How Jesus Tears Down Every Wall Between Us and God

A warning sign on the Jerusalem temple said any outsider who crossed the barrier would personally be responsible for their death. Jesus didn't negotiate with that wall. He absorbed it into his own body on the cross and replaced it with himself. 00:00 The Wall That Could Get You Killed 04:00 Ephesians 2:14-18 05:30 Three Walls You Have Been Climbing 13:00 How Jesus Wrecked the Wall 20:00 The Cross Does Two Things at Once 25:30 He Did Not Build a New Door. He Became One. 31:00 Access to the Father 34:00 Name Your Wall and Walk Through the WayIn Ephesians 2, Paul reaches for the most powerful image of separation his world knew and shows us that the cross of Jesus does not remodel walls. It destroys them. And in their place, Jesus puts himself. Week 3 of (UN)PUZZLED, a 7-week journey through Ephesians at Metter Methodist Church. Pastor Allen Cason serves Metter Methodist Church in Metter, Georgia. Each week he preaches from Scripture with the conviction that Jesus is building a church of people who have encountered him, follow him, are being transformed by him, and live on mission for him. Visit us: https://www.mettermethodist.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mettermethodist #Unpuzzled #Ephesians #Sermon #MetterMethodistChurch #Reconciliation #JesusIsTheWay #Peace #Discipleship #Bible