{"id":2742,"date":"2011-09-05T19:01:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T02:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.com\/blog\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2011-09-05T19:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T02:01:24","slug":"ephesians-21-his-promised-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/ephesians-21-his-promised-resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ephesians 2:1 – His Promised Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ephesians 2:1 \u00a0– His Promised Resurrection<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

<\/strong>And you He made alive<\/span>,<\/em> who were dead in trespasses and sins,<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Truth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Through faith, God\u2019s awesome power will be displayed in resurrecting us to eternal life in perfect bodies.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The words \u201cHe made alive<\/em><\/span>\u201d are not in the Greek text. They were inserted by the translators in order to make the sense of these verses more clear. These words are drawn from verse five where the apostle finishes this thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho were<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek verb eimi<\/em><\/span>. It is expressed here as a present participle. Thus, it should be translated \u201cbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDead<\/span>\u201d is translated from nekros<\/em><\/span>, which is derived from nekus<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201ca corpse.\u201d So, nekros<\/em><\/span> refers to someone who is corpse-like; that is, \u201cdead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word \u201ctrespasses<\/span>\u201d is translated from the Greek noun parapt\u014dma<\/em><\/span>. This is made up of para<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cbeside\u201d and a form of pipt\u014d<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cto fall\u201d or \u201cto land on.\u201d Therefore, we see that parapt\u014dma<\/em><\/span> means<\/span> \u201cto fall by the wayside.\u201d Metaphorically, it refers to \u201can unintentional error.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSins<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek noun hamartia<\/em><\/span>. This is made up of the privative a<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cnot\u201d and a form of the verb meiromai<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cto get an allotment or a share.\u201d Thus, hamartia<\/em><\/span> means \u201cto miss the mark;\u201d that is, \u201cto not get a share of the prize.\u201d Sin is missing the goal which God has set for our lives. That goal, or mark, is complete righteousness.<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Even though the words \u201cHe made alive<\/em><\/span>\u201d are not in the original text, this is precisely the idea that Paul is focusing on in the following verses. Paul has spent most of the latter half of the first chapter of this letter focusing on God\u2019s displayed power in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He now shows how that power will also be displayed in our lives.<\/p>\n

There are two kinds of life (and death) spoken of in the New Testament, physical and spiritual. Physical life is what all humans experience from the moment of conception until we breathe our last breath, our heart stops pumping, and our brain ceases to function. The bodies we have in this physical life are frail and fragile. Spiritual life, on the other hand, is a condition in which God has promised that after we die physically, He will resurrect us with a perfect physical body. That perfect body will be neither fragile nor frail. The reason we are dead is outlined by Paul in the book of Romans:<\/p>\n

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<\/span> (Romans 3:23<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n

For the wages of sin is<\/em><\/span> death \u2026<\/span> (Romans 6:23a<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n

One of the confusing issues in the New Testament is that the writers speak of the future as if it were now. This is because God is not bound by time and to Him the future is now. Since we have all sinned, we are all marked for physical death. Thus, in God\u2019s record book, we are already dead. Through faith, however, we become credited with righteousness and in God\u2019s record book we are already resurrected by His power.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will be resurrected by God\u2019s power and you will live forever.<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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