The Call to Remember

I. ISRAEL’S CALL TO REMEMBER

A. Multiple Calls to Remembrance

1. The commandments of the Lord (Numbers 15:39-40)
2. The things which their eyes had seen (Deuteronomy 4:9)
3. The covenant of the Lord (Deuteronomy 4:23)
4. The leadings of the Lord in the Wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:2)
5. The Lord Himself (Deuteronomy 8:11, 18)
6. Their failures in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 9:7)

B. Main Call to Remember

1. The references
a. “Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage” (Exodus 13:3)
b. “[R]emember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm:” (Deuteronomy 5:15)
c. “[R]emember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee:” (Deuteronomy 15:15)
d. “[R]emember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life” (Deuteronomy 16:3)
e. “[R]emember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt:” (Deuteronomy 16:12)
f. “[R]emember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence:” (Deuteronomy 24:18)
g. “[R]emember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt:” (Deuteronomy 24:22)
2. The consideration
a. What they were—slaves
b. Where they were—Egypt
c. What God did—redeemed them

II. OUR CALL TO REMEMBER (Ephesians 2:11-13)

A. The Call Stated—“Wherefore remember” (Ephesians 2:11)

B. The Consideration Explained (Ephesians 2:11-13)

1. What we were (Ephesians 2:11-13)
a. Gentiles in the flesh (Ephesians 2:11)
b. Without Christ (Ephesians 2:12)
c. Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel (Ephesians 2:12)
d. Strangers from the covenants of promise (Ephesians 2:12)
e. Having no hope (Ephesians 2:12)
f. Far off (Ephesians 2:13)
2. Where we are—“now in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:13)
3. What God did (Ephesians 2:13)
a. We are made nigh
b. By the blood of Christ