DISCOURSE: 2097 ORIGINAL SIN STATED, AND IMPROVED Ephesians 2:3. _And were by nature the children of wrath, even as others_. AMONG the many beautiful traits which mark the character of St. Paul, we cannot but notice particularly his readiness to place himself on a level with the least and lowest of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2098 THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYED Ephesians 2:4. _But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ ……and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2099 SALVATION BY GRACE NOT HOSTILE TO GOOD WORKS Ephesians 2:8. _By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before or... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2100 THE STATES OF THE REGENERATE AND THE UNREGENERATE CONTRASTED Ephesians 2:12. _Ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes wer... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2101 ACCESS TO GOD BY THE PRIESTHOOD Ephesians 2:18. _Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father_. AS there is no question more important, so there is none more beyond the reach of unassisted reason, than that which Balak put to Balaam, “Wherewith shall I come before t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2102 THE EXALTED PRIVILEGES OF TRUE CHRISTIANS Ephesians 2:19. _Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief co... [ Continue Reading ]