From Strangers to Saints
12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
Something happened to the people Paul is writing to in the church at Ephesus. Between verse 12 above and verse 19, something too place. At one time they were strangers and were alienated from the fellowship of God and had no hope in the world. Then, after something, they were no longer aliens. They were fellow citizens with the saints. They were members of God’s household. If you wanted to explain the Gospel to someone, these two verses might be a good start. The Gospel takes you from being an enemy of God to being God’s friend and even brother, according to Hebrews:
11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
The Gospel changes our relationship with God. We are no longer on the outside looking in, but on the inside looking up. This is thee blessing of the Gospel. From strangers to saints!!
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