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JULY 23
BUT GOD IN HIS MERCY

Scripture:   Ephesians 2:4, 5, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in
sins, hat quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
   
     Ephesians 2 begins with a description of man before we were saved.  In describing our condition, he tells us that we were lost. We were dead is trespasses and sins.  Therefore, we could not find the way.  Because of our sins, we were alienated from God. Cut off from His mercies. We were just sinners straying away from God.  The Bible tells us that “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God”.  We were hopeless. We had absolutely no way to help ourselves. We had no hope of ever being in any other condition than the one we were in.  We were unlovely. We were vile, which means extremely unpleasant.  We were wretched, which means that we were in a very unhappy and unfortunate state.  We were sinners by birth.  It was our nature.  We were sinners by choice.  We had a desire to sin.  We were unholy and unclean. We were sinful and wicked.
    “But God” the text verse for today tells us of His grace that He has extended. To think that God could love someone as vile and wicked as we were is almost more than we can comprehend.  We are told that instead of our rags, He brought riches.  Instead of sin, He brought salvation.  Instead of gloom, He brought grace.  Instead of sorrow, He brought shouting.  Instead of hopelessness, He brought hope.  A ray of light in the darkness.  Instead of a curse, He brought a cure.  Instead of depravity, He brought delight.  Thank God, He came to me!  He touched me!  And He changed me!  Have you received His grace and mercy today?  Do you know Him?  Why not let Him be your Savior right now?
    “When our life here is over and we reach Heaven’s shore, where troubles and headaches and sin are no more. We’ll sing and we’ll praise Him in our Home in the sky, because God in His mercy let Jesus pass by.”