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By Grace Are Ye Saved
Ephesians 2:1-22
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This song belongs to the Ephesians collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Ephesians 2: The far off are brought into the house
Death, mercy, grace, workmanship, peace, citizenship, household, temple: the Book of Ephesians keeps changing images because one picture is not enough for what chapter 2 is doing. It begins with people dead in sins yet actively walking in them, then lets "But God" reverse the direction. Salvation is gift rather than a platform for boasting, and good works return only after they have been removed from the role of earning it. The second half makes the same grace social. Gentiles once outside Israel's covenant privileges are brought near through Christ's blood, but reconciliation does not produce a favored host and a tolerated guest. Christ makes "both one" and reconciles both to God. By the end, those once called strangers are fellow citizens, members of God's household, and part of a living structure being built into a habitation of God through the Spirit.
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