Ephesians 2:11-22

Remember...

I. Alienated From Man (v. 11)

II. Alienated from God - a 5-Fold Problem (v. 12)
A. Separated from Christ
B. Alienated from commonwealth of Israel
C. Strangers to the covenants of promise
D. Having no hope
E. Without God in the world

III. What Jesus did to fix it (vv. 13-18)
A. Brought us near (by His blood)
B. Brought us peace (through the cross)
1. Man with Man (no more ceremonial ordinances dividing men)
2. Man with God (no more condemnation from the moral law)

IV. Our New Beginning (vv. 19-22)
A. Fellow citizens with the Saints (reflecting peace with man)
B. Members of the household of God (reflecting peace with God)