{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FA Church","title":"The Glorious Gospel: Before & After - Adam Meckelborg | First Assembly Church","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2078,"description":"This past Sunday, our pastor, Adam Meckelborg, preached a message entitled “The Glorious Gospel: Before and After.” Pastor Adam contrasted life without God and life with Him through Ephesians 2, showing that apart from Christ we are spiritually dead, following the world, the flesh, and the enemy. But in Ephesians 2:4–5, we see the turning point: “But because of his great love for us, God… made us alive with Christ — it is by grace you have been saved.” He emphasized that God’s motive is love and His character is rich in mercy, covering every sin. Through the gospel, we are brought from death to life and raised with Christ. \n✍️ Notes  \nThe Glorious Gospel: Before and After – Adam Meckelborg\nContrasting Realities\nLive Without God VS. Life With Go\nLife Without God\nEphesians 2:1 (NIV)\n“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” \nEphesians 2:1b-3\n“… you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.  \n3 Things We Follow (Life Without God)\n“The ways of the world.”  \n“The ruler of the kingdom of the air.”  \n“The desires and thoughts of the flesh.”\n\nPaul’s Unholy Trinity\nThe World: Systems of success build on anti-God principles.  \nThe Flesh: Animalistic cravings and desires.  \nThe Devil: Spiritual force seeking to invert right and wrong.\n\nSpiritually “Dead”: Immobilized / Stuck / Unable to change\nBound to the flesh.  \nEnsnared in the systems of the world.  \nUnable to defeat the power of Satan.\nWe need someone who can step into the reality we are in, break the bondage of that reality, and bring us into another one. We need a hero.\nLife With God\nEphesians 2:4-7 (NIV)\n“4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2rS6CncygjSrU4_eAytDXGn13c_aC8wKWWeu0LjCRnQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTgy/MDQxMzg5MTZiY2M3/MzMxYjY2OWU4N2U0/ZTA0Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}