Eph2:11-22, One Body in Christ

# One Body in Christ
## <span class="zh">在基督裡合而為一</span>
## <span class="ref">Eph 以弗所书 2:11-22</span>

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## Where is my **home**?
## <span class="zh">我的**家**在哪裡？</span>
## How do I find **peace**?
## <span class="zh">我如何找到**和平**？</span>

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+ Eph: past **grace** + future **hope** ⇒ present **walk**
  + ch1-3: to **know** God
  + ch4-6: to **obey** God
+ ch2a: reconciled to **God**
+ ch2b: reconciled to **each other**

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## One Body in Christ <br/> 在基督裡合而為一
+ *Without* Christ: **Former Enemies** <span class="ref">(v11-13)</span>
+ What Christ *did*: **Made at Peace** <span class="ref">(v14-18)</span>
+ *Life* in Christ: **Growing Together** <span class="ref">(v19-22)</span>

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+ e.g., 3-part **baptism** testimony

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<span class="ref">12</span>
**Remember** that at that time <br/>
you were **separate** from Christ

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**那時**，你們與基督**無關**
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+ **remember** our original state
+ JJ "perfect" angel:
  + but **sinful** nature

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<span class="ref">12</span>
**foreigners** to the **covenants** of the promise

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在所應許的**諸約**上是**局外人**，
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+ w/o **community**: Gentile
	+ the "other": 中 vs 外
	+ citizenship, belong, ID
+ how feel to be the **other**?
+ w/o **covenant**: stranger
	+ relationship, **promise**
+ e.g., **engaged** vs left over

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<span class="ref">12</span>
without **hope** and without **God** in the world

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並且活在世上沒有**指望**，沒有**神**
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+ w/o **Christ**: hopeless, godless
	+ non-Chr loved ones:
      frustrated by diff **values**?
    + We were same
+ from **far** to **near**

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## What is my true **citizenship**?
## <span class="zh">我真正的**國籍**是什麼？</span>

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+ Q: **citizenship**? group / boundary / label
+ **intra**-person, **inter**-person
+ many **hats** ⇒ wholeness, **unity**

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## One Body in Christ <br/> 在基督裡合而為一
+ Without Christ: Former Enemies (v11-13)
+ **What Christ did: Made at Peace** <span class="ref">(v14-18)</span>
+ Life in Christ: Growing Together (v19-22)

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<span class="ref">14</span>
He **himself** is our **peace**

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+ Not that Jesus **gives** us peace
  + He himself **is** our peace
+ not just saying "peace, peace"
	+ gr8 boys: "peace, be still"
	+ Jer 8:8-11 heal superficial
+ God **does** what we **can't**:
  + **creation** & **destruction**

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<span class="ref">14</span>
has made the two groups **one**

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+ Christ **did** this:
+ **made** both one
+ **broke** mid-wall of barrier, enmity
  + in his flesh (c.f. curtain)

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## Galatians 3:27 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.1/2)</span>
For all of you who were **baptized** into Christ <br/>
have **clothed** yourselves with Christ.

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你們**受洗**歸入基督的<br/>
都是**披戴**基督了
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## Galatians 3:28 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.2/2)</span>
There is neither **Jew** nor **Greek**, <br/>
there is neither **slave** nor **free** man, <br/>
there is neither **male** nor **female**; <br/>
for you are all **one** in Christ Jesus.

