Ephesians 2

Paul continues to lay out for his readers the great lengths to which God went to provide for their well-being. God took them from death, to life, and then to living. He gave them a standing, a hope, an inheritance, a share in His great wealth - all through the finished work of His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus removed the barrier that separated God from man, as well as the barriers that separated men from each other. Men are now reborn into new creatures with a standing before God, created to show through their good works the transformation accomplished by Jesus Christ.