Joiner

"Remember," Ephesians 2:11.

Who's to remember? You. You Gentiles. You ethnics. (All us who are not Jewish. All us not circumcised in the Law.) You!, uncircumcised persons, you! Remember what? You were separated from Christ. You were aliens. Foreigners. Godless. Hopeless. Hostile. Divided. In regard to what? In regard to God. To the commonwealth of God's people. To the covenants of God's promises. To hope. To God himself. But no longer! That was then, this is now! Now, you (you! even us!) are brought near. At peace. United. New. Reconciled. Citizens. Fellows. Integral. Established. Joined. God's very dwelling place. But, but how? What changed ... who changed us? Christ. The blood of Christ. Christ is himself our joiner.

We visit today with a brother or sister at peace with God and with each other through Jesus's sacrifice. And, together, we give grateful praise to God in Jesus's name.