Ephesians 2:11-22

Message Take Aways:

1. The Ephesians experienced a closeness with the Lord because God the Father willingly made the way for salvation by the blood of Jesus—“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14

2. Both Jewish and Gentile believers now share a commonality in their mutual trust in the cross of Jesus Christ which removed the enmity between them while bringing peace between God and man—“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” 1 Tim. 2:5-6

3. The Church is masterfully crafted by God the Father built upon the Cornerstone, Christ the Son, and exists to grow into a holy temple that glorifies God by the power of the Holy Spirit—“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5