Introduction:  The old saying says, “if it aint broke, don’t fix it”.  In dealing with mankind it did not take long for all of it to be broken.  Man fell and in so doing his spirit died.  As usual the Lord is in the business of cleaning up after the failures of man and Ephesians 2 begins by telling us of a great work of God based upon a great failure of man.

1. QUICK DEFINED 
1. In a Speedy Manner (Genesis 27:20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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   See All...; Deuteronomy 9:12And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
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2. Alive, living or made alive
1. John 5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
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1. the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
2. even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
2. Acts 10:42And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
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1. Judge of quick
2. and dead
3. Romans 4:17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
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1. even God, who quickeneth the dead,
2. and calleth those things which be not as though they were
4. Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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1. he that raised up Christ from the dead
2. shall also quicken your mortal bodies
5. 1 Corinthians 15:36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
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1. that which thou sowest is not qu ickened
2. except it die
6. 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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1. The first man Adam was made a living soul;
2. the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
7. Ephesians 2:1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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1. And you hath he quickened
2. who were dead in trespasses and sins;
8. Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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1. Even when we were dead in sins,
2. hath quickened us
9. 2 Timothy 4:1I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
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1. who shall judge the quick
2. and the dead
10. 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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1. being put to death in the flesh,
2. but quickened by the Spirit:
2. THE NEED FOR QUICKENING (Ephesians 2:1-3 [1] And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: [3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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1. Dead in Trespasses and Sins (Ephesians 2:1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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1. Began in Genesis 3
1. The Lord warned of their immediate death upon disobedience (Genesis 2:16-17 [16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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2. The attack of the serpent (Genesis 3:1-5 [1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? [2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: [3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. [4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: [5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
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3. The offence committed (Genesis 3:6-8 [6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. [7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. [8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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1. The partaking of the fruit (Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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2. The knowledge of their nakedness (Genesis 3:7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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3. Their unacceptable nature before God (Genesis 3:8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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2. Occurring in us
1. The Apostle Paul had a time of life before the commandment came (Romans 7:9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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2. The knowledge of sin came by the law (Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
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3. The light of the commandment brought death to Paul (Romans 7:9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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2. Not Our Own (Ephesians 2:2-3 [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: [3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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1. Our walk (Ephesians 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
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1. Our walk was controlled by the course of this world
2. Our walk was according to the prince of the power of the air
2. Our conversation (Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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1. Among the children of disobedience
2. Had in the lusts of our flesh
3. Fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind
3. Our nature (Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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3. THE ACT OF OUR QUICKENING (Ephesians 2:4-7 [4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, [5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) [6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: [7] That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
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1. Based on His Mercy and Love (Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
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1. The character of God
1. Who is rich in mercy
2. For His great love
2. The time of this favor (Ephesians 2:4-5 [4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, [5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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2. Already Done (Ephesians 2:5-6 [5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) [6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
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1. He hath quickened us together with Christ (Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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2. He hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 2:6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
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3. To Demonstrate the Exceeding Riches of His Grace (Ephesians 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
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