Tag: separated from God

Ephesians 2:12-13 ” Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.”

We were all once,  “…without hope and without God in the world.”  We were separated from Him by a chasm so deep and wide… there was no way of getting across by ourselves.  In this bleak darkness our desperation grew, and we felt the hopelessness of being abandoned.  But God then provided the bridge across that vast chasm…it was in the shape of a Cross.  The gracious gift of redemption and reconciliation was bound to this Cross as the blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ, ran down it.  Yes, we were all once hopeless and cut off from God…but then God built a bridge for us…in the shape of a Cross.

Ephesians 2:4-5 ” But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.”

We can’t begin to fathom God’s great compassion towards us.  For we are separated from Him by our sin… spiritually dead…with no hope.  But God saw us through eyes of unconditional love…looking beyond who we were, to who we could become in Christ Jesus.  This gift of grace is extended to all…for it says, “it is by grace you have been saved.”  The work has already been done, it was accomplished on Golgotha when Jesus was crucified.  There is nothing we can do to receive it, for it is God’s unearned and unmerited favor that bestows this free gift  of eternal life on us.  We may never be able to fathom God’s mercy, but we can accept and trust in His Son, Jesus.