Ephesians Chapter 2:1-10
Before & After
Paul demonstrates through these verses that it is fundamentally incorrect to not believe in God. He says that our lives were hollow and filled with only the materialism of the world before we believed in God. We did not have virtues like mercy and forgiveness, but we were filled only with superficial love and greed. He states that God deepens our souls and prevents us from committing sins with his guiding. He then states that after believing in God, "... by grace you have been saved, through faith..." It is not us who bring the change to ourselves, but from God's gifts to us that we are able to develop our positive moral compass and 'be saved'; not physically but mentally, as our souls become cleansed.
No comments:
Post a Comment