Grace That Changes Everything
Pastor Michael Joseph
Sep 7, 2026 · Ephesians 2:1–10, 2 Corinthians 5:17
God's grace does more than forgive our past. It gives us a new identity, a new purpose, and a new way to live through Jesus Christ.
Scripture
Ephesians 2:1–10, 2 Corinthians 5:17
Notes
Every person carries a story.
Some chapters are beautiful.
Some are painful.
Some are chapters we wish nobody else could read.
But the Gospel tells us something extraordinary: our past does not have the final word.
Grace does.
Ephesians 2 reminds us that salvation is God's gift. We are not saved because we managed to become good enough. We are saved because God loved us enough to reach for us.
Grace begins where human effort ends.
We often think we need to clean ourselves up before coming to God. But the message of Jesus is the opposite.
Come to Him.
Come with your questions.
Come with your failures.
Come with your wounds.
Come with your past.
Grace meets us where we are, but it does not leave us where it found us.