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We cannot forget where we came from
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in
the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:11-12 ESV
We need to remember what Jesus has done
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us
both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he
might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross,
thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we
both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:13-18 ESV
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV
We need to focus on what Jesus is building
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, [a] but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows
into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by [b] the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:19-22 ESV
