Four truths we must understand about salvation:
1. We are saved
2. We are saved
3. We are saved
4. We are saved
NOTES:
QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Read Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 2:1-10 and discuss:
• Paul describes our condition apart from Christ as “dead in
trespasses and sins” (vv. 1–3). How does this change the way we
think about what salvation really requires?
• Paul uses the pronoun “you” which keeps us from blaming the
problem on “those people” or circumstances. What happens when we
begin to honestly acknowledge our own spiritual condition?
• What does it look like when our desires, rather than God, are calling
the shots in our lives? In what ways can good things subtly become
ruling things?
• Verse 4 marks a dramatic shift in the passage.Why does everything
in this passage pivot on the phrase “But God”? How does this inform
your understanding of salvation?
• Ephesians 2:8–9 says we are saved by grace through faith, not by
works. Discuss the role of both grace and faith. Why do you think it’s
so easy to drift back into trying to earn what God gives freely?
• What does it look like, practically, to rest in what Christ has already
done?
• Why is it important to say that good works are the result of salvation,
not the cause?
• What does it mean to you that God is still working on you and has
already determined the outcome?
PERSONAL REFLECTION AND APPLICATION
• Reflection: Where are you most tempted to rely on effort, morality, or
comparison instead of grace and what might it look like to rest more
fully in Christ right now?
• Application: Ask God to show you one good work He has already
prepared for you this week—and take a step of obedience from a place
of gratitude, not striving.