In this message from Calvary Church, Pastor Willie walks through Ephesians 2:11-18 to show that sin erects real walls of hostility between people and between humanity and God. Through his flesh and blood, Jesus Christ tore down those dividing walls, creating one new community of reconciled people. The sermon calls believers to recognize both the depth of their separation from God and the completeness of the peace Christ has secured.
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Unlock with your sermon →According to this sermon, the root cause of division is rebellion against God, sin. While differences in race, resources, religion, and resentments can separate people, it is human sinfulness, pride, selfishness, anger, that erects real barriers between people and between humanity and God.
This sermon teaches that Jesus tears down dividing walls through his flesh and his blood. In his flesh, he perfectly fulfilled God's law. Through his blood shed on the cross, he paid the penalty for sin, removing the barrier between humanity and God and uniting divided people into one new community.
The sermon explains reconciliation as both vertical and horizontal: Christ restores our broken relationship with God (vertical) and with each other (horizontal). Through the cross, those once excluded, hopeless, and far from God are brought near and made into one unified body in Christ.
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