Daily Archives: September 7, 2014


Alive Again

Are you spiritually alive?  That’s the question that everyone needs to answer.  The scriptures are pretty clear that everyone is dead until they are brought to life by Christ. dead

Ephesians 2:2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

I like how John Piper puts it… We are not in the doghouse.  We are in the morgue.  It’s not about being a better person.  What we need is a resurrection.  We need to be made alive again.  The good news of the gospel is that Jesus has come to do just that.  By his grace and through forgiveness, we can be made alive again.

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.”

This week tell someone that you love that Jesus came so we could be made alive again.


Flatlined – We Need A Resurrection.

Date: September 7th, 2014

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

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