But God

Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come this morning to what Martyn Lloyd-Jones called the “nerve centre” of the Christian faith. The Christian faith is of course a vast edifice, and not even a writer as brilliant as Paul or John could put the whole thing into a single sentence. But John 3:16 gets close, and so does Ephesians 2:4-7. Indeed, our text this morning is the core message of the Christian proclamation — that God saves us by His mere grace, that He does in us what He did in His Son, and in fact that all of this is the result of His eternal love, favor, kindness, and mercy. If you memorize this text, you will be able to share the gospel with anyone. It’s all about what God did for us when we were dead and helpless to do anything for ourselves, and about the purpose of His doing so much for us — which was to reveal Himself in His glorious mercy. What I hope to show you this morning with God’s help is simply that God favored us in Christ with salvation because He loved us and will keep loving us.