the “third race”

THE “THIRD RACE”Ephesians 2:19-22

The Two Realms

‘the power’Savage

Pointless

Jesus ChristPEACE

Significant

Eph. 2:2 you formerly walked according to the course of this world…

The Two Realms

Savage Significant

Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

The Significant Realm Is:New Position

New Condition

New Condition

Effects

New Position

Standing with God

The Significant Realm Is:

New Position (standpoint)So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

Eph. 2:19-22


New Position (standpoint)New Kingdom

○ Privileges○ Protection

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints…


New Position (standpoint)New KingdomNew Household

○ Intimacy…with the saints, and are of God's household



○ Intimacy○ ACESS!

…with the saints, and are of God's household



○ Intimacy○ Access○ God’s Concern

…with the saints, and are of God's household

Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?


New Position (standpoint)New KingdomNew HouseholdNew Kind of Building

foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.


New Position (standpoint)New KingdomNew HouseholdNew Kind of Building

○ A community of closeness

…you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.


New PositionNew KingdomNew HouseholdNew Kind of Building

New Condition

Ephesians 3:1-5 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . . assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles. As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me. As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

Ephesians 3:6-7 And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.



New ConditionHope: the Mystery Revealed

○ Jesus is in control of history!

Ephesians 3:1-5 As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me. …God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.




○ Jesus is in control of history!○ Even our personal tragedies!

Ephesians 3:1 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus…




○ Jesus is in control of history!○ Even our personal tragedies!○ Living purpose-filled lives!

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.



New ConditionHope: the Mystery RevealedGlory: Stewards of God

Ephesians 3:7-9 …of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.



New ConditionHope: the Mystery RevealedGlory: Stewards of God

○ Each of us carries great authority

Ephesians 3:9-10 to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 2:2 the prince of the power

of the air…

1 John 4:4 …greater is He who is in you than he who

is in the world.



New ConditionHope: the Mystery RevealedGlory: a StewardshipPower: we have answers!

Ephesians 3:11-12 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

New Position / Condition Means New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities

A “New History”A New “Constitution”

○ Rights to Free Choice!○ Protection in Foreign Lands

A Whole New Direction○ Towards God, Other People, etc.

New Position / Condition Means New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities New Glory: Something to Share & Give

Ephesians 3:9-10 …to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

New Position / Condition Means New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities New Glory: Something to Share & Give New Power: New Relationships

Christ in YouEphesians 3:14-17 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…


Christ in YouYour fellow-bricks!

Ephesians 3:18-19 …may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.


Christ in YouYour fellow-bricks!Redeeming Others

Ephesians 3:20 (NASB) Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…

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Ephesians -- OverviewNew

EconomyJesus Christ

Changed Hearts

Burning Hearts

Old ‘Course’The Prince

Alienated Hearts

The Captives

God’s Strategy

Grace

Position

Condition

The Two Realms


Pointless

Jesus ChristPEACE

Significant

Ephesians 2:2 …according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working…

The Two Realms


Pointless

Jesus ChristPEACE

cant

Eph. 2:17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away , and peace to those who were near;

The Two Realms


Pointless

Jesus ChristPEACEnificant

Eph. 2:5 he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

The Two Realms


Pointless

Jesus ChristPEACEnificant

Eph. 2:12 …having no hope and without God in the world.

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