Although it’s not only a curse of sleep but the curse of sin that incapacitated us. Well, in a way, we are the princess and Jesus is our prince. You couldn’t say, “Well, I just thought about it and decided, ‘It’s time to wake up!’” You couldn’t say, “Well, I just claimed the victory for myself.” You also couldn’t say, “I asked the prince to come and he came.” You couldn’t say any of that. All the news outlets want an interview, and you agree to a press conference, and the first question they ask is, “How was the curse broken?” What would you say? You know everyone watches everything to royal family does, and they’ve been following this story. Indulge me for a moment and imagine you’re the princess and you’ve been awakened from a deep sleep by this kiss.

Remember the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty? An evil witch curses a princess into a deep sleep and nothing can wake her but a kiss from her prince. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. And verses 8-10, he tells us how God saves, and that’s what we will focus on today.įor by grace you have been saved through faith. In verse 7, he tells us why God saves: so that in the coming ages God could show us the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. In verses 1-6, he tells us what happens when God saves: God brings us from death to life. Flowing from that, as he opens the second chapter of Ephesians, he takes the first 10 verses to explain the greatest spiritual blessing of salvation in Christ. In the first chapter, Paul introduces himself and talks about the immense spiritual blessings we have in Christ. Ephesians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the ancient church. Some background is helpful as we fly into these verses. We’re going to look at one place the question is answered in Ephesians 2:8-10. There is an answer, and it can be found throughout the Bible. Today we’re going to think about one of the most important questions in all of life: how is one saved? Thankfully, God has not left that question open.

God Save Us All by Tammy Maas