Eph 2:1-10-The nature, means, and purpose of salvation

In this section, Paul discusses the deep nature, means and purpose of our salvation. Our salvation is nothing less than our passing from death to life. In vv. 1-6 he points out that our salvation is 100% caused by God, who has done this out of his great love, mercy, and grace toward us. We have gone from a state of being walking dead people who by nature were under God’s wrath to being made alive, raised, and seated with Christ in the heavenly places. Verse 7 reveals that God has done this so that in the ages to come he might show us “the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” The means by which we appropriate this salvation is through faith (vv. 8-9). The practical outworking of our salvation is that we now walk in the good works God has prepared for us to do (v. 10).