Our Former Standing: Ephesians 2:1-4

 Ephesians 2:1-4 "And you He made alive, who were dead in transgressions and sins, ² in which you formerly walked according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience, ³ among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us..."