Mardi Gras In Us

Series: Why the Cross?

February 19, 2023 | Chad Gilbert
Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10
Question: Why the Cross?
Answer: For we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1) 

Our condition was:

  1. Spiritual slavery (Ephesians 2:2) 
    • Jupiter Hammon (1711-[1790-1806?]) – The First Published African American Poet 
  2. Universal (Ephesians 2:3) 
    • No innocent person in an unreached people group 
  3. Willful disobedience (Ephesians 2:3) 
    • Why do we do what we know we ought not do? 
  4. Without hope (Ephesians 2:3) 

But God 

  1. Set us free through forgiveness by the cross of Christ (Ephesians 1:7)
  2. Globally loved us (John 3:16) 
  3. Changes our will (Colossians 3:1-10) 
  4. Gives us the Gospel (Ephesians 2:4-10)

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