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Thursday Feb 27, 2014
EPHESIANS 2:11-16 FOR HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE, WHO HAS MADE BOTH ONE
Thursday Feb 27, 2014
Thursday Feb 27, 2014
Eph 2:11 Therefore
remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh--who are called Uncircumcision by
what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands-- 12 that at that
time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the
world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought
near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both
one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in
His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances,
so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and
that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby
putting to death the enmity.
I. CHRIST
IS OUR PEACE (11-16)
A. (Separation) THE GENTILES' CONDITION
"BEFORE" CHRIST’S COMING
(11-12)
1. Without
Christ
2. Without
the Nation or Aliens from the nation of Israel
3. Without
the promises or Strangers from the covenants of promise
4. Without
hope
5. Without
God in the world
B. (Reconciliation) THE GENTILES'
CONDITION "THROUGH" CHRIST’S DYING (13-16)
1. Made near by the blood of Christ (13)
2. Now "one body" with the Jews
(14)
because...
a. Jesus has made Jew and Gentile both
one, breaking down the wall of division between them (14)
b. Jesus abolished in His flesh the
law of commandments contained in ordinances that had separated them (15)
c. Jesus now reconciles them both to
God in one body through the cross (16)