Ephesians 2:4-7

Ephesians 2:4-7. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

God’s great object is to display his grace - to let all the universe know what a gracious God he is, therefore, did he pitch upon us who were dead in sin, even as others; therefore, does he quicken us; and therefore, having quickened us, does he go on to raise us up from one point to another until he makes us sit with Christ upon his throne. Oh! beloved, if all the ages are to learn the grace of God from his dealings towards us, let us learn it, and let us talk much of it, and exult much in it. Who is a gracious God like unto our God?