081824..."Members of God’s Household"...Ephesians 2:14-22

Sermon In A Sentence:The spiritual fruit of growth & change in your individual life is primarily produced by God’s Spirit as you do life in a church community among the members of God’s household.

Ephesians 2:14-22...“For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”

Sermon In A Sentence: The spiritual fruit of growth & change in your individual life is primarily produced by God’s Spirit as you do life in a church community among the members of God’s household.

As Members Of God’s Household He Transforms Us:
-Into people of peace(v.14)
-Into a people united around the cross (v.16)
-Into fellow citizens of God’s household (v.19)
-Into a dwelling place for God by His Spirit (v.21-22)

Romans 12:18...“If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.”

Philippians 3:20...“Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ”

Hebrews 13:14...“Here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.”

1 Peter 1:17...“Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear”

1 Peter 2:11...“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul”

As Members Of God’s Household He Transforms Us:
-Into people of peace(v.14)
-Into a people united around the cross (v.16)
-Into fellow citizens of God’s household (v.19)
-Into a dwelling place for God by His Spirit (v.21-22)

Sermon In A Sentence: The spiritual fruit of growth & change in your individual life is primarily produced by God’s Spirit as you do life in a church community among the members of God’s household.