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Ephesians 2:19-22
The Two Realms
Eph. 2:2 you formerly walked according to the course of
this world…
The Two Realms
Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand so that we would walk in them.
The Significant Realm Is:
New
Position
New Position
Standing with God
New
Condition
New Condition
Effects
 New
Position (standpoint)
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but
you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of
God's household, having been built on the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself
being the corner stone, in whom the whole building,
being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in
the Lord, in whom you also are being built together
into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Eph. 2:19-22
 New
Position (standpoint)
 New Kingdom
○ Privileges
○ Protection
So then you are no longer
strangers and aliens, but you are
fellow citizens with the saints…
 New
Position (standpoint)
 New Kingdom
 New Household
○ Intimacy
…with the saints, and
are of God's household
 New
Position (standpoint)
 New Kingdom
 New Household
○ Intimacy
○ ACESS!
…with the saints, and
are of God's household
 New
Position (standpoint)
Matthew 6:26 Look at
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the birds. They don’t
 New Household
…with
the saints,
and
plant
or harvest
or store
○ Intimacy
are in
of barns,
God's household
food
for your
○ Access
heavenly Father feeds
○ God’s Concern
them. And aren’t you far
more valuable to him
than they are?
 New
Position (standpoint)
 New Kingdom
 New Household
 New Kind of Building
foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Christ Jesus
Himself being the corner
stone,
in whom the whole building,
being fitted together, is
growing into a holy temple in
the Lord,
in whom you also are being
built together into a dwelling
of God in the Spirit.
 New
Position (standpoint)
 New Kingdom
 New Household
 New Kind of Building
○ A community of closeness
…you also are being built
together into a dwelling of
God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 3:1-5 When I think of all this, I,
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the
benefit of you Gentiles . . .
 New Kingdom
Ephesians
is God
assuming, by 3:6-7
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you know
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meplan:
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of
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Gentiles and
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grace tothe
you Good
Gentiles.
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I briefly wrote earlier, God himself
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share equally in the
revealed his mysterious plan to me.
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promise
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blessings
because
generations, but now by his Spirit he has
they
belong to Christ Jesus.
revealed it to his holy apostles and
prophets.
 New

Position
Ephesians 3:1-5 As I briefly wrote
 New Position
earlier, God himself revealed his
mysterious plan to me. …God did not
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reveal it to previous generations, but
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now by his Spirit he has revealed it to
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his holy apostles and prophets.
 New
Condition
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
○ Jesus is in control of history!
 New
Position
 New Kingdom
 New Household
 New Kind of Building
 New
Condition
Ephesians 3:1 When I think of
all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of
Christ Jesus…
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
○ Jesus is in control of history!
○ Even our personal tragedies!
 New
Position
 New
Condition
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s masterpiece.
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He has created us anew in
 New Household
Christ Jesus, so we can do the
 New Kind of Building good things he planned for us
long ago.
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
○ Jesus is in control of history!
○ Even our personal tragedies!
○ Living purpose-filled lives!
Ephesians 3:7-9
…of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of
God's grace which was given to me according to the
working
New Position
of His power. To me, the very least of all saints,
this
graceKingdom
was given, to preach to the Gentiles the
 New
unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is
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the administration of the mystery which for ages has been
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of Building
hidden
in Kind
God who
created all things.
 New
Condition
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
 Glory: Stewards of God
Ephesians 3:9-10 to bring to light what is the
administration of the mystery which
for 4:4
ages
1 John
2:2 the
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New
Position
…greater
has
hidden in God who
createdisallHe who
prince
of been
the power
is in you than he
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Kingdom
things;
of the air…
who
is
in the
world.
so
that
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God
might
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nowKind
be made
known through the church to
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of Building
the rulers and the authorities in the
 New
Condition
heavenly
places.
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
 Glory: Stewards of God
○ Each of us carries great authority
Ephesians 3:11-12 This was in accordance with
 New Position
the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ
Jesus
New Kingdom
our Lord,
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Household
whom
we have boldness and confident
through
faith in Him.
access
New Kind
of Building
 New
Condition
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
 Glory: a Stewardship
 Power: we have answers!
Ephesians 3:11-12 This was in accordance with
 New Position
the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ
Jesus
New Kingdom
our Lord,
inNew
Household
whom
we have boldness and confident
through
faith in Him.
access
New Kind
of Building
 New
Condition
 Hope: the Mystery Revealed
 Glory: a Stewardship
 Power: we have answers!
New Position / Condition Means

New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 A “New History”
 A New “Constitution”
○ Rights to Free Choice!
○ Protection in Foreign Lands
 A Whole New Direction
○ Towards God, Other People, etc.
New Position / Condition Means
New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 New Glory: Something to Share & Give

Ephesians 3:9-10 …to bring to light what is the
administration of the mystery which for ages has
been hidden in God who created all things;
so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be
made known through the church to the rulers and
the authorities in the heavenly places.
New Position / Condition Means
New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 New Glory: Something to Share & Give
 New Power: New Relationships

 Christ in You
Ephesians 3:14-17 For this reason I bow my knees before the
Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives
its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His
glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in
the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith…
New Position / Condition Means
New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 New Glory: Something to Share & Give
 New Power: New Relationships

 Christ in You
 Your fellow-bricks!
Ephesians 3:18-19 …may be able to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that
you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
New Position / Condition Means
New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 New Glory: Something to Share & Give
 New Power: New Relationships

 Christ in You
 Your fellow-bricks!
Ephesians 3:18-19 …may be able to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
New Position / Condition Means
New Hope: New Rights & Responsibilities
 New Glory: Something to Share & Give
 New Power: New Relationships

 Christ in You
 Your fellow-bricks!
 Redeeming Others
Ephesians 3:20 (NASB) Now to Him who is able to do far
more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works within us…
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Ephesians -- Overview
New
Economy
Old
‘Course’
God’s
Strategy
Jesus Christ
The Prince
Grace
Changed
Hearts
Alienated
Hearts
Position
Burning
Hearts
The Captives
Condition
The Two Realms
Ephesians 2:2 …according to the prince of the power of
the air, of the spirit that is now working…
The Two Realms
Eph. 2:17 He came and preached peace to you who
were far away , and peace to those who were near;
The Two Realms
Eph. 2:5 he made us alive together with Christ (by
grace you have been saved),
The Two Realms
Eph. 2:12 …having no hope and
without God in the world.