Remember - the only command given in the first three chapters of Ephesians. We're not told to fix anything, but to fix this thing in our minds. What thing? Grace.
It is by grace that we, who were far away from God and without any hope, have been brought near, boldly before the throne, as if we belong there - and we do - in Christ. Grace in Christ made peace between people and between people and God. All have the same access into His temple, through the torn veil, by faith in Christ's death for us.
If we continue remembering that we began by grace, we are more likely to continue in grace (2:19-22). We continue together as the family He has made us: I belong and I'm needed. We continue founded on His word, that that is centered in Christ himself - its all about Him. Together, by His word, we are formed into a growing temple.
The thing that joins us together and which together we must join in is God's grace in Christ!Trophimus was denied access to the temple (Acts 26), but by grace he is now not only in, he is actually part of the true temple, where God dwells.
And by grace, so are we.
Don't forget it.
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