YOU WERE QUICKENED BEFORE NOW
(Eph 2: 1-10 ) 1 ¶ And you HATH HE QUICKENED , who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:1
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN SINS, HATH QUICKENED US TOGETHER WITH CHRIST, (by grace ye are saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
(Col 2: 13) ¶ And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,HATH QUICKENED US TOGETHER WITH HIM, HAVING FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESPASSES.
Our New Life came through Christ. The love part of this New Life in Christ is that the life was given to us when were dead in sin. It is only a dead man that needs life. If we get the life when we repent it becomes an error. The quickening came when we were dead. We only begin to function in the New Life when we accept the Christ. No matter how morally nice you are , if you have not accepted Jesus Christ you have not accepted the righteousness of God. This is the standard for the quickened... Good morality is not a New life in Christ( spirituality).But good morality is a component of a New Life in Christ.
To live a quickened life is to live out the spiritual realities that God wrought for us in Christ. We do not owe anybody any explanation. All we know is that we were quickened together with Christ and it is not a life. No mater how it may sound in the ears. Yet it is the truth. No more sin. No more sickness. No more failure. Glory to God.
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