Big Idea: Live in light of God’s plan to save people from all nations.
Preview of 2:11–22
| 2:1–3 | 2:11–12 |
|---|---|
| Three verses | Two verses |
| Addresses in second person | Addresses in second person |
| Remembering what you were | Remembering what you were |
| “you” | “you Gentiles in the flesh” |
| Called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision | |
| Dead in trespasses and sins | Separated from Christ |
| Following the course of the world | Alienated from the commonwealth of Israel |
| Following the prince of the power of the air | Strangers to the covenants of promise |
| Following the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience | Having no hope |
| Living in the passions of the flesh | Without God in the world |
| Carrying out the desires of the body and mind | |
| Children of wrath by nature |
Josh serves as Resident College Pastor for Faith's college ministry, Doxa. He and his wife, Pam, have three children.
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What is the church? Who are we as members of the church? Ephesians 2 tells the story of the church, the people of God. We were dead in our trespasses, living as rebels and children of wrath; but God intervened in His great mercy and love and made ...
