TEAR DOWN THIS WALL (6 OF 17)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22
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Tear Down This Wall (6 of 17)
WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 2:11-22
February 12, 2023
Please turn in your Bible to the book of Ephesians. I have the great opportunity this morning to open the Bible and teach from Ephesians. The series we're in is entitled "Who Am I?" Today we'll be looking at Ephesians 2:11-22, which describes a wall that needs to be torn down. There are walls in our lives, whether we know it or not, that need to be torn down.
Walls are structures we build for a reason. Usually, they're designed to create a barrier between us and someone else. They provide a separation between two people or two nations. There is probably no better picture of this than the wall of separation that was built in 1945 between the United States and the Soviet Union in the city of Berlin that became known as the Berlin Wall. It was over 90 miles long and stood for about 50 years. It was a symbol of the divide between communism and democracy. It kept people who were under communism away from liberty. Over the course of 50 years, more than 200,000 people attempted to break through that wall, but only 5,000 were actually successful. Thousands of people lost their lives trying to scale it because there were more than 300 manned guard towers to insure no one could cross that boundary.
Over and over again the United States sent a President to try to coerce the Soviet premiers into tearing down that wall. In 1987, Ronald Reagan spoke words that would ring down through history. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" He was standing at the Brandenburg Gate, right in front of the Berlin Wall. However, it was another two years before his words became reality. When the people of Berlin began to tear down the wall, the wall of communism also came tumbling down a few months later.
Now there are other walls that need to come down, so let's think about the walls in our own lives. In our text today, Paul speaks of "the dividing wall of hostility" (Ephesians 2:14). Th ...
WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 2:11-22
February 12, 2023
Please turn in your Bible to the book of Ephesians. I have the great opportunity this morning to open the Bible and teach from Ephesians. The series we're in is entitled "Who Am I?" Today we'll be looking at Ephesians 2:11-22, which describes a wall that needs to be torn down. There are walls in our lives, whether we know it or not, that need to be torn down.
Walls are structures we build for a reason. Usually, they're designed to create a barrier between us and someone else. They provide a separation between two people or two nations. There is probably no better picture of this than the wall of separation that was built in 1945 between the United States and the Soviet Union in the city of Berlin that became known as the Berlin Wall. It was over 90 miles long and stood for about 50 years. It was a symbol of the divide between communism and democracy. It kept people who were under communism away from liberty. Over the course of 50 years, more than 200,000 people attempted to break through that wall, but only 5,000 were actually successful. Thousands of people lost their lives trying to scale it because there were more than 300 manned guard towers to insure no one could cross that boundary.
Over and over again the United States sent a President to try to coerce the Soviet premiers into tearing down that wall. In 1987, Ronald Reagan spoke words that would ring down through history. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" He was standing at the Brandenburg Gate, right in front of the Berlin Wall. However, it was another two years before his words became reality. When the people of Berlin began to tear down the wall, the wall of communism also came tumbling down a few months later.
Now there are other walls that need to come down, so let's think about the walls in our own lives. In our text today, Paul speaks of "the dividing wall of hostility" (Ephesians 2:14). Th ...
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