Breaking Barriers, Making Peace (Ephesians 2:11-22) - Sir Gregory Thornton

Downtown Church: Memphis, TN

Central Idea: Christians tear down walls that divide to build a house that unites.

1. Our Hostile CONDITION. Verse 11-12

"You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.” Acts 10:28

2. Christ’s Peaceful CONSTRUCTION. Verse 13-18

3. The Church’s Pressing CHARGE. Verse 19-22

How to be a Peacemaker:

1. Pray: God, your will be done, and your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.
2. Forgive those who have offended us, and we seek forgiveness from those we have offended.
3. Pick up our crosses and die to our worldly allegiances.
4. Extend the grace you have been given.