...supplications at a distance from the very and immediate presence of the Lord. " But in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ He hath made both (Jew and Gentile) one, .... and hath broken down the middle wall of partition:...

...of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and all nations flow unto it. Ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ."* As by him are saved Abel and Enoch, Abraham and David, Peter and Paul, he connects in...

...covenant of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, he says, ' But now in Christ Jesus ye, who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition...

...of the indiscriminating mercy, the unlimited extension of the gospel salvation. " In Christ Jesus, rtality, and strives to extend of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition...

...rejected doctrine of the cross : but " now" says the same Apostle to the Ephesians, " in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ '." From these considerations, it is clear that this salvation is personal, and therefore...

...both one;" he of whom it is declared, in the verse which precedes the text, that "now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ" — HE is our peace; he alone is our peace; he is an unfailing peace-maker. In discoursing...

...consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh." Heb. x. 19, 20. " But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ." Eph. ii. 13. " And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and...

...such impressions. Then should we indeed become inventors of liberal things. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.—EPHESIANS ii. 13. WHENEVER our souls get at a distance from God we may rely upon it, guilt...

...wrought in their case and character, and from hence they may be so addressed, — " Now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." (ver. 13.) And again, — " Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but...

...by Him to RECONCILE all things to Himself." COL. 1. 19-20. SUNDAY. DEC. 18th. " Now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were FAR OFF are made NIGH by the blood of Christ." EPH. n. 13. SUNDAY, DEC. 25th.—" Hearken unto ME, ye stouthearted that are far from righteousness...