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Ephesians 2:17 · BSB
2:17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
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…said, well, y'all failed. God loves us. And Paul was writing to say, here's how you can exist as one people of God. He also does this in Ephesians,Ephesians chapter 2, where he says there's no longer two people, but there is one person in Christ. There's no longer Jew or Gentile, but there is one in Christ. And…
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…with me quickly to Ephesians chapter 2, verse 11. Saul, of course, who sees these things, would later spend more time going by Paul. And I think inEphesians chapter 2, he describes what he first saw in Antioch. He writes in verse 11. Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the…
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…I've trusted the Lord Jesus. That's enough. Well, Jesus says, no. You still have to do as I tell you. You still have to live as I tell you. And inEphesians chapter 2, we're given that example as well. We are saved by grace through faith alone. It's so true. But verse 10 goes on to say this. For we are his…
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…points the plan in our commission, the purpose in our commission and the power in our commission. Please open up your Bibles, your devices, toEphesians, chapter 2, starting in verse 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in…
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…pleasure in Him for the rest of eternity. An eternal God is reason to rejoice and to marvel, church. One of my favorite passages of Scripture isEphesians chapter 2. Paul tells us in Ephesians 2, you were dead in sin. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us even when we…
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…season the next week. First of all, Jesus came for the sole purpose of accomplishing salvation as a result of God's grace. The Bible says inEphesians chapter 2, for by grace are you saved through faith. Jesus came for the sole purpose, God's intentional design to create a means to pay the price for our…
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…But when we find peace in the Prince of Peace, that's when we find completeness. That's when we find wholeness. So Jesus himself is our peace.Ephesians chapter 2tells us what that looks like. In Jesus Christ, you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our…
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…we come to the place in our life where we have trusted in him and him alone, as the Bible says. Romans, chapter 5. By Jesus Christ through faith.Ephesians, chapter 2. By grace through faith. The Bible says in John 14, verse 6, in him he is the way, the truth, and the life. If you have not come to Jesus Christ in…
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…is not just for a few, it's for all. To be what? To be disciples of Jesus. So this call is for you today and going forward. And so we also look inEphesians chapter 2. This is a letter written to the church that met in the city of Ephesus by a guy named Paul, who Paul was a leader in the first century church. And…
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…of this verse, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. And so it's essentially reiterating what's mentioned there inEphesians chapter 2. We can't earn our salvation. We cannot pay for it. We cannot get that gift in our own strength. All we can do is come to, as it says here, through…
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…He didn't save me because, oh, what do I do with Greg now? Holy cow, what am I going to do with him? No, the Bible says that when we're saved inEphesians chapter 2, that he has a plan for our lives, that he's already designed for us. And he saved us to be in that. And he saved us to be a part of that. And…
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…way you get the strength of God in your weariness is if you belong to God. And just in case you don't know how to do that, let me just take you toEphesians, chapter 2, and read for you verses 12 and 13. Paul writes remember that you were at the time, at one time, separated from Christ. That was, all of us…
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…be clear on the source of our godliness. It's not you, it's not me. It's the grace of God. It's Jesus shining through us. We get a taste of this inEphesians chapter 2, 1 through 10. Before Christ, we were dead in our trespasses and sins and we were following the course of the world. We were following the prince…
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…we have joined team Jesus, if you will. And there is a status change that takes place. I want you to listen to what the Apostle Paul said inEphesians chapter 2. He said this, But God. But God. But God. Biggest but in scripture is right there. But God. But God. Being rich in mercy because of the great love…
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…enjoy that brotherly relationship. That family relationship even with God. Paul describes this directly in his letter to the church of Ephesus inEphesians chapter 2.19. Where he says, So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. But you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.…
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…take all this effort to pursue peace with people? Well, God reconciled us to himself, and he reconciled us to each other. That's the whole point ofEphesians chapter 2. The peace that we have is a blood-bought peace. But there's more to that. God has existed as a triune God. And he knows peace firsthand. And he…
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…had once been separated from the covenant of Israel, and cut off from fellowship with God because of the work of Christ. As John read fromEphesians chapter 2earlier this morning, Because of Christ's work on the cross, he gave us peace. Through his person, through his death, through his resurrection, we…
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…that grace which is the glue of the kingdom. Now let me kind of emphasize this and rub this in a little bit more and I want you to jump forward toEphesians chapter 2. It is going to come up on the screen behind me, but I do think it would help you to turn there in your Bible if you can. So keep a finger in 2…
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…We're told that in our natural condition we are in bondage to sin. We're slaves to sin, just like Israel was slaves in Egypt. We're told that inEphesians chapter 2that in our natural condition we are dead in our trespasses and sins. Not dying. Not dying. Not drowning. Drowned. Dead. In the Corinthian letters…
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…a couple of passages that sometimes people think contradict themselves, but they don't. Let's notice first of all what the apostle Paul said inEphesians chapter 2beginning in verse 8. He says, for by grace you have been saved through faith and not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works. Lest…
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