John 14:15 (AMP)

“If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.”

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Ephesians 2:1-3 (NIV)

“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, (2) 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. (3) 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. 

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Ephesians 2:4-10 (NIV)

(4) But…

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Ephesians 2:4-10 (NIV)

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, (5) made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. (6) And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, (7) in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (8) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (9) not by works, so that no one can boast. (10) For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

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Grace - the gift that changes everything

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Ephesians 2:5-6 (NIV)

…it is by grace you have been saved. (6) And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 

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Saved Us

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Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (9) not by works, so that no one can boast.

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‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬

“But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.”

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Raised Us

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Ephesians 2:6 (NIV)

And God raised us up with Christ…

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‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].”

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Seated Us

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Ephesians 2:6

…and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

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‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭19‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.”

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His Grace Gives Us Power “To Do”

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Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s handiwork [masterpiece, workmanship], created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

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‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

…“My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”…

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‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him...”

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