Saturday, March 25, 2023

For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier

 Ephesians 2:1-22

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

For he himself is our peacewho has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 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, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Why?
All of us are the work of the Lord, we could be saved and become a Christian is the gift of God come upon us, not by works, so no one can boast.

We should know that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church and our life. In Him being joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. This church is not a building but a group of Christians, the followers of Jesus.

人在罪惡當中,不可能接受神。人的行為完全順服空中掌權者。人只為自己喜歡而行。神的救恩使人活過來,讓人有能力悔改歸向神。這是聖靈的工作。

接著人自己決定跟隨神,得救後,不斷顯明神的恩典,且傳承下去。

救恩的特質是本乎恩。信本身也是神在我們心裡動工,所以不是我們的功勞。行善是張顯神的榮耀。

教會不合一,在於彼此看不起。我們都是家人,教會是神的家,基督的身體。


How?

Be humble and give praise to the Lord, without the Lord we are nothing. Jesus Chirs is peace maker, makes us peace with the Lord and get rid of the sins.




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