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Wednesday Devo

April 2nd, 2025
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Scripture:

Ephesians 2
8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Commentary:

2:8 By grace refers to God’s favor upon those who have transgressed his law and sinned against him. But grace may also be understood as a “power” in these verses. God’s grace not only offers salvation but also secures it. Saved refers to deliverance from God’s wrath at the final judgment (Rom. 5:9); “by grace you have been saved” is repeated from Eph. 2:5 for emphasis. The verb form for “have been saved” (Gk. sesōsmenoi, perfect tense) communicates that the Christian’s salvation is fully secured. through faith. Faith is a confident trust and reliance upon Christ Jesus and is the only means by which one can obtain salvation. this. The Greek pronoun is neuter, while “grace” and “faith” are feminine. Accordingly, “this” points to the whole process of “salvation by grace through faith” as being the gift of God and not something that we can accomplish ourselves. This use of the neuter pronoun to take in the whole of a complex idea is quite common in Greek (e.g., 6:1); its use here makes it clear that faith, no less than grace, is a gift of God. Salvation, therefore, in every respect, is not your own doing.
2:9–10 Salvation is not by works. If it were, then those who are saved would get the glory. created … for good works. Salvation is not based on works, but the good works Christians do are the result and consequence of God’s new creation work.

 Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2265.

Questions:

**This week's Devos will be geared primarily toward married couples**

  • In order to have a healthy, fulfilling marriage, we must all view our relationships through the lens of the gospel. Brandon shared two keys to a gospel marriage. The first was EMBRACE the GRACE. Our relationship with God is dependent on the grace He offers for our sins. In the same way, our marriage relationships only work if we have grace towards each other. The other key was to FIGHT for FORGIVENESS. Forgiveness is a choice we make to unchain ourselves from the hurts of the past. We are to forgive because HE forgave US. Why do we find it so difficult to give our spouses grace? Why are we slow to forgive? How has this damaged your relationship with YOUR spouse?

  • Here is a quote Brandon shared from Re/Engage: "When you understand that you have received God's kindness, you may - for the first time - be willing to give it to others. Just as grace makes our relationship with god work, grace is necessary for your relationship with your spouse to work." You have been forgiven of so much. You've been offered endless grace. Who do you need extend grace to today? Who do you need to forgive? 

Pray:

  • That God would transform you into a grace-filled person.
  • That you would offer grace and forgiveness because of all God has done for you. 

This Week's City 7:

Try to commit to memory! 

6. Is the Bible God’s Word? Jesus proved He is God by rising from the dead and said the Old Testament was God’s Word and gave authority to the Apostles to write the words of the New Testament, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, so that all the words of the Bible are God’s Word.
(Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 14:25-26, 15:27, 16:12-13, 17:20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21)

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