The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 6 May 2025 — Made Alive
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TOPIC: Made Alive
READ: Ephesians 2:1-3 (NKJV)
- And you [He made alive,] who were dead in trespasses and sins,
- in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
- among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
THE MESSAGE:
Our text for today reveals the life of an unregenerated soul and compares it with the quickening power of the Gospel of Christ. The unregenerated soul is dead in trespasses and sins and under the total control of his or her sin-loving nature. It is a life that is patterned after the system of this world; a system that is under the rule of the Evil One and opposed to the purpose of God. As such, all who are of the world are called the children of disobedience, subject to the wrath of God.
This was our lot, as all of us without Christ were estranged from the life of God, living in all manner of lusts. Praise God, we are made alive through our faith in the death of Christ! This implies that we have at work in us, God’s life and grace that teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world (Titus 2:11-12). Do not copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but be a new and different person with newness in all you do and think. Surrender yourself completely to God – remember, you have been raised from the dead – into God’s way of doing things!
ACTION: Turn the song, “I surrender all” to your prayer.
