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In Christ, Identity and Intimacy are Intricately linked. Ephesians 2:1-10. No Reason for Boasting. Ephesians 2:11-22. No Boasting: God Initiates We Respond. What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12). “ So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh . . .” (2:11). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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In Christ,Identity and Intimacy are
Intricately linked.
Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians 2:11-22
No Reason for Boasting
No Boasting: God Initiates We Respond
“ So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh . . .” (2:11)
What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12)
What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12)
Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 15:6
What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12)
What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12)
While people of other faiths pursue their god(s) for a variety of reasons, Christians recognize that the only true God has been the One actively pursuing them even when they were His enemies (Rom 5:8).
“the circumcised”
“the uncircumcised”
Sign of the Covenant
Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:23
We tend to underestimate the grace of Godand overestimate the righteousness of people.
In order to be saved,one must become part of
God’s covenant community.
In order to be saved,one must become part of
God’s covenant community.
“ So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh . . .” (2:11)
No MessiahNot Citizens
ForeignersNo Hope
Without God
What we were without Christ (Eph 2:11-12)
Not CitizensWithout God
What Christ Did to Make the Church
No Messiah
ForeignersNo Hope
. . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
It is worth noting that the spiritual plight of the Gentiles was caused not by God but by their own willful sin.
The promise of a better covenant appears for the first time in Jeremiah 31:31-34, and it is the only Old Testament occurrence of a covenant that is expressed as qualitatively “new”.
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Hebrews 8:7-13 (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
Ephesians 2:13
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
“the circumcised”No Hostility
End of Law
“the uncircumcised”
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything;
what matters is faith working through love. Galatians 5:6
No Hostility
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
Unfortunately, while the old covenant boundaries of God
were removedthe barriers created by His children
often still remain.
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
PEACEReconciliationUnity
No Hostility
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
God is not just adding Gentiles – He is making a new People!!
PEACEReconciliationUnity
No Hostility
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
While, we tend to approach reconciliation as a way to achieve unity.Christ has given us unity
in order for us to be reconciled.
ReconciliationUnity
No Hostility
PEACE
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news ⌊ ⌋of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
Ephesians 2:17
ReconciliationUnity
No Hostility
PEACE
End of Law
What Christ Did to Make the Church . . . BUT NOW (2:13-17)
The people of the covenant were not necessarily savedbut salvation came through them.
Ephesians 2:18For through [Christ] we
both have access by one Spirit
to the Father.
The Central Place of the Trinity in Salvation (2:18)
Glorifi
esGlorifies
Glorifies
Citizens with Saints
Household Members
Holy Sanctuary
Living Building
What the Church Looks Like (2:19-22)
You also are being built together for God`s dwelling in the Spirit.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth
of this mystery.Ephesians 2:22
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God`s Glorious Mystery