"Made One in Christ!"

Genesis 1:26 NASB95

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Ephesians 2:15 NASB95

by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

I. The Former Condition of the Gentiles - (2:11-12)

A. The Gentiles were Objects of Jewish CONTEMPT! - (v.11)

Colossians 2:11 NASB95

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

B. The Gentiles were Spiritually BANKRUPT! - (v.12)

1. “…separate from Christ”

2. “…excluded from the commonwealth of Israel”

3. “…strangers (foreigners) to the covenants of promise”

4. “…having no hope”

5. “…without God in the world”

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Ephesians 2:12 NASB95

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Matthew 5:3 NASB95

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:6 NASB95

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.