Sovereign Grace Church

… quickened us together with Christ…

(Ephesians 2:5)

Beloved, [God] saw our souls dead in sin, dead under His law, dead to Himself. Did He leave us? No; He loved us with great love, therefore, in rich mercy He quickened us. Quickened us! Is that all? A quickened soul, some think, is in a very inferior degree of grace; [for they think] it is neither justified nor sanctified; but such are great strangers to the rich mercy and great love of God; and they do not consider, that souls are quickened “together with Christ.” There is the sweetness of quickening mercy enjoyed; quickened souls see their sinfulness, know their poverty, feel their misery and wretchedness, and groan under a body of sin and death. But here is their glory, joy, and comfort—they are one with Christ: His life is theirs, His death is theirs, His righteousness is theirs, His holiness is theirs, His fulness is theirs. Though sin is not dead in us, yet being one with Christ, we are dead indeed unto sin, and alive to God. “By grace ye are saved.” Neither you nor your works have the least hand in salvation; therefore rejoice. It is not precarious and uncertain whether you shall be saved; for quickened souls may be as sure of it, as if they were now before the throne. Oh may love, mercy, and grace be the constant theme of our souls! [AMEN!]