Before and After

Ronald Cox • August 13, 2021

Before and After - Ephesians 2

We went from not able not to sin to able not to sin and able to do good works.

·       Before salvation: Spiritually blind / After salvation: We see with spiritual eyes.

o  Psalm 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

·       Before: spiritually deaf / After: We hear and respond to Jesus’ teaching

o  Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

·       Before: Our mind was darkened; we called the good, bad; and we called the bad, good. / After: We have the mind of Christ; our minds are being renewed.

o  Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

o  Romans 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

·       Before: We were hard hearted, and we hated God. After: Our hearts are softened. We love God.

o  Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

o  1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

·       After: God is doing a good work in us and through us.

o  Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

o  Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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