One New Man

Preaching from Ephesians 2 this week, Dion van Breda reminds us that as unbelievers we were without hope, but because of Jesus we are reconciled to God, and there is peace between us and Him, and between us and our fellow Believers.Ephesians 2: 13- 20 (NIV)But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in His flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone.