“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,” Ephesians 2:14
When you hear about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, what is the first word that comes to your mind?
If you say “salvation,” and you are either an unbeliever or still a baby in the LORD, that is understandable. However, if you have been walking with the LORD for more than five years, your understanding of the Gospel should have grown beyond that. Why? Because by now, after reading the Scriptures from cover to cover, you should realize that the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not only offer salvation.
Salvation deals with the problem of sin, the wall that separated us from God. But Jesus already dealt with sin through His death on the cross. He conquered sin once and for all. Yet the greater purpose of His sacrifice was reconciliation with the Father. As it is written, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). Through our LORD Jesus Christ, we have now been given access to the presence of God. As the Scriptures declare, “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). That means you are not far from God anymore. Jesus took your sins away and buried them through His death. His sacrifice was complete and sufficient once and for all.
That is why the Scripture says:
“But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God” (Hebrews 10:12).
And again:
“Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:18).
Now, He wants you and I to walk in the access He endured and purchased for all of us, which is genuine intimacy and fellowship with the Father (1 John 1:3). Because when we remain in the presence of God, we are slowly transformed into His image. As it is written:
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” II Corinthians 3:18
Sadly, many Christians, just like the church of Ephesus, remain stuck in the mindset of “salvation” alone. Many are still trying to earn salvation by their own efforts, and the moment they sin or fall short according to the standard they have in their minds, they immediately think they have lost their salvation. But the moment you received Jesus Christ, you became a new creation.
As it is written,
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Our relationship with the Father was not established by our works but by the finished work of our LORD Jesus Christ.
You will never have an issue living a life well pleasing to the Father when you truly begin to walk with Him daily. Many of us have this anxiety about losing our salvation because we know more about our mistakes than what God has already spoken concerning us through Jesus Christ. Instead of being rooted in the truth of God’s Word. That is why the Scriptures say, “But you have not so learned Christ” (Ephesians 4:20). Sadly, many Christians today are illiterate concerning the Word of God. They know church culture, opinions, and their favorite social influencer, yet they do not truly know what God has spoken through the Scriptures. The Bible says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). No wonder many Christians live defeated lives, not because God has failed them, but because of their lack of knowledge concerning the Word of God. It is similar to someone being deceived or taken advantage of in certain areas of life simply because they are unfamiliar with their legal rights. The rights may already belong to them, yet they live as though they do not have them because they do not know what has been given to them. In the same way, many believers do not know what Jesus Christ has already accomplished for them through the cross.
Yet God said to Israel, who was constantly rebelling against Him, “Return to Me, and I will return to you” (Malachi 3:7). The God desire has always been restoration and fellowship. Abiding in Jesus is what truly matters!
Remember the parable of the vine. Jesus said, “He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Fruit is not produced by striving in the flesh but by abiding in the LORD Jesus Christ.
So why do many lives remain unchanged? Because many have never pressed into genuine intimacy and fellowship with Jesus Christ.
That is why Hebrews 6 exhorts us, saying:
“Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.” Hebrews 6:1-2
All of this listed here is centered on the teaching of salvation. But when you begin to understand reconciliation, you move forward beyond only seeing the wall that once separated you from God. You no longer see division through skin color, ethnicity, or background, because that is exactly what Paul was teaching before this verse. The Gentiles, who were once far from the presence of God, have now become fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God because of what Jesus Christ did for all of us.
We now begin to give God thanks, praise, and worship because through our LORD Jesus Christ, we now have access into our heavenly Father’s presence.
Through His blood, Jesus removed the separation and gave all of us access to the Father. No matter who we are or where we come from, through Him we have become children of God. As it is written, “Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1).
So when Paul says who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation. He is showing us that in Christ it no longer matters whether you are Jew or Gentile, male or female, because all of us were separated from God by sin regardless of our ethnicity or background. That is why, through Jesus Christ, both Jew and Gentile now have access to the Father. The wall has been removed. As Paul also says,
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:28-29
We are all one in Christ Jesus.
Have you studied the woman who bled for twelve years? According to the Levitical law, the moment she entered the crowd and touched people, she would have made everyone around her ceremonially unclean. Yet in the sight of God, everyone in that crowd was already unclean because of sin. There was only One who was truly clean there, and that was the LORD Jesus Christ.
Some would say, “Then did that make Jesus unclean?” Absolutely not! Instead, Jesus took upon Himself our uncleanness, our sins, and our transgressions so that we might receive His righteousness.
As it is written,
“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” 1 Peter 2:24
And again,
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
The woman’s uncleanness did not corrupt Jesus. Rather, His righteousness overcame her condition. The power of God flowed from Him and made her whole. That is why the woman touched Jesus’ hem, because she knew what the hem represented. Jews knew the hem represented identity and righteousness. She said within herself by faith, not by works, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well” (Mark 5:28). In other words, she believed that if she could touch His righteousness, she would be made whole. As it is written, “And by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). In Him we are complete because His righteousness is enough to make us whole (Colossians 2:10).
The moment that woman believed in Jesus, everything changed instantly. She was healed and made whole. Jesus took away the uncleanness that separated her from the people and from God. For twelve years she lived rejected and unclean, but one touch by faith changed her identity completely. Again, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
What is beautiful in her story is that after Jesus delivered her from the infirmity that separated her, He restored her identity. That infirmity is a picture of our sins. Sin is like an infirmity within us. It slowly destroys us, and in the end it leads to death (James 1:15) because we are separated from the Source of life, which is God Himself.
Yet after Jesus healed her, He called her “daughter” (Mark 5:34). “Daughter” is a title of relationship, acceptance, and restoration. The moment she believed in Him, she was no longer identified by her infirmity, but she was restored to relationship and acceptance. Jesus restored her identity immediately after healing her. As it is written, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:” (John 1:12).
Through faith in Jesus, she became a member of the household of God. Then lastly Jesus said to her, “Go in peace” (Mark 5:34). Just as Paul says, “For He Himself is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14).
That is why our walk with God should not be filled with constant fear and anxiety about salvation. Jesus already finished the work! He said, “It is finished!”
Our background no longer matters. Whether Jew or Gentile, male or female, all have sinned before God. But through Jesus Christ, all who believe are brought near and become members of the household of God.
What matters now is this: do you believe in Jesus Christ? Do you walk with Him? Do you abide in Him?
And if you truly abide in Jesus, the Prince of Peace, His peace will begin to rule your heart. As He said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you…” (John 14:27). The world cannot give this peace because the world itself is filled with fear, uncertainty, and division.
But anyone who truly receives Jesus as LORD and Savior becomes like this woman: restored, made whole, accepted, and at peace with God.
“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” Romans 5:10-11
I wanna end to this verse.
Do not try to earn your salvation, because you never could!
That is exactly why Jesus came and died for all of us, to freely give what we could never obtain by our own works.
Now be at peace, because Jesus has already “broken down the middle wall of separation. ” The separation between you and the Father has been removed through His blood. So enter the presence of God not with shame, fear, or condemnation but with boldness!
Have fellowship with God, your heavenly Father! For you are no longer a stranger or a foreigner but now His child!
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