EPHESIANS 2:11-16 FOR HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE, WHO HAS MADE BOTH ONE

This message, drawn from Ephesians 2:11–13, powerfully contrasts the spiritual condition of Gentiles before Christ—alienated, hopeless, and separated by religious and cultural barriers—with their present reality in Christ, where they are brought near through His sacrificial blood. It emphasizes that salvation is not earned by ethnic identity, ritual observance, or moral effort, but is a divine gift of grace through faith, which abolishes the dividing wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile by fulfilling the ceremonial law and creating one new humanity in Christ. The message underscores that all people, regardless of background, were once far from God and without hope, but are now reconciled to Him through the atoning work of Jesus, who is both peace between God and humanity and the unity of all believers. The tone is deeply pastoral and convicting, calling listeners to humility, gratitude, and evangelistic urgency, while affirming that no one is beyond the reach of God’s grace, not even the most broken or marginalized.

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)

             Mark 8:36 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

              John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Have you trusted Him as your Savior? He can Save you if You ask Him based on His death, burial, and resurrection for your sins. Believe in Him for forgiveness of your sins today. 

              “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  -John 8:32

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