“Fellow Citizens” | January 9, 2022

I.     “The Cross”

Ephesians 2:11-15;
Ephesians 2:14-16; Col 1:20-22; 1Co 12:13
Romans 12:3-8; 1Co 12:12-14; Eph 4:4, 16
 


II.      “The Spirit”

Ephesians 2:17-18; Eph 2:13; Dt 4:7; Ps 148:14
Isaiah 57:14-19; Eph 2:17; Ac 2:39; Jer 3:22
Romans 2:21-25; 1:17-23; 4:4-5, 16; 5:9; 2:4; 10:12-13;
Romans 16:26; 2 Tim 1:10; 1Jn 2:2; Jn 5:46; Ac 10:43;
Gal 3:28; Col 3:11; Tit 3:5-7; Eph 1:7-9; Col 1:14; Heb 9:15
1 Corinthians 1:30; Eph 2:13; Ac 17:30;
Ephesians 3:12; Jn 10:7, 9, 11; Eph 4:4 1Co 12:14, Jn 4:23
John 14:15-20, 25-27; Eph 1:4-10


 III.     “The Household of God”

Ephesians 2:19; Eph 3:20; Heb 12:22-23; Gal 6:10
Mark 3:31-35
1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ro 6:5; Eph 2:13-18; Gal 3:28
Colossians 3:11; Jn 7:37-39
Ephesians 4:1-4
Philippians 1:27; 1 John 4:10-11;
Ephesians 5:1-2

​Greek Word Study:
Reconcile: ‘apokatallasso’: to reconcile fully: - From ‘apo’ (from), indicating the state to be left behind, and ‘katallasso’ (to reconcile). To change from one state of feeling to another i.e. to reconcile. (Eph 2:16; Col 1:20-22)
Body: ‘soma’: from sozo: the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literal or figurative: - body, slave, substance. A Noun meaning body, an organized whole made up of parts and members. II. Specifically of creatures, both living or dead A. Spoken of a human body, different than ‘sarx’ (flesh), which word denotes the material of the body. Specifically spoken of the Body of Christ as crucified for the salvation of man (Ro 7:4); spoken figuratively of Communion Bread as representing the Body of Christ as crucified for salvation of man (Mt 26:26…); IV. Spoken figuratively for a body, meaning a whole, aggregate, collective mass, as spoken of the Christian Church, the whole body of Christians collectively, of which Christ is the Head (Rom 12:5; 1Co10:17; 12:13; Eph 1:23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:23, 30’ Col 1:18, 24; 2:19; 3:15)
Cross: ‘stauros’: from the base of ‘histemi’, a stake or a post (as set upright) i.e. (special) a pole or cross (as instrument of capital punishment); figuratively: exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the Atonement of Christ: - cross. Noun from ‘histemi’, to stand. A cross, a stake; often with a crosspiece, on which criminals were nailed for execution. I. By metonymy, spoken of the total experience of dying upon the cross. Spoken only of Christ’s death as the atonement for our sins. (1Co 1:17-18; Gal 5:11; 6:12-14; Eph 2:16; Php 3:18; Heb 12:2)
Hostility: ‘echthra’: (from ‘echthros’: to hate, active hostility, an adversary, esp. Satan): hostility; (by implication) a reason for opposition: - enmity, be hostile (-ity). (Pastor’s note: The Wrath of God over our inability to keep the Law perfectly; Jesus propitiatory sacrifice on the cross satisfied God’s Wrath on believing lawbreakers, thus killing the hostility and bringing peace to the Believer)
Access: ‘prosagoge’: from ‘prosago’: admission: - access. Noun from ‘prosago’, to bring near. A leading to or bringing to. In NT, approach, access, admission, used always of access to God. (Ro 5:2; Eph 2:18; 3:12)
Aliens: ‘paroikos’: having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller, (alien resident): - alien, exile, sojourner. Adj. from ‘para’ (near or at) and ‘oikos’ (house), dwelling near, neighboring, one without right of citizenship. Fig spoken of the saints; as sojourners in this world (1 Pe 2:11) as strangers outside the Church (Eph 2:19)
Citizens: ‘sumpolites’:  a native of the same town i.e. Fig. (Fellow Christian); fellow citizen (Eph2:19)
Household: ‘oikeios’: (as noun) a relative, those of a house-hold. Adj. from oikos; used fig. for children of God. (Eph 2:19)