eph 01v03 06 12 14 Why Does God Save Sinners
WHY DOES GOD SAVE SINNERS? Ephesians 1:3, 6; 12, 14
We rejoice to know that God saves sinners. We rejoice to
know that God saves sinners by grace through the merits of a Substitute. And we
rejoice to know that God's grace is both eternal and immutable. But why does
God save sinful men? He had no mercy upon the angels that fell. Why is he
gracious to us? Paul gives us the answer repeatedly. "Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ. To the praise of the glory of his
grace….That we should be to the praise of the glory of his grace....That we
should be to the praise of his glory….Unto the praise of his glory!
1. GOD SAVES US BECAUSE IT WAS
HIS ETERNAL PLEASURE
TO BLESS US WITH HIS GRACE. God passed by the angels that
fell; but "He hath blessed us." God passed by multitudes of fallen
men; but "He hath blessed us." The cause of God's blessing upon us is
not in us, but in himself alone. Every saved sinner
knows and acknowledges that fact. We do not deserve God's favor. "He hath
mercy on whom he will have mercy."
2. GOD SAVED US SO THAT WE
MIGHT BLESS HIM. Paul is calling us to bless God who hath blessed us. We
can add nothing to God's glory, happiness, or majesty. God is totally
independent and self-sufficient. But we can bless God, that is to say, we can
speak well of him "who hath blessed us". We bless God by simply
trusting him. We bless God by celebrating his many glorious attributes. We
bless God by faith in his Son. And we bless God by entertaining great thoughts
of him.
3. GOD SAVED US TO THE PRAISE
OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE. The ultimate end of all things is the glory of
God. He could as well be glorified in our damnation as in our salvation. Like
Pharaoh, we could have been monuments to the glory of God's justice by our
ruin. But, blessed be his name, God has chosen to save us,
that we might be "to the praise of the glory of his grace!"
(See Ps. 106:8) May God give us grace even now to praise and magnify his grace.