the difference
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The Difference
Ephesians 2:11-13
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Ephesians 2:11-13Purpose
Summarizes – The Pre-conversion Gentile Condition
Consequential Command of Salvation – Remember
Transition – From Individual to Corporate Implications of Salvation
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without Circumcision à I was deemed worthless
Ø Purpose: Simply a Sign (Gen. 17:9-12)
Ø Misused: Circumcision Replaces Faith = Salvation
Ø Gentiles in the Flesh – Made in the flesh by hands
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In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, (Col. 2:10)
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. (Rom. 2:28-29)
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without Circumcision à I was deemed worthless
Ø Purpose: Simply a Sign (Gen. 17:9-12)
Ø Misused: Circumcision Replaces Faith = Salvation
Ø Gentiles in the Flesh – Made in the flesh by hands
Ø Before Christ – Us versus Them
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without Citizenship à I didn’t belong
Ø Commonwealth: Excluded from God’s blessings to Israel
Ø Alienation is a pre-Christ trait
Ø Before Christ – Kept out of privileges
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John 13:34-3534 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without Covenants à I had no guarantees from God
Ø Covenants of Promise: Ø Land – Abraham (Gen. 12:1-4) (Jer. 16:15)Ø Seed – Continued Existence & Messiah through David (Ps. 89:
3-4)Ø Blessing – New covenant written on hearts (Jer. 31:31-34)
Ø God made zero covenants with Gentile nationsØ Before Christ – God had no commitment to me
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without Hope à I had nothing to look forward to
Ø All-encompassing hope
Ø Purpose of Pagan gods
Ø Before Christ – No future
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Ephesians 2:11Pre-Conversion Gentile Condition
Without God à I was lost
Ø ἄθεος – origins of atheist
Ø Worshiped many gods
Ø Suppression of Truth (Rom. 1:18-23)
Ø Before Christ – fulfillment was in emptiness, idolatry (Act. 19:26)
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Remember Because We Forget
Your Life Before Christ
Ø Without Circumcision à I was deemed worthless
Ø Without Citizenship à I didn’t belong
Ø Without Covenants à I had no guarantees from God
Ø Without Hope à I had nothing to look forward to
Ø Without God à I was lost
Consequences of Forgetfulness
Forget à Create division, push others away from Christ
Forget à you earned your spot, “that of yourselves” or pride
Forget à visually no commitment to God
Forget à apathetic, despair or live as no hope
Forget à idolatry
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But Now!In Christ Jesus
Ø Spiritually United with Christ
You who once were afar offØ Reference to dead in sins (2:1) Ø Reference to 5 Lacked PrivilegesØ Reference to OT Gentile Nations (Deut. 28:49)
Have been brought nearØ God’s activity Ø Equally Included and Accepted (2:19)
Through the blood of Christ Ø Instrumental means Ø Messiah Ø Intentional Saving Act
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But now!
I was deemed worthless à Now, I’m a Saint
I didn’t belong à Now, I’m adopted
I had no promise à Now, I’m His Inheritance
I had no hope à Now, I’m sealed with the Spirit
I didn’t have God à Now, I’m in Christ
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In Christ • Redeemed • Chosen • Accepted • Adopted • Saints• Without Blame• Loved • Faithful• Holy• Forgiven• Predestined• United
• Alive• His workmanship• Created for Good
works• Abounding Grace • Brought Near • Sealed with the
Spirit • Blessed • God’s Inheritance• Obtained an
Inheritance
• Mysteries made known
• Power that raised Christ from death
• Sit together in Heavenly Places
• Boldness and Access with Confidence
• Partakers of the promise