# Ephesians 2 Bible study questions

> We were dead in sin, and God made us alive with Christ by grace through faith. Christ broke down the wall between Jews and Gentiles and made one people.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/group-questions/ephesians-2
10 questions for a small group or a leader. Read the chapter aloud first: https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/2.md

## Start here

1. What is a gift you received that you could never have paid for?

## Look: what does it say?

2. How does Paul describe us before God stepped in? (Ephesians 2:1-3)
3. What two words turn the story around, and what did God do? (Ephesians 2:4-7)
4. What wall did Christ break down, and what did he build? (Ephesians 2:14-22)

## Understand: what does it mean?

5. What does saved by grace through faith mean? What is it not? (Ephesians 2:8-9)
6. We are saved not by good works, but for good works. How do those fit? (Ephesians 2:9-10)
7. Who were the far off and who were the near? Who might they be today? (Ephesians 2:13,17)

## Live it: what will we do?

8. Where do you still try to earn what God gives as a gift? (Ephesians 2:8-9)
9. What good work might God have prepared for you this week? (Ephesians 2:10)
10. What wall between people could you help take down? (Ephesians 2:14)

## Close in prayer

Thank God that you are his workmanship, and pray for unity across the walls in your town.

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