Aim: To remember from whence we have come; and the glories to which the (united) church has ascended (in Christ).
Doctrine: Gentile churchmen are raised from hopeless Godlessness, to being fully covenanted in Christ. This raising has a ''testamental'' dimension to it and a personal dimension to it.
Exegesis: The remarkable musings resurrected gentiles are to have: we need to recall that we used to be excluded from Christ and His church (vv. 11-12a); we should consider how awful ''life'' is without God (v. 12b); the redeemed can marvel at the amazing grace given them (in Christ) (v. 13).
Further application: Contextual blessings that accrue to resurrected churchmen: believers have immediate access to God, and may gain all needed strength in Christ.
Key verse: v. 13 ''But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
