Ephesians 2:3-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:8

Ephesians 2:8 Salvation by Grace. I. To Paul the doctrine of justification by faith was not a final statement of Christian truth. It was not a formula which could be used mechanically for constructing schemes of Christian doctrine, and which made it unnecessary for him to recur to the actual relations between God and the human race. Any account of the relations between God and ourselves which does not include this conception is not only defective, but fatally defective, is absolutely and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:10 Christian Men God's Workmanship. I. The special infirmities of men vary. The fault of our nature assumes a thousand forms, but no one is free from it. I look back to the ancient moralists, to Plato, and to Seneca, and to Marcus Antoninus, and I find that they are my brethren in calamity. The circumstances of man have changed, but man remains the same. How are we to escape from the general, the universal, doom? We want to remain ourselves and yet to live a life which seems... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 2:3

DISCOURSE: 2097ORIGINAL SIN STATED, AND IMPROVEDEphesians 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 mankind, and to confess his obligations to the sovereign grace of God for all the difference that had been made between him and others. In his Epistle to Titus he gives such a representation of himself... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 2:4-7

DISCOURSE: 2098THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYEDEphesians 2:4-7. 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 Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.WHAT an accumulation of sublime ideas is here presented to our view!... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 2:8-10

DISCOURSE: 2099SALVATION BY GRACE NOT HOSTILE TO GOOD WORKSEphesians 2:8-10. 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 ordained that we should walk in them.ALL God’s works, of whatever kind they be, are designed to praise him. His works of creation proclaim his wisdom and his power: his works of providence display his... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ephesians 2:5

dead Death (spiritual), Summary: Spiritual death is the state of the natural or unregenerate man as still in his sins. Ephesians 2:1 alienated from the life of God Ephesians 4:18; Ephesians 4:19 and destitute of the Spirit. Prolonged beyond the death of the body, spiritual death is a state of eternal separation from God in conscious suffering. This is called "the second death." ; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8. saved (See Scofield "Revelation 21:8- :") . read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ephesians 2:8

grace Grace (in salvation). Ephesians 5:7,Ephesians 5:8 Colossians 1:6; Romans 3:24; John 1:17 (See Scofield "John 1:17- :") saved See note, (See Scofield "John 1:17- :") read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ephesians 2:10

created (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

Exposition of Ephesians 2:1-22 Verse 1. And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? 1. Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged: "You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." 2. Wherein in time past ye walked With a terrible activity of spiritual death; 3. According to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ephesians 2:8

All of Grace -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 3479) Published on Thursday, October 7th, 1915. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8 . OF THE THINGS which I have spoken unto you these many years, this is the sum.... read more

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