Eph 2:1  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (2)  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  I once had a man say to me, “I’m not against Christianity; I’m just don’t want it for me.” Friend, there’s no middle ground. To refuse to acknowledge God His way, through His Son Jesus, is to live one’s life in disobedience. Further, it is to side with God’s enemy, choosing to live in enmity against God  (Jas_4:4) “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?”  

(Eph 2:1) “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (2)  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,….”  A saved person believes the Bible. Sure, ultimately God reigns. Yet, He has allowed the devil to rule in the hearts of unsaved men. Satan will do so until the 1,000 reign of Christ to be loosed for a short time afterwards, bringing about his end. Beware, child of God; this world follows the devil, not God. You, beloved, follow the Lord by following His Word. 

(Eph 2:1) “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,…”  By implication the saved do not walk according to the course of this world. The saved walk a heavenly course, set down by the Word of God. It revolves around the Church He gave His life for. Which way are you walking? 

(Eph 2:1) “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”  Many times man today only shares part of the gospel: Jesus loves you, died for you, and now will give you everlasting life if you believe.  The true gospel is that Jesus bore the cross, dying in our place because we were dead in trespasses and sin. Salvation comes through the acknowledgment and repentance (the desire to turn from them) of that sin. We ask the Lord for forgiveness and the gift of everlasting life. That….is when He saves.

 (Eph 2:1) “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”  The truly saved have had a time and place where God “quickened” them – made them alive spiritually! Jesus said it – not me! (Joh 3:3) “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”   

(Eph 1:22) “ And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, (23) Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”What does the Bible mean when it says the church is the body of Christ? It means we represent Him to this world and are left here upon this earth for that purpose. When He saved your soul He could easily have taken you on to Heaven. Instead, He left you among sinful man to suffer this world. Why? We have a work to do! We are to live as saints among this world. We are to speak of God’s goodness and sacrifice as we live among the lost. We are His body in His absence. He lives in us through the Holy Spirit for that purpose!

(Eph 1:22) “…and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,”  The church is not the building, but the born again children of God. We are to conduct ourselves as a body and individually day to day according to what He has decreed in His Word! Believer, even when you are not assembled with the saints, you are still a part of the church. Whether at home, work, or play, you are still to walk in obedience to the Head (the Lord Jesus), for the world is watching and judging Him by you!

(Eph 1:20)  “Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,  (21) Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (22) And hath put all things under his feet,….”  Compared to the person, the character, the holiness of Christ Jesus, this is man’s rightful place, at the feet of Jesus! This is pictured Palm Sunday, when He rode the donkey into Jerusalem. They put their coats down for the donkey to walk upon. Jesus made even that donkey too holy to walk this earth. As John the Baptist said, (Joh_1:27)  “He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”