Ephesians 2

Well...I fell behind again. But here goes the next chapter: http://www.esvbible.org/Ephesians+2/

At one point or another (and many, many times over), we all have sinned. We have put something or ourselves or someone over God. According to Jewish law, that means that we deserve death. There is no way around it. God is perfect, and being so, He cannot live with what is imperfect. Because we sin, we make ourselves imperfect and impure, but God created a way for us to live with Him for eternity.God sent Christ to be the ultimate sacrifice. All of the anger that God would have to cast onto us because of our sin were focused onto Jesus as He died on the cross. We should have no way to attain eternal life. We deserve to face death just like the rest of humanity, but Jesus stopped that. God loves people so much that He sent His Son to die so that we could spend eternity with Him. We didn't do anything to earn this love because that notion is impossible. We receive God's love because He gives it unconditionally. When we mess up, God loves us just as much as when we succeed. When we sin, He is disappointed in us, but His feelings never shift. God loves you no matter what you do.

When Jesus came, he overturned the Jewish laws and teachings. According to Jesus, all people are His if they have faith. The Holy Spirit is no longer contained in the Jewish temple, but instead, it can be found in the followers of Jesus. All people can accept the gift of what Jesus did for us. In the old times, you had to follow all of the rules or God's hostility came upon you. Because of our corrupt nature, we cannot hope to follow all of the rules successfully. Then, Jesus came and took away all of the hostility. He is the cornerstone that we can build our lives on that will prove stable and safe. We could not hop for anything better than what God gave us through His Son Jesus Christ.