I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND
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EPHESIANS 2:11-14
EPHESIANS 2:11-14
11 Therefore 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—
12 remember 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.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
We were on our annual Christmas trek to Chicago. Each year we brought our family to spend time with Grandpa and Grandma and visit the museums. This year we decided to finish our Christmas shopping at suburban Woodfield Mall. In the midst of all the fun and excitement, one of us noticed that little three-and-a-half- year-old Matthew was gone. Terror immediately struck our hearts. We had heard the horror stories: little children kidnapped in malls, rushed to a rest room, donned in different clothes and altered hairstyle, and then swiftly smuggled out, never to be seen again...We split up, each taking an assigned location. Mine was the parking lot. I'll never forget that night--kicking through the newly fallen snow, calling out his name at the top of my lungs. I felt like an abject fool, yet my concern for his safety outweighed all other feelings.
Unsuccessful, I trudged back to our meeting point. My wife, Martie, had not found him, nor had my mother. And then my dad appeared, holding little Matthew by the hand. Our hearts leapt for joy. Interestingly enough, Matthew was untraumatized. He hadn't been crying. To him, there had been no problem. I asked my father where he had found him. "The candy counter," he replied. "You should have seen him. His eyes came just about as high as the candy. He held his little hands behind his back and moved his head back and forth, surveying all the luscious options." Matthew didn't look lost. He didn't know he was lost. He was oblivious to the phenomenal danger he was in. This is a candy-counter culture, where people who don't look lost and don't know they're lost live for consumption.
Joseph M. Stowell, Moody Monthly, December, 1989, p. 4.
1-THE REMEMBRANCE.
1-THE REMEMBRANCE.
A-GENTILES WERE ONCE SEPARATED FROM CHRIST.
A-GENTILES WERE ONCE SEPARATED FROM CHRIST.
11 Therefore 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—
11 Therefore 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—
12 remember 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.
EPHESIANS
EPHESIANS
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”
3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,
4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
B- WE ALL WERE ONCE WITH NO HOPE.
B- WE ALL WERE ONCE WITH NO HOPE.
12 remember 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.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2-THE BLOOD.
2-THE BLOOD.
A-WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
A-WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
HEBREWS
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
REVELATION
B-WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
B-WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
3-THE PEACE.
3-THE PEACE.
A-CHRIST IS OUR PEACE.
A-CHRIST IS OUR PEACE.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
B-THERE IS NO DIVISION THROUGH CHRIST.
B-THERE IS NO DIVISION THROUGH CHRIST.
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.