God is Rich in Mercy (Ephesians 2:1-10)

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus that "you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked" and that, like us all, they were "by nature children of wrath." In view of such terrible news, how can we stand? The gospel tells us "but God, rich in mercy" has in fact made us alive in Christ. Given the work of Jesus, the Son of God, on behalf of his saints - how should we live in Christ?