EXPERIENCING GOD’S AWESOME POWER – EPHESIANS 2:11-22
We can’t live the Spirit-filled life if we don’t fellowship with God and God’s people. Jesus saves individuals of all races, walks of life, and backgrounds and makes us one in Him. To live the Spirit-filled life, not only do we need to know who we are as individuals in Christ (as we learned in the last lesson), but we also must realize who we are together in Christ. In this passage, Paul explains four truths we must understand to experience God’s awesome power …
Without Christ we are alienated from God (2:11–12)
Paul begins this section: Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men) (2:11). Abraham’s descendants, the Jews, had the privilege of being God’s chosen people. Therefore, what does Moses tell the Israelites in Deuteronomy 7:6b?
