The church: God’s new humanity

Sunday 23rd April 2023

Read: Isaiah 57:14-21; Deuteronomy 4:1-14; Ephesians 2:1-22

Sermon: Ephesians 2:1-22

Introduction: What does God mean – “church”?

Ephesians 2:1-3
The great need: what we were

Ephesians 2:4-7
God’s great response: what we are

Ephesians 2:8-10
The great result: a new identity

Ephesians 2:11-12
BC: life before Christ

Ephesians 2:13-18
AD: life in Christ

Ephesians 2:19-22
God’s new temple, humanity’s glorious destiny

Conclusion:
the community of the reconciled