Before getting to far I have to go back and remind myself of vs. 4 “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world” and vs. 7 “In Him we have redemption through His blood.”
Even though He chose me and I have redemption through Him, I was still dead in my sin. I wanted nothing to do with Him. I was drowning and in need of someone to save me but I did not want to be saved, but yet He still saved me by dying for me! He chose me and died for me even while rejecting and spitting in His face! How glorious is our God and King!
He has brought me to himself and saved and changed me into a new creation. I have been changed and will continue to change. I am no longer a slave to sin in which I no longer need to walk in. I once walked in sin and was dead, but now I am alive and no longer have to follow the world, but follow Christ. The world and all that is in it; Satan, passion of the flesh, mind and body. I am no longer like the rest of mankind… I am no longer like the rest of mankind? When I look at my life is that true? The things I say, do and see, are they different? If I am different, I won’t get along with the world because I can’t go a long with what the world wants me to do, say or see… am I different? I know I have been saved and changed, but has that permeated through out my entire life? May I strive to walk anew, not as I once walked.
Ephesians 2:1-3
C. Jamieson 