Chapter 2

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2:1 And you, being once dead [d] in your own offenses and disconnection from God, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the world-cosmos of this age, according to the influences of the authority of the air, the spirit now energeoing inside the sons of refusal, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the desires of the flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of its thinking; and were by nature children of angry opposition [e], just as the others.

• 4 But God, being abundant and overflowing inside of mercy through His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in offenses and falling short, made us alive together, sharing together as believers the same life with Christ (by grace, God’s presence with you, you are saved), • 6 and raised us up together, sharing together the same awakening, and seated us together, sharing together as believers, being seated in the heavenly realms inside of Christ Jesus, • 7 that He might show forth and prove in the presently coming ages the surpassing riches and abundance of His grace, in goodness upon us inside of Christ Jesus. • 8 For by grace you are saved, through faith; and this not of yourselves, rather, it is the gift of God [Himself], 9 not out from works or human performance, so that no one can boast [in themselves]. • 10 We are indeed His workmanship, His poem, having been formed inside of Christ Jesus for good works prepared out from God, out from His pro-knowing, that we should walk inside of them.

11 Therefore, remember that you used to be part of the ethnic families in the flesh, (those called “the not circumcised” by those who are called “the circumcised,” made in the flesh by hand [f] – 12 that you were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope and without God inside the world-cosmos. 13 Now, however, inside of Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have become near inside of the blood of Christ.

• 14 For He Himself is our peace, having made both Judeans and the ethnic families one [g], 15 and having dissolved the wall of division or separation, having annulled, abolished, done away with, caused to cease in His own flesh the hostility of the law of commandments publicly decreed [the old covenant], that from the two [Judeans and ethnic peoples] He might create inside Himself one new man, making peace. • 16 So that He might reconcile both completely to God, changing all from one state of being to another, inside one body through the cross, having killed the hostility inside that cross. [h] 17 Now, in coming again, He has proclaimed the gospel of peace to you who were once far away and peace to those now near. • 18 For through Jesus and inside of one Spirit, [i) we possess already the entrance into the Father.

Ruling Verse 12: • 19 So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow-citizens with the devoted ones and of the household, the family, the domestic intimacy of God, • 20 having been constructed together [as a House] upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, the joining and completion, • 21 inside of Whom the whole building, being fitted together, is increasing into a temple, devoted inside the Lord. • 22 Inside of Jesus, you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God [h] inside the sphere of Spirit.

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Gospel Comments	Notes
• Ruling Verse 5: It would not be surprising to discover that Paul repeats the meaning of Galatians 2:20 in every way he can say it, more often than any other Gospel Truth. • Ruling Verse 6: Jesus carried us inside Himself all the way into all that He is right now. Ephesians 2:6 places us with Jesus inside of God and inside of His throne (see Revelation 12:5). Jesus shares all authority with us together. • The Form for God through Jesus: Sym, sym, sym – Together, together, together – God’s Form is Life shared together. • Kingdom: Covenant is always where we stand right now, and Kingdom is always the very next step we take. And in every step forever, God’s purpose is to show to all creation His Grace and His Goodness through our shared life together. • Definition: ~ Defining “By grace you are saved through faith” out from Ephesians 1. ~ For by Christ Jesus energeoing all, the giving of God Himself into you, you are made just like the Lord Jesus Christ inside your presently dying body, through the continual speaking of God into you and you back to God in return, the confident assertion that your humanity is what God looks like, God as He wishes, His praise and glory. • Definition: Grace is knowing the Father as Jesus knows the Father; loving one another is the heart of Salvation, the place where God is at Home; and acknowledging, in our humanity, that we are the image of God, is the ongoing action of Faith. • Life: Life is every next step we take with God. Our works can be good only as they are flowing out from a shared life with God in the confidence of our faith. We are the Father’s workmanship. Making us like Jesus, that we would love one another, is His great achievement, that is, His Glory. • Ruling Verse 6: Regardless of anyone’s background or history, the same Way, carried by Jesus, consecrated by Blood, is wide open to whoever desires to draw near to God. Inside His own flesh, Jesus eliminated all former legal or covenant distinction that makes some superior to or separate from others. • Kingdom: We are created anew inside of Jesus as one together. This required humility, of receiving those we may not like, is essential to the House God intends to fill with His unending presence made known, for all come out from God, and each one is created inside of Christ Jesus. • Ruling Verse 5: Contempt for others and its corresponding exaltation of self are not found inside the House of God, for the Cross has already killed all such hostility. • Ruling Verse 6: The Way into the knowledge of God is not a solitary journey for anyone. Just as there is peace between each of us and God, so there is peace among us together inside one Spirit. Our entrance into God is a SHARED entrance. • Definition: The purpose of everything is a House for God, that He might have a dwelling place inside of creation. God cannot be perceived by any created ability. In order for God to be known, He must have a created Form that fits Him in all ways. That Form is the Church, and God is known by the interaction of believers in Jesus loving one another in daily life together. People from all ethnic families are invited to be part of this Household. The Temple itself is found inside of Christ Jesus. The key action is that we are being fitted together as God-made-visible, that is, Love, inside Spirit worship. • Speak Christ: We speak Christ that we might know Jesus Sent into us. Jesus inside of us causes us to know that we are already the Household of God, that our shared life together is already God-among-us. Thus we together call our every interaction as the Love of God flowing between, regardless.	d. Living in a false story not Christ. e. The angry opposition is humans against God. f. That is, outward form by human effort g. Paul uses the word ethnos, which means ethnic families. The word “Gentiles” is one of the worst racial slurs of racial supremacy that exists and should never be found in our Bibles. h. The hostility (racial supremacy) that once existed bwetween Judeans and all other ethnic families. Any continued distinction is in opposition to Christ and His sacrifice. i. The “we” refers to Judeans with people from all other ethnic families having already entered together into God.

