Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || Through Jesus, all rejected outsiders have been reconciled & reinvented into a new family.

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CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Why do you think it is that despite all our social, medical, technological and scientific advances, our world hasnt moved any closer to unity. Even worse, it seems to be suffering from such extreme disunity?

2. READ ALOUD: Ephesians 2:13 (NLT)13 But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

Before trusting Jesus were all excluded outsiders who are without hope and without God. Describe how it feels to be brought near with God through the work Hes done rather than through the work youre doing.

3. God makes us one new people (v15). So reconciling with others from a different culture or race doesnt force us to renounce our distinctions. Instead, it forces our humble willingness to

Recognize our shared need for Jesus

Reject our own exceptionalism beyond Jesus.

a. Explain in your own words what this means for you (or why its so important).What seems to make it difficult for you to reject resist self-supremacy self-righteousness?Watch at: https://youtu.be/KU-oE9ocQIk File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/03/27/09/29/40/5e133657-69ef-4d20-ba3d-d2d8a07eb987/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20[%20Ephesians%202_11-22%20]%20New%20Family%204_9%20FILL%20INS.pdf