eph. ii. 2

    …the course of this world and the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience (Eph. ii. 2, 3). It was my delight to be taken captive by the devil at his will (2 Tim. ii. 26)…

30. Memoirs of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw · Zilpha Elaw

    New York, New Haven and Hartford cites Ephes. ii. 2

    …the world of evil spirits, the right hand of the prince of the power of the air, (Ephes. ii. 2) who is the god or deity of this world, (2 Cor. iv. 4); these principalities occasionally…

31. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Eph. 2.2

    …course of this world, and ‘the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience’ (Eph. 2.2, 3). It was my delight to be ‘taken captive by the devil at his will’ (II Tim. 2.26).…

32. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Unchangeableness of God cites Eph 2:2

    …are not justified for it. We are said to be justified through faith as an instrument in Eph 2:2, but not for faith as a cause; and, if not justified for faith, then much less elected.…

33. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Mercy of God cites Eph 2:2

    …is an overflowing mercy; it is infinite. ‘Plenteous in mercy.’ Psa 86:6. ‘Rich in mercy.’ Eph 2:2. ‘Multitude of mercies.’ Psa 51:1: The vial of wrath drops, but the fountain of mercy…

34. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Effectual Calling cites Eph 2:2

    …with his temptations: therefore he is said to ‘work in the children of disobedience.’ Eph 2:2. The Greek word, to work, signifies imperil vim, Camerarius, the power Satan has in…

35. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Adoption cites Eph 2:2

    …to evil, and know not me, saith the Lord.’ Jer 9:3. Unbelievers are ‘dead in trespasses.’ Eph 2:2. God has no dead children; and not being children, they have no right to inherit. Use…

36. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Sanctification cites Eph 2:2

    …of such as are destitute of a principle of sanctification! They are spiritually dead. Eph 2:2: Though they breathe, yet they do not live. The greatest part of the world remains…

37. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Eph. ii. 3

    …have any other thoughts of him (Rom. i. 18; Isa. xxxiii. 13, 14; Hab. i. 13; Ps. v. 4–6; Eph. ii. 3), — here he is now revealed peculiarly as love, as full of it unto us; the manifestation…

38. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Eph. ii. 3

    …Rom. i. 18; whence we are said to be children of it; that is, born obnoxious to it, Eph. ii. 3: and whilst we remain in that condition, “the wrath of God abideth on us,” John iii. 36.…

39. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Eph. ii. 3

    …10; whence his wrath was on us, John iii. 36; and we are by nature obnoxious to it, Eph. ii. 3. This is taken away by the death of Christ, as it was a sacrifice, Dan. ix. 24. “When we…

40. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Eph. ii. 3

    …family than that whereinto they are adopted. They are “by nature the children of wrath,” Eph. ii. 3, — sons of wrath, — of that family whose inheritance is “wrath,” — called “the power of…

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