Don’t Forget What Has Happened
Have you ever in a conversation had someone say to you, “Remember when ...” in an effort to call to your mind a past event. Perhaps you have said, “No, I don’t remember that,” to which the other person may have responded, “Oh sure you do. It was the time when this or that happened.” You may then have responded, “Oh, yes, I do remember that.” God often calls upon His people to remember various things:
a. “Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt . . .” (Exodus 13:13).
b. “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8).
c. “Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me” (Isaiah 46:9).
d. “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19).Our text tonight begins with Paul calling upon the Christians in Ephesus to remember where they had come from in order that they might appreciate more fully the many spiritual blessings they now enjoyed in Christ. “Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—” (Ephesians 2:11, NASB95)