Devotion for Monday August 3,
2020
Topic: A Life without Christ
Text: Ephesians 2:11 – 13
A
life without Christ is miserable. That is the worst life someone can think of.
This was our case before Christ came and died for us. Jews considered all
non-Jews (Gentiles) ceremonially unclean. They thought of themselves as pure
and clean because of their national heritage and religious ceremonies. This was
one reason Christ was rebuking them of their false claims and hypocrisy.
Apostle
Paul pointed out that Jews and Gentiles alike are unclean before God and needed
to be cleansed by Christ. In order to realize how great a gift of salvation is,
we need to remember our former natural, unclean condition. This is what Paul
posited in Ephesians 2:11, 12. See Romans 3:9, 23.
As
Gentiles, we were living without any of the hopes and consolations which we now
have, from having accepted and embraced Christ as our Lord and Saviour. Paul
raised this to remind us of the deplorable condition in which we were by
nature; and nothing would better express it than to say we were "without
Christ," or that they had no knowledge of a Saviour. Therefore we
shouldn’t allow this privilege to slip off our hands.
On
the other hand, have you ever felt separate, excommunicated, excluded, and
hopeless? These verses are for you. No one is alienated from Christ’s love or
from the body of believers. You are Christ own forever if you continue to live
in Him and by His Word
Food for Thought: Ephesians 4:17 – 19
Memory Verse: Ephesians 2:12
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