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Every human's desperate condition (vv.1-3)

There are three "prison guards" that try to hold us in spiritual death

1. The World

"You can recognize 'the ways of the world' whenever sin seems acceptable and righteousness seems strange."
~David Wells

2. The Devil

3. The Cravings of Our Flesh

The glorious gift of the gospel of Jesus Christ (vv.4-7)

Because of God's love and mercy...
1. He made us alive

"All humanity will spend eternity in the presence of God - His people will be flooded with His blessing; His enemies will be flooded with the torment of His wrath."
~Richard Coekin

TURN * TRUST * FOLLOW

2. He raises us up (v6)

3. He seated us with Him in the heavenly realms (vv6-7)