3/19/12
“But God.” I use that phrase a lot in blogging. This week I decided to use it
for meditation. A simple phrase. 6 letters, 2 words. Fitting perfectly with my
desire to simplify. Part of my BSF lesson in Ephesians 2. Simply a perfect fit.
Not as
simple as I thought. I spent entirely too long on the rabbit trail of deciding
if it were a subordinating conjunction or prepositional phrase. But God…..began
to teach me some profound truths in those 2 words.
In
Ephesians 2:4 “but God” introduces a BIG contrast between the condition of a believer
and a non-believer…..from death to life.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-7)
But
God…..makes all the difference.
