BY HIS DEATH

BY HIS DEATH
Eph. 2:14-17

Ephesians 2:12–14

[12] remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. [13] But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility (ESV)

In Christ we have everything we need.

Our Sufficiency is in Christ.

Growth in Christ is recognition of what we have in Christ. it is WHO we have in Christ that gives validity to WHAT we have in Christ. For when we realize Who He is it give understanding to What we have. Then our Faith is Strengthened our Love is Stable and our Hope is Sure.

There are five things that are ours in Christ by His Death.

There are many more I will just point out five from our text.

I. We have Peace - We have peace with God for Jesus Christ is our Peace. No more hostility between Jew and Gentile. Peace with God creates Peace with our fellowman.
II. The Walls of Separation are Broken Down - This may sound redundant but it is not. It is saying in the context of the passage by His Death, Christ has destroyed what divided us in the first place. If God made Peace with Jew and Gentile and left the walls up the walls would only serve to remind of the hostility. By His Death He has removed the ROOT of the offence.
III. He has Ended the Whole System of Jewish Law that Excluded the Gentiles- In the temple there was a Jewish part and a Gentile part. There were places to which the Gentile could not go. The Jews used the law to remember those strangers that dwelt among them. The text teach us, we are no more strangers, we are Fellow Citizens of the Household of Israel. We are the Commonwealth of the Redeemed. We are no longer Strangers. Halleluah to the Lamb! The old temple has been destroyed. It is not that we dwell in the temple, but God now dwells in us. God excluded the whole system. So we can't hold on to what God has destroyed. No more coming in different doors for there is only one door, and that is Christ Himself. This was Achieved by His Death.
IV. He created in Himself one new man. What does this mean? How Do we Explain this? There is Jew and there is Gentile. At Calvary He killed them both down in Himself and what He pulled out of Himself was neither Jew or Gentile neither us or them but it was a Saint?
V. We are Bonded in an Unbreakable Union. One New Man. This is all ours by His Death.


Christians everywhere must celebrate not just a Pass from Hell, we celebrate all the blessings that are Ours by His Death.

I Thank God for His PLAN of Salvation, and I Thank Him even more for the MAN of Salvation!

The MAN who not only Died for my Sin but ROSE Victorious From the Grave and Forever Lives to Intercede on my behalf.

My prayer is that we will by God's Spirit realize what is ours by His Death. and who is ours by His Death.

So that we might live in a strengthened faith that will allow us to enjoy the privileges that are ours.

They are given freely to us by His Death, so we should Marvel at the Greatness of our God and commit ourselves to live faithful and fruitful to Him as we love and serve our fellowman.

A WORD TO MY DAUGHTER

CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING AND GIFT FROM GOD. O HOW THANKFUL TO GOD I AM FOR MY BEAUTIFUL TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER KLOE BRE NAI ATKINSON. YOU MUST ALWAYS KNOW YOU ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN HARD ON YOU WITH ME BEING AWAY, HOWEVER I HAVE WATCHED GOD WORK IN YOU AND MATURE YOU TO BE STABLE INSPITE OF MY BEING AWAY. GOD IS SO GOOD. HE IS A SUSTAINER. HE IS FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE WHAT HE BEGINS. I AM SO AMAZED AT HIS GRACE WORKING IN, TO, AND THROUGH YOUR LIFE. I PRAY FOR YOU EVERYDAY TO GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; THAT GOD WILL GRANT YOU SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND DISCERNMENT TO ALWAYS SEEK TO PLEASE HIM AT ANY COST. THERE IS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON CHILDREN TODAY TO FIT IN AND BE ACCEPTED BY THEIR PEERS. I PRAY YOU WILL BY GOD'S GRACE REMAIN A CHILD WHO ONLY NEEDS GOD'S ACCEPTANCE. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HOW YOU, BY GOD'S GRACE, HAVE MAINTAINED HONOR ROLL STANDINGS AND YET REMAIN HUMBLE. I WANT SO MUCH FOR YOU AND ALL THAT I WANT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN CHRIST AND CHRIST ALONE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. LOVE YOU BABY GIRL.

FATHERS TAKE SOME TIME TO ENCOURAGE AND MODEL YOUR CHILDREN AS CHRISTIAN PARENTS. THE SHEMA SAYS IN DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9 Hear O Israel, The Lord our God is one, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH. AND THESE WORDS WHICH I COMMAND YOU TODAY SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART. YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO YOUR CHILDREN.............................
AGAIN I PRAISE AND THANK GOD FOR ALL HE HAS DONE, IS DOING, AND WILL DO IN THE LIFE OF HIS PEOPLE.

EPH:3:20

A WORD TO MY WIFE

I AM TRULY BLESSED BY GOD TO HAVE SUCH A LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE WIFE. I AM NOT BOASTING MY BOAST IS ONLY IN THE LORD. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR HOW SHE HAS SUPPORTED ME AND CARED FOR MY DAUGHTER IN A VERY TRYING TIME IN OUR LIFE. I DO NOT EVER WANT HER TO FEEL THAT I TAKE THE DAILY THINGS SHE DOES FOR GRANTED. FOR I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICLUT YEAR. YET SHE HAS MAINTAINED TRUST AND DEPENDENCY IN GOD WITH ME BEING AWAY. TIME IS FAST APPROACHING FOR US TO BE UNITED AS A FAMILY IN ONE LOCATION. I LONG FOR US TO BE TOGETHER. I KNOW MANY FAMILIES WHO HAD TO SEPARATE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. WHEN YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY THIS IS NOT EASY. HOWEVER, I USED TO SAY GOD'S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT. NOW I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SUFFICIENCY OF HIS GRACE IN ANOTHER AREA OF MY LIFE.

PROVERBS 18:22 SAYS, " HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS A GOOD THING, AND OBTAINS FAVOR FROM THE LORD." I BELIEVE IT IS THE FAVOR OF GOD THAT CAUSES A MAN TO FIND THE WIFE THAT GOD DESIRES FOR HIM. TO ALL MY SINGLE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, DON'T MARRY FOR THE SAKE OF MARRYING. SEEK GOD THAT HE MAY DIRECT YOUR PATH. PROVERBS 3:5-6 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN TO YOUR OWN UDERSTANDING IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL MAKE STRAIGHT YOUR PATH. GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED, ONLY TRUST HIM.

REMEMBER, PROVERBS 31:10, " WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WIFE?" LITERALLY A WIFE OF VALOR, IN THE SENSE OF ALL FORMS OF EXCELLENCE. THANKS AND PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN WORK OF GRACE IN THE LIFE OF HUMANITY.

I LOVE YOU BRENDA EHP. 3:20