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並不分**猶太**人、**希利尼**人，<br/>
**自主**的、**為奴**的，或**男**或**女**，<br/>
因為你們在基督耶穌裡<br/>
都成為**一了**
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+ **nullified** law
  + of commands in dogma
  + emptied it of **power**
  + (Ro3:31 faith null law?)
+ (Gal3:16-17 promises to seed)
	+ (:22-25 Law → Christ)
	+ (:26-29 no Jew/Greek: heirs)

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<span class="ref">16</span>
in **one body** to reconcile **both** of them <br/>
to **God** through the cross

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便藉這十字架使兩下歸為**一體**，<br/>
與**神**和好了，
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+ **so that** He may:
+ **create** one new person
  + (c.f. marriage)
  + **making** peace
+ **reconcile** both to God
  + **killing** the enmity

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## Isaiah 57:15 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.1/3)</span>
I live in a **high** and **holy** place, <br/>
but also with the **contrite** and **lowly** in spirit, <br/>
to **revive the spirit** of the lowly <br/>
and to **revive the heart** of the contrite.

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我住在**至高至聖**的所在，<br/>
也與心靈**痛悔謙卑**的人同居；<br/>
要使謙卑人的**靈甦醒**，<br/>
也使痛悔人的**心甦醒**
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## Isaiah 57:19 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.2/3)</span>
**Peace, peace**, to those far and near,” <br/>
says the Lord. “And I will **heal** them.”

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+ both **far** and **near**
+ **access**/approach in one spirit
+ but peace **not** for everyone!

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## Isaiah 57:21 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.3/3)</span>
"There is **no peace**,” says my God, <br/>
“for the **wicked**.”

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+ God makes a **distinction**:
+ peace **only** to the **contrite**
+ must **repent**, ask for healing

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## Am I at **peace**?
## With **others**, **self**, and **God**?
## <span class="zh">我面對**別人**, **自己**, **上帝**時, 心中有**平安**嗎？</span>

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+ How do you **obtain** peace?

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## One Body in Christ <br/> 在基督裡合而為一
+ Without Christ: Former Enemies (v11-13)
+ What Christ did: Made at Peace (v14-18)
+ **Life in Christ: Growing Together** <span class="ref">(v19-22)</span>

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<span class="ref">19</span>
You are no longer **foreigners and strangers**, <br/>
but **fellow citizens** with God’s people

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你們不再作**外人和客旅**，<br/>
是與聖徒**同國**
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+ **aliens** → fellow **citizens**
+ **not** of household → **household**
+ Ro9:25-26 (q. Ho1,2) *Lo-Ammi*

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<span class="ref">20</span>
built on the **foundation** <br/>
of the apostles and prophets, <br/>
with Christ Jesus himself <br/>
as the **chief cornerstone**.

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並且被**建造**在<br/>
使徒和先知的根基上，<br/>
有基督耶穌自己為**房角石**，
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+ **house**, harmony, plant
+ *foundation*: **laid** by apostles
  + (1Co3:9-11 foundation is Christ)
+ **capstone** is Christ *(Ro9:30-33)*
	+ 1Pe2:4-6 Living stone
	+ :9-10 people of God

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<span class="ref">22</span>
And **in him** you too are being **built together** <br/>
to become a **dwelling** <br/>
in which **God lives** by his Spirit.

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你們也靠他**同被建造**，<br/>
成為神藉著聖靈**居住**的所在。
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+ What good is it to have
  + church **programs**
  + but no **Christ**?
+ **unity** in Christ ⇒
  + where Christ **dwells**
+ ⇒ **Bethel**: house of God

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## Are **we** growing into a **Bethel**?
## <span class="zh">我們在成長成一個 <br/> **神的家**嗎？</span>

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+ Former **Enemies**
+ Made at **Peace** in Christ
+ **Growing** Together into a House of God
+ close by reading v21-22:

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## Ephesians 2:21 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.1/2)</span>
**In him** the whole building is **joined together** <br/>
and rises to become a **holy temple** in the Lord.

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各房靠他聯絡得合式，<br/>
漸漸成為主的**聖殿**。
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## Ephesians 2:22 <span class="ref">(NIV) (p.2/2)</span>
And **in him** you too are being **built together** <br/>
to become a **dwelling** <br/>
in which **God lives** by his Spirit.

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你們也靠他**同被建造**，<br/>
成為神藉著聖靈**居住**的所在。
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