Sermon Tone Analysis

Ephesians 2:11-22

Main Point - There was one two types of humans - Jews and Gentiles that was the focus throughout the OT from the Time of Adam and Eve - chosen, blessed or lost, condemned.

Christ by His blood reconciled the two into ONE.

A new people with different spiritual focus; dead and now alive in Christ forming a new nation - CHRISTIAN.

Fellowship and Foundation all connected to the Cornerstone, the foundation of Christ through the Spirit.

What makes a man great?

It’s not how much money he has, but what contributions he has made to his people and community, to society.

It’s about his generosity.

It’s about his ideas, how he changed the world with them, how he made a difference, how he treats his people who need him at some point in time and many more.

So, since a nation is nothing more than a collection of people living within a set of physical borders, we can measure the greatness of a nation in the same way.

By the contributions, they have done to their people, to the world, to mankind.

And by their generosity, how their ideas have benefited the human race, how a nation treats its poorest and weakest people who deserve and expect good support from their nation.

And like these, there are so many factors which contribute to creating a great nation.

Brought Near by His Blood

11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called uthe Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—12 that at that time you 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 you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Christ Our Peace

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one vnew man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might wreconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby xputting to death the enmity.

17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

18 For ythrough Him we both have access zby one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been abuilt bon the foundation of the capostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being dthe chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into ea holy temple in the Lord, 22 fin whom you also are being built together for a gdwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians - Week 7 - Creating a Great Nation

Christ joined the Jews and the Gentile by His Blood, offering citizenship into a New Nation; a New Humanity.

We miss this so often today in our battle of our own identity.

We must be Christ Followers First in all things.

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Today we OPEN OUR BIBLES and NOTEBOOKS TO

Ephesians 3 “For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created …”

1 Series Mission:

To understand

Our God-Given Position

so we PROGRESS in living right in all ways

God promises us Protection and supplies the means for that Protection

All to Achieve His Purpose

Pastor Thomas

Application

What makes a man great?

we need to look at the pieces in order to understand the whole

It’s not how much money he has,

but what contributions he has made to his people and community, to society.

It’s about his generosity.

It’s about his ideas, how he changed the world with them,

how he made a difference,

how he treats his people who need him at some point in time and many more.

So, since a nation is nothing more than a collection of people living within a set of physical borders,

we can measure the greatness of a nationin the same way.

By the contributions, they have done to their people, to the world, to mankind.

And by their generosity,

how their ideas have benefited the human race,

how a nation treats its poorest and weakest people who deserve and expect good support from their nation.

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Today's Mission:

Christ joined the Jews and the Gentile by His Blood, offering citizenship into a New Nation; a New Humanity.

We miss this so often today in the battle of our own identity.

We must be Christ Followers First in all things.

Pastor Thomas

Application

A great nation recognizes the individual above every other creature or organization.

Groups of individuals (e.g.

corporations or governments) rank below the individual.

The government's sole purpose is to protect the individual from force, fraud, and any disaster.

A nation where people are free to trade for their mutual benefit is a great nation.

In such a nation, people happily serve one another.

To build a great nation,

We must have a vision of what our nation would look like even before we start building it.

A Great nation doesn’t build in a day.

It takes years, decades and generations even,

but if we have a clear vision of what we want,

we can build on the foundations laid by others

and pass on the baton to the next generation when our time has expired.

Application

today we celebrate the Sacrifice of Christ to Reconcile and Join together a new nation

The Church

Our text today is Totally about the forming of a NEW Nation

not Jew or Gentile but CHRISTIAN

About centering the reason for life from self, or nation to CHRIST and HIS CHURCH

Application

the United States -- united individual states under the constitution

we have courts and legal systems to ensure that we interpret the constitution with the Goal of UNIFICATION

There is likely an argument that this is a lot of our problem in our Country and our church today

People or groups seeking to bend the constitution to their ways for selfish means We are losing the focus on GOD -- on GOD's Word -- On asking God first and seeking HIS truth and direction

We need a TRUTH, SPIRITUAL, Recentering RIVIAL

We can make a difference.

We act like a CHRIST FOLLOWER -- A citizen of Heaven first

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We must be Christian First in All Things

Pastor Thomas

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His Blood Unifies

Bible Passage

Ephesians 2:11-12 (ESV - English Standard Version)

11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—

12remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Application

If we look at the address in this verse it it to YOU GENTILES

and i would suggest we make a duality in our message today