Are you a child of wrath — or a child of grace? In this devotion from Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Ephesians chapter 2, verse 3 (KJV) to explain the third force that drives human disobedience — the flesh. Not the physical body, but the fallen nature every person is born with.

You might be asking — Does that mean unsaved people never do anything good? Can good deeds earn salvation? What does it really mean to be a "child of wrath"? And what does it take for that verdict to change?

Key points from this devotion:

- The flesh is the fallen nature we are born with, and it shapes all of our behavior before Christ

- Unsaved people can and do perform good deeds, but no good deed can meet God's standard or earn salvation

- Without Christ, every person is spiritually dead, disobedient, depraved, and under the wrath of God

- John 3:18 makes clear that condemnation is already the condition of those who have not believed in Christ

- The only way out of being a child of wrath is to settle your account with the Lord Jesus Christ today

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening Hymn — Settled Long Ago

0:58 What Is the Flesh?

1:30 How Nature Controls Behavior

2:24 Ephesians 2 and Human Depravity

3:34 Can Good Deeds Save You?

5:22 The Lost Man Is a Child of Wrath

6:28 What Condemnation Really Means

7:44 Next Devotion Preview — Romans 1

8:24 Closing Prayer