Echoes from Ephesians: One New Humanity

Summary

In this sermon, Pastor Rachel Taylor invites us to consider what it means to be truly human in light of the Imago Dei—the image of God we bear both individually and collectively. Drawing from Genesis and Ephesians 2, she unpacks how injustice distorts our shared humanity and how Jesus came to restore what was broken. The message weaves biblical anthropology, theology, gender and racial justice, and a hopeful vision of reconciliation into a profound call toward “one new humanity.”

Key Takeaways

We reflect the image of God most fully not as individuals but as a collective humanity—one new humanity.

Injustice robs people of their God-given blessings, rights, privileges, resources, and responsibility—and in doing so, diminishes the full image of God in all of us.

Jesus is the only one who can restore what injustice and sin have broken; He is our zipper fixer, creating in Himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace.

Breath Prayer

Inhale: Make us one, O Christ.

Exhale: Restore our shared humanity.

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Estimated Reading Time: 12–14 minutes