"You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience - among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of our body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved - and raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly places with Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." Eph. 2:1-7
My mind simply cannot wrap itself around those words. First, we were dead in our trespasses, but not only dead and helpless, but children of wrath, following the "prince of the power of the air," "sons of disobedience." We were under Satan's control. Enemies of God. There is absolutely no innocence in us.
Yet, despite this, despite our dispecable-ness and filth, God loved us. He reached down and made us alive.
But wait. It gets better. Making us alive would have been amazing in itself. But he did this why? "So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus." He saved us from ourselves and from powers outside of and much greater than ourselves (an act of grace) so that he might show us more grace!
What an awesome God we serve. May all glory and honor go to him and him alone.
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