Made For More: From Outlaw to In-Law

Before Jesus, you weren’t just an outsider to faith—you were a spiritual

outlaw. No connection to the promises of God. No place in the family. No

future. But in Ephesians 2, Paul makes a bold declaration: Christ didn’t just

save your soul—He broke down every dividing wall and brought you home.

This message dives into Paul’s call to remember who you once were:

Christless, homeless, and hopeless. But then, everything shifts with two

words—“But now.” Not “when you figured it out.” Not “after you cleaned

yourself up.” Just... “but now”—because of Jesus.

We walk through the radical implications of reconciliation through Christ:

– Strangers become family.

– Division is dismantled.

– A new kind of humanity is born.

Paul gives us three metaphors for our new identity in Christ:

• Citizens of God’s kingdom—no longer spiritual refugees.

• Family members in God’s household—not just invited, but

embraced.

• Stones in God’s temple—not spectators in the faith, but living parts

of what God is building.

Walls that once kept us out—cultural, religious, social—were torn down

through the body of Christ. The very people who were once excluded now

form the very structure of God’s dwelling place.

This isn’t just a message about individual salvation. It’s a declaration that

the gospel redefines identity, tears down division, and builds something

entirely new: one body, one people, one home.