07 Feb
Grace, Love and peace to each and everyone of you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Let us give importance to study the Word of God
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ephesians 2:1-2
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
Last week we studied how we were dead in trespasses and sins
Today let us study 4 important points:
1* What was our previous condition
2* According to whose authority did we walk
3* Where does the ruler of this world exercise authority in
4* What is the reason we walk in disobedience
1* What was our previous condition
No one is born as a righteous person
Romans 3:9-12
9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, 10 as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one. 11 There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away; all alike have become useless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.
We all were dead in trespasses and sins
We all have walked according to the ways of the world.
This is what as a believer we need to understand we were not holy, we were not righteous but we were all dead in trespasses and sins.
We all have walked the course of the world
We all have walked in the way of the world.
2* According to whose authority did we walk
Whose authority did we walk ?
You might say I did not walk according to anyone’s authority but I walked according to my own desire and I am free.
That is the trap of Satan. It makes us think that we are in control but in reality we are under the authority of Satan.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;
he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
3* Where does the ruler of this world exercise authority in
The Word of God clearly says the ruler of this world exercises authority over the lower heavens
Can we see that the ruler of the world is not exercising authority in the heavens but the lower heavens which means it is controlling the air or the environment.
4* What is the reason we walk in disobedience
The spirit now working in the disobedient.
We see the truths that have been revealed that the disobedient are not working according to their own desire but they are led by the spirit.
The spirit of the ruler of the world or the air is controlling over those who are disobedient.
This verse implies that disobedience is caused by the spirit
Obedience comes through the Spirit of God.
Preached by Pas. Naveen John on January 15, 2022 @ 7:00 PM in Bible Study
