What We Have in Jesus

June 20 & 21, 2015

IDENTITY: A Journey Through Ephesians

Ephesians 2:11-22

 
       Our country was rocked with another tragedy this week; worshippers were murdered in their church. It appears that the horrible shooting was racially motivated. History reveals that tensions have always existed between various groups. Back in Bible times, a deep division separated Jews and Gentiles. This theme is addressed in several of Paul’s epistles and surfaces in the text we will study this weekend. I’ve always struggled to make the distinction between Jew and Gentile vivid for people today, but all the hateful prejudice in the current news serves as an unpleasant and relevant connection between our lives and what we read in the Bible. The message of Eph. 2:11-22 is that Jesus is the way we come to the Father and he is also the way we come together. Come worship with us as we learn about all we have in Jesus.