WE ARE GOD'S WORKMANSHIP

Ephesians 2:1-10
Key Verse: 2:10

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

1. Read or recite verses 1-3. What is the condition of a man without Christ? Why? What is meant by "sins"; by "transgressions"? (1Jn 3:4; Gen 4:13-16)

2. What is meant by "the ways of this world"? Who is the ruler of the kingdom of the air? How does he work? What do these verses tell us about the nature of sin? It's consequences? Who are the objects of God's wrath? (Ro 1:18; 2:8)

3. Read or recite verses 4-5. What has God done for us who were dead in transgressions? Why? What is grace? What is the significance of our union with Christ? (6,7)

4. Why does he say that our salvation is a gift? (8) Why is it that our sin problem can only be solved by God's one-sided grace? If good works have nothing to do with earning our salvation (9), why must we work for God?

5. Read verse 10. What does it mean that we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus? What was God's purpose? What does it mean to you that God prepared good works in advance for you to do?