We are ONE in Christ!

We were separated - v11-12

Separated from Christ

This is THE dividing line

1 John 2:23 “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”

Separated from Israel

John 10:26-27 “but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

Psalm 89:36-37 “His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. 37 Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah”

Separated from the covenants of promise

Acts 2:39 “For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.””

Separated from hope

Fanny Crosby 1868 - Pass Me Not

Thou the Spring of all my comfort, More than life to me, Whom have I on earth beside Thee? Whom in heav'n but Thee?

Beyond being unworthy (2:1-10)

We were brought near - v13-18

Only in Christ

Hebrews 1:5 “For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?”

Revelation 5:4-5 “and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.””

Abolishing the law and proclaiming peace

He IS our peace

Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Broken down the dividing wall - The court of the gentiles

Broken down the dividing wall - The requirements of the law

Broken down the dividing wall - The veil of the Temple

Colossians 2:14 “by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.”

In His flesh / By His blood

Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”

So then… - v19-22

No longer separated

You are naturalized citizens

Colossians 1:21-22 “And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,”

Jesus, prophets, apostles, and you

One Temple; a dwelling place for God

Garden, Tabernacle, Temple, Jesus, Church

Leviticus 26:11-12 “I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.”

Revelation 21:3-4 “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.””