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What God Has Provided
What God Has Provided
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye 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 ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Wherefore Remember
Wherefore Remember
These two words provide
++Connection
++Direction
++Reflection
We were labeled in the flesh
We were labeled in the flesh
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
We were labeled
++By our condition
We were called
++Gentiles
++Unbelievers
++This was a default setting
We were not born believers
We were not born believers
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Belief is an
++Activity of the heart.
++Inside job
The Word of God comes
++Not as an intellectual exercise
++To touch the heart
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, That I might not sin against thee.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, Nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
The Word of God comes
++Not as an intellectual exercise
++To touch the heart
++To remove the shame
God made provision for our Condition
God made provision for our Condition
We were labeled
By our condition
++By our position
12 That at that time ye 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:
We were separated from God
++Without Christ
++Without Hope
++Without God
Christ made the difference
Christ made the difference
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
God made provision for our Position.
God made provision for our Position.
Approaching God
++Was a terrifying under the old covenant
18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Approaching God
++Was a terrifying under the old covenant
++Is possible because of Christ
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
We were labeled
By our condition
By our position
++By our actions
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
The Choices we made
++Satisfied the flesh
++Yielded to carnality
++Slaves of sin
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
God made provision for our Actions.
God made provision for our Actions.
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Because of Christ
++We can draw near to God
++We are not the same
++We have been changed
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.