Gospel Comments

Notes

• Ruling Verse 5: It would not be surprising to discover that Paul repeats the meaning of Galatians 2:20 in every way he can say it, more often than any other Gospel Truth.

• Ruling Verse 6: Jesus carried us inside Himself all the way into all that He is right now. Ephesians 2:6 places us with Jesus inside of God and inside of His throne (see Revelation 12:5). Jesus shares all authority with us together.

• The Form for God through Jesus: Sym, sym, sym – Together, together, together – God’s Form is Life shared together.

• Kingdom: Covenant is always where we stand right now, and Kingdom is always the very next step we take. And in every step forever, God’s purpose is to show to all creation His Grace and His Goodness through our shared life together.

• Definition: ~ Defining “By grace you are saved through faith” out from Ephesians 1. ~ For by Christ Jesus energeoing all, the giving of God Himself into you, you are made just like the Lord Jesus Christ inside your presently dying body, through the continual speaking of God into you and you back to God in return, the confident assertion that your humanity is what God looks like, God as He wishes, His praise and glory.

• Definition: Grace is knowing the Father as Jesus knows the Father; loving one another is the heart of Salvation, the place where God is at Home; and acknowledging, in our humanity, that we are the image of God, is the ongoing action of Faith.

• Life: Life is every next step we take with God. Our works can be good only as they are flowing out from a shared life with God in the confidence of our faith. We are the Father’s workmanship. Making us like Jesus, that we would love one another, is His great achievement, that is, His Glory.

• Ruling Verse 6: Regardless of anyone’s background or history, the same Way, carried by Jesus, consecrated by Blood, is wide open to whoever desires to draw near to God. Inside His own flesh, Jesus eliminated all former legal or covenant distinction that makes some superior to or separate from others.

• Kingdom: We are created anew inside of Jesus as one together. This required humility, of receiving those we may not like, is essential to the House God intends to fill with His unending presence made known, for all come out from God, and each one is created inside of Christ Jesus.

• Ruling Verse 5: Contempt for others and its corresponding exaltation of self are not found inside the House of God, for the Cross has already killed all such hostility.

• Ruling Verse 6: The Way into the knowledge of God is not a solitary journey for anyone. Just as there is peace between each of us and God, so there is peace among us together inside one Spirit. Our entrance into God is a SHARED entrance.

• Definition: The purpose of everything is a House for God, that He might have a dwelling place inside of creation. God cannot be perceived by any created ability. In order for God to be known, He must have a created Form that fits Him in all ways. That Form is the Church, and God is known by the interaction of believers in Jesus loving one another in daily life together. People from all ethnic families are invited to be part of this Household. The Temple itself is found inside of Christ Jesus. The key action is that we are being fitted together as God-made-visible, that is, Love, inside Spirit worship.

• Speak Christ: We speak Christ that we might know Jesus Sent into us. Jesus inside of us causes us to know that we are already the Household of God, that our shared life together is already God-among-us. Thus we together call our every interaction as the Love of God flowing between, regardless.

d. Living in a false story not Christ.

e. The angry opposition is humans against God.

f. That is, outward form by human effort

g. Paul uses the word ethnos, which means ethnic families. The word “Gentiles” is one of the worst racial slurs of racial supremacy that exists and should never be found in our Bibles.

h. The hostility (racial supremacy) that once existed bwetween Judeans and all other ethnic families. Any continued distinction is in opposition to Christ and His sacrifice.

i. The “we” refers to Judeans with people from all other ethnic families having already entered together into God.

Lesson Pages:

Ruling Verse 12: The Form for God