BUT GOD | IN CHRIST Part 5 — Ephesians 2:1–10

You weren't just broken. You weren't just struggling.

You were dead.

And dead people don't need behavior modification. Dead people need resurrection.

In Part 5 of IN CHRIST: A Study Through Ephesians, Pastor Jon Purkey walks through Ephesians 2:1–10 and the radical truth of the gospel: we were dead in our sin, enslaved to what we obeyed, and unable to save ourselves.

Then two words change everything:

BUT GOD.

We were dead—but God.

We were lost—but God.

We were slaves to sin—but God.

Because of His great love and rich mercy, God made us alive with Christ, raised us with Christ, and seated us with Christ.

This isn't a message about trying harder to become a better Christian. It's about surrendering your strength, depending completely on Christ, and receiving what Jesus has already accomplished.

Grace is what God provides. Faith is how we receive it.

You are saved by grace through faith. You cannot take credit for it. Salvation is God's gift.

And now you are His masterpiece.

You weren't saved by good works. You were saved for good works.

Maybe all you can see right now is the rough draft.

God already sees the finished work.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 2:1–10

🎙️ Speaker: Pastor Jon Purkey

🔥 Series: IN CHRIST — A Study Through Ephesians

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Jesus saved my life. May those four words never get old.

What if the answer isn't more advice—but wisdom and revelation from God?

In this message from IN CHRIST: A Study Through Ephesians, Pastor Jon Purkey finishes Ephesians 1 and unpacks Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:15–23.

Paul wasn't praying that believers would simply get more.

He prayed that God would give them wisdom and revelation so the eyes of their hearts would be flooded with light—and they could finally recognize what God had already placed within their reach through Christ.

Revelation allows you to see what was already there.

Wisdom teaches you what to do with what you now see.

This message challenges us to move from simply believing in Jesus to actively following Jesus—praying for people, walking in love, listening to the Holy Spirit, making disciples and carrying the Gospel beyond the walls of the church.

You'll also discover why your present circumstances cannot cancel God's calling over your life and why believers don't have to beg God for power He has already made available through Christ.

The same power that raised Christ from the dead is at work in those who believe.

You don't just need to know more.

You need your eyes opened to who you already are and what you already carry IN CHRIST.

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15–23, Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19

Series: IN CHRIST — A Study Through Ephesians

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Plunder Hell. Populate Heaven.

Knowing about Jesus and following Jesus are not the same thing.

In this week’s IN CHRIST: A Study Through Ephesians, Pastor Jon continues through Ephesians 1 and asks a question every believer needs to wrestle with:

Are you following Jesus—or have you simply learned how to say you believe?

Real faith produces surrender. Real faith produces fruit. And when we belong to Christ, the Holy Spirit doesn’t simply live within us—He empowers us to live differently, follow boldly, and become disciples who make disciples.

You were not saved just to make a confession.

You were called to follow.

And you don’t have to follow Jesus in your own strength. The Holy Spirit is your help, your power, and the guarantee that there is still more to come.

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