Formerly Far Off, Now Brought Near
The Lord's Day Morning October 23, 2005 Ephesians 2:11-13 “Formerly Far Off, Now Brought Near” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter two, as we continue our way through the Book of Ephesians together. Last time we were together on Sunday morning, we were in Ephesians 2:8-10, that glorious passage in which the beautiful truth of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is set forth. We saw there the Apostle Paul explain to us that we have been saved from sin, from slavery, from spiritual death, [and] from God's just condemnation; we've been saved by God Himself; it's God's grace that has saved us, and nothing that we have done or earned or deserved; and, that God has saved us from…