Week 2: Ephesians 2

June 26 & 29

  • Ephesians 2:1

  • If we are not in Christ, we are dead people who need resurrection

  • Ephesians 2:2-3

  • But God!

  • Ephesians 2:4-52:5-6

  • Romans 8:11

  • The Holy Spirit makes our hearts come alive

  • Ephesians 2:7

  • You are a trophy of grace

  • Ephesians 2:8-9

  • Grace now empowers us with real purpose

  • Ephesians 2:10

  • Galatians 5:25

  • Ephesians 2:11-13

  • The cross tore down walls between people

  • Ephesians2:14-17

  • Ephesians 2:18

  • We (the church) have been brought together by the Creator and filled with the Creator’s Spirit

  • Ephesians 2:19-22

  • We are citizens of a new KingdomWe have a new family

  • We are His temple

[d]Group questions

  1. Read Ephesians 2. Paul describes a clear “before and after” in our spiritual lives. Do you remember the moment everything changed? What did that moment look like for you, when you went from death to life in Christ?

  2. Paul doesn’t sugarcoat our spiritual condition before Christ…we were dead, enslaved, and powerless. How have you personally experienced the pull of the world, the lies of the enemy, or the desires of the flesh in your past (or even now)?

  3. In your own life, where have you seen the Holy Spirit breathe life into something that felt dead or hopeless? Where have you seen Him move in unexpected, grace-filled ways?

  4. Paul describes us as God’s masterpiece. How does that change the way you see yourself (and others) when you believe you were saved for something? How can we live out that purpose together?

  5. How can we as the church better reflect the unity Jesus died to create? What walls still exist in the Church or in your own relationships that the Holy Spirit might want to break down?