Wednesday Night Bible Read - Ephesians 2

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And tonight we're coming from Ephesians chaptertwo. We're going to be reading Ephesians
chapter two. You can read alongor open your bible. As for you,
you were dead in your transgressions andsins in which you used to live.

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When you followed the ways of thisworld and of the ruler of the
Kingdom of the air, the spiritwho is now at work in those who
are disobedient, All of us alsolived among them at one time, gratifying
the cravings of our flesh and followingits desires and thoughts. Like the rest,

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we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love
for us, God, who isrich in mercy, made us alive with
Christ, even when we were deadin transgressions. It is by grace you
have been saved, and God raisedus up with Christ and seated us with

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Him in the heavenly realms in ChristJesus, in order that in the coming
ages He might show the incomparable richesof His grace expressed in his kindness to
us in Christ Jesus. For itis by grace you have been saved through
faith, and this is not fromyourselves. It is a gift from God,

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not by works, so that noman can boast, For we are
God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesusto do good works which God prepared in
advance for us to do. Therefore, remember that formerly you who are gentiles
by birth and called quote uncircumcised bythose who call themselves the circumcision which is

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done in the body by human hands. Remember that at that time you were
separate from Christ, excluded from citizenshipin Israel and foreigners to the covenants of
the Promise, without hope and withoutGod in the world. But now in
Christ Jesus you have You who oncewere far away, have been brought near

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by the blood of Christ. ForHe himself is our peace, who has
made the two groups one, andhas destroyed the barrier, dividing the wall
of his hostility by setting aside inhis flesh the law with its commands and
regulations. His purpose was to createin himself one new humanity out of the

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two, thus making peace and inone body, to reconcile both of them
to God. Through the cross bywhich he was put to death, by
which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you
who were far away, and peaceto those who were near, For through

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him we both have access to theFather by one spirit. Consequently, you
are no longer foreigners and strangers,but fellow citizens with God's people, and
also members of his household. Builton the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the chiefcornerstone. In him, the whole

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building is joined together and rises tobecome a holy temple. In the Lord
and in Him, you two arebeing built together to come to become a
dwelling in which God lives by hisspirit. Thank you for tuning in.
I'll see you here next week.