The Household of God!
Ephesians 2:11-22
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles
in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the
Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye 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: But now in Christ
Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to
make in himself of twain
one new man, so making peace; And that he
might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the saints, and of
the household of God; And are built upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an
holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also
are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
The Manifold Wisdom of God
Applying the Old Testament to the New Testament Church