Jesus: our firm foundation!

Everything that we are and all that we have is because of Jesus and what He has done for us and is freely offering us. He is the reason that we can have a good relationship with God, strong faith and all that salvation includes. It’s all about Jesus and all praise, glory and thanks go to Him. We simply partake in the fruit of His finished work. As you read through the following verses and fill-in-the-blanks, reflect on Jesus who is your firm foundation.
 
“Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace!”
Ephesians 2:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
“even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)”
Ephesians 2:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
 
I was dead in sins BUT now I am
______________________________________________ with Christ
 
“He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!”
Ephesians 2:6 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
“and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”
Ephesians 2:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
 
I was dead in sins BUT now I am
______________________________________________ with Christ
I have been made to
______________________________________________ with Christ      
 
“so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
Through Christ Jesus, God shows __________________________________ toward me
 
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God”
Ephesians 2:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
“For it was only through this wonderful grace that we believed in him. Nothing we did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the gracious gift from God that brought us to Christ!”
Ephesians 2:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
Salvation is the _______________________________________
 
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
“We have become his poetry…”
Ephesians 2:10 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
I am God’s _____________________________________
 
I am ______________________________________ in Christ Jesus unto good works (God has good plans for me!)
 
“Yet look at you now! Everything is new! Although you were once distant and far away from God, now you have been brought delightfully close to him through the sacred blood of Jesus—you have actually been united to Christ!”
Ephesians 2:13 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”
Ephesians 2:13 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
In Christ, because of His blood, I am ____________________________. (I am never distant from God!)
 
“So, you are not foreigners or guests, but rather you are the children of the city of the holy ones, with all the rights as family members of the household of God.”
Ephesians 2:19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God”
Ephesians 2:19 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
Thanks to Jesus, I am not a _____________________________________________________ , but now I am  _____________________________________________________  and I have all the rights as a member of God’s household.
 
“You are rising like the perfectly fitted stones of the temple; and your lives are being built up together upon the ideal foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, and best of all, you are connected to the Head Cornerstone of the building, the Anointed One, Jesus Christ himself!”
Ephesians 2:20 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
“built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone”
Ephesians 2:20 English Standard Version (ESV)
 
My foundation is secure because Jesus is the __________________________
 
“For no one is empowered to lay an alternative foundation other than the good foundation that exists, which is Jesus Christ!”
1 Corinthians 3:11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
 
We do not build our faith and relationship with God on our bests efforts to live holy and do what’s right. Our performance fluctuates and so if we are building on what we do for God, we will never be good enough and our walk with God will always be inconsistent. The foundation of our faith, salvation and relationship with God is Jesus and what He has done for us. Our faith, salvation and relationship with God are secure because we have a firm foundation in Christ and what He has done for us.