Drinking Scotch and reading good news...

Staying up late to do a bit of reading while the family sleeps. Decided to partake in some Aberflour... very good Scotch. I was reading through Paul's letter to the Ephesians, and thought I would share some good news with anyone who cares to read this... so here goes...

[2 :1] And you were dead in the trespasses and sins [2 ] in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— [3 ] among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. [4 ] But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, [5 ] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— [6 ] and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, [7 ] so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [8 ] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9 ] not a result of works, so that no one may boast. [10 ] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV)

We were dead in our trespasses and our sins. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

"God helps those who help themselves." That is complete rubbish. God raises the dead. We live because of Christ's death and resurrection. There is no better news... and this news goes well with a glass of Aberflour.