WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.139 1, 1, 7, 4 in the red Bibles if you're using those. 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:10.660 Michael is going to focus in on the last few verses of this chapter, 00:00:11.220 --> 00:00:13.419 but Amy is going to read from verses 1 to 10, 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.960 and Shane will read from verses 11 to the end. 00:00:18.620 --> 00:00:23.719 Made alive in Christ, as for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 00:00:23.859 --> 00:00:27.879 in which you used to live, when you followed the ways of this world 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:30.099 and the ruler of the kingdom of the air, 00:00:30.279 --> 00:00:33.859 the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 00:00:34.879 --> 00:00:38.920 All of us also lived among them at one time, 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:43.379 gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:48.899 Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.899 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 00:00:53.899 --> 00:00:58.219 made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in transgressions, 00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:00.939 it is by grace that you have been saved. 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:07.599 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:16.219 in order that in the coming days he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:19.359 expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.340 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.700 and this not from ourselves, it is the gift of God, 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:29.120 not by works, so that no one can boast. 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:34.159 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.739 which God prepared in advance for us to do. 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:42.399 One in Christ. 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.819 Therefore, remember that formerly you, who were Gentiles by birth, 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:51.759 and called uncircumcised by those who call themselves the circumcision, 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.459 remember that at the time you were separate from Christ, 00:01:55.899 --> 00:01:58.159 excluded from citizenship in Israel, 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:00.780 and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, 00:02:01.539 --> 00:02:03.539 without hope and without God in the world. 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:09.060 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away, 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:11.420 have been brought near through the blood of Christ. 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:13.800 For he himself is our peace, 00:02:14.379 --> 00:02:15.819 who has made the two one, 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:20.240 and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:24.480 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.800 His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of two, 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.320 thus making peace, 00:02:30.820 --> 00:02:35.240 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:38.260 by which he put to death their hostility. 00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:42.400 He came and preached to you who were far away, 00:02:42.780 --> 00:02:46.180 and preached peace to those who were near. 00:02:46.180 --> 00:02:51.540 For through him we both have access to the Father by one spirit. 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:55.540 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, 00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:59.200 but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.379 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:05.920 with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.079 In him the whole building is joined together, 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:11.619 and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.139 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling 00:03:16.139 --> 00:03:17.859 in which the God lives by his will. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:19.279 Thank you. 00:03:20.339 --> 00:03:23.099 I'll just ask Michael to come up, 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.219 and he will expand God's word for us. 00:03:27.299 --> 00:03:27.739 Thank you, Michael. 00:03:27.739 --> 00:03:27.799 Thank you. 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:38.939 Well, it's nice to be back with you once again in Carragalline. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.039 I haven't even got my son to tell me off if I go over 30 minutes, 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:47.979 so I'll try and keep to that this morning, however. 00:03:48.659 --> 00:03:51.479 You know, it's difficult getting old, isn't it? 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