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Ephesians 2

Sermon Notes:

1) Our Grave Condition without Christ | 1-3, 11-12

2) Our Glorious Change in Christ | 4-10, 13

3) Our Great Privilege in Christ | 11-22

Reflection Questions:

1. Are vv.1-3 negative? Are they trying to make us feel bad about ourselves, or are they trying to show us the greatness of God’s love and grace and mercy (cf v.4ff)? Compare v1 to Ezek 37:1-14. What does want God want Ezekiel to “know”?

2. Is there one sense where mankind is passive when it comes to salvation? (And if so, who or what is active in salvation?) Does God expect mankind to stay passive after salvation? See v.10, especially.

3. While Ephesians 3:11-19 is talking primarily about unity in Christ for Jews and Gentiles, is that same unity amidst diversity true today for Christians with different backgrounds, different nationalities or ethnicities, and/or differences of other kinds?