The document describes how Gentiles who were formerly separate from Christ and excluded from God's promises are now brought near to God through Jesus. It discusses how Jesus abolished the dividing wall of hostility between Jews and Gentiles by creating one new humanity. Both Jews and Gentiles now have access to God and are fellow citizens in God's household. Believers in Jesus from all backgrounds are being built together into a dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

1. Ephesians 2:11-12
Therefore, remember that formerly you who are
Gentiles by birth and called ‘uncircumcised’ by
those who call themselves ‘the circumcision’
(that done in the body by the hands of men)—
remember that at that time you were separate
from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel
and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,
without hope and without God in the world.
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2. Ephesians 2:13-14
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far
away have been brought near through the blood
of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, Who has
made the two one and has destroyed the barrier,
the dividing wall of hostility,
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3. Ephesians 2:15-16
by abolishing in His flesh the law with its
commandments and regulations. His purpose
was to create in Himself one new man out of the
two, thus making peace, and in this one body to
reconcile both of them to God through the cross,
by which He put to death their hostility.
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4. Ephesians 2:17-19
He came and preached peace to you who were
far away and peace to those who were near. For
through Him we both have access to the Father
by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer
foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with
God’s people and members of God’s household,
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5. Ephesians 2:20-22
built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief
cornerstone. In Him the whole building is joined
together and rises to become a holy temple in
the Lord. And in Him you too are being built
together to become a dwelling in which God
lives by His Spirit.
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6. In Jesus, God declares, ‘You BELONG’.
Spiritual AMNESIA leads to complacency.
Remembering is not to create GUILT, but to
produce HUMILITY.
Most of us have at one time
or other felt like an OUTSIDER

7. Gentiles by birth means born outside of God’s
COVENANT people.
Excluded is to say that everything rightfully ours as
a JEW was not for YOU.
Some have advantages or
disadvantages simply from
BIRTH.

8. He is our peace and through Him we have ACCESS
to the Father by one Spirit.
The reconciling work of Jesus’ death paves the way
for a CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP with the Father.
This is a RAGS to RICHES story.
The law is no longer the basis of
the covenant; we are under a
NEW COVENANT.

9. More than that we are part of His HOUSEHOLD,
members of the family.
Not only are we part of His household, we are His
TEMPLE, being built up for His dwelling.
We are CITIZENS of God’s
Kingdom.

10. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Take inventory of what God has done in my life
( ) Reflect on if my love for God is growing
( ) Meditate on what it means to be citizens of
God’s Kingdom, His children and dwelling place
( ) Invest more time focusing on my relationship to
God and His people.
( ) Other________________________