God knowing we had a problem we could not fix, decided to fix the problem himself.

That problem was sin. And Dr. Tony Evans says the Lord solved it without any help from us.

His love had a meeting with his mercy so that he could offer his grace.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans.

Google Maps won't tell you this, but there's no way to navigate from here to heaven

without going through Jesus Christ.

Today, Dr. Evans explains that grace is the road that gets us there.

Let's turn to Ephesians chapter two as we learn more.

Grace is the inexhaustible favor or goodness of God, giving to us what we could not earn, do not deserve, and would never be able to repay. It is unmerited

favor. The Apostle Paul, when writing to the church at Ephesus, is writing to Christians.

He's writing to believers in the whole book and in chapter two.

This passage is generally read to refer to non-Christians, and it does.

But the primary audience are Christians because Paul understood the necessity for Christians

to understand what it means to be saved by grace,

even though they're already saved.

There was something about grace that even believers needed to know in order to get a greater

grasp on this magnificent term of the new covenant that now defines our relationship

with God. So he gives a salvation passage to Christians. This is just nine verses. You're going to

discover as we go further than our series, he dedicates a whole book in the Bible to Christians who are confused about grace.

This confusion about grace, because either we don't understand it, have devalued it, or don't know how to to access it has led to great confusion, frustration,

and defeat, even from sincere Christians who want to do better and experience victory

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