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Paul gives some Metaphors
A “metaphor” is “a figure of speech in which one thing is laid over against another thing in order to make a comparison between the two.”
Jesus was the Master of the metaphor.
Some examples of His use of this literary devise are as follows:
“Ye are the salt of the earth,” Matt.
5:13.
“Ye are the light of the world,” Matt.
5:14.
“I am the door,” John 10:9.
“I am the good shepherd,” John 10:14.
“I am the true vine,” John 15:1.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life,” John 14:6.
“I am the bread of life,” John 6:35.
“I am the light of the world,” John 8:12.
“I am the resurrection and the life,” John 11:25.
In this passage, Paul uses three metaphors to describe who the children of God are.
These metaphors are important because they magnify our relationship with the Lord.
Let’s examine these precious metaphors together for a few moments.
Common People - “Fellowcitizens”
Ephesians 2:19 (KJV 1900)
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Paul uses the phrase “now therefore.”
This means “consequently, or because of this.”
This immediately draws our attention back to the preceding verses.
The first part of this chapter serves to remind us of who we were before we met the Lord Jesus Christ.
We were dead, v. 1.
We lived to serve the flesh and the devil, v. 2.
We are wicked to the core, v. 3.
We were outcasts from God, from His promises, and from His people, v. 12.
We were a people who were in a deplorable condition.
We were lost in our sins and separated from God.
We were literally doomed and headed to Hell, v. 3.
Now, Paul tells us that we are “no more strangers and foreigners.”
The word “strangers” refers to those who “are not of one’s family.”
The word “foreigners” speaks of those who “are sojourners in a country that is not their home; aliens.”
Those two words accurately describe who we were before we were saved by the grace of God.
As “strangers” we were always on the outside looking in.
Have you ever been a “stranger?”
Have you ever been in a place where you knew no one and no one knew you?
Maybe you went to a new school, or took a new job, or moved to a new town.
Strangers are those people with whom we cannot have fellowship.
When we are young, we are told to “never speak to strangers.”
Strangers are the kind of people you do not invite into your home.
Strangers are the kind of people you are wary of and suspicious of.
We know what it feels like to be a stranger.
We know that feeling both as people in this world and as strangers from God.
We know what it is like to go to God’s house and not fit in.
We know what it is like to feel like we are estranged from God.
We know what it means to be a stranger!
As “foreigners” we are in a place to which we do not belong.
We are in a country that is not ours.
We are separated from others by culture, by language and by nationality.
If you have ever travelled to another country then you know what it is like to be a foreigner.
A foreigner does not have the same rights as those in the country he is visiting.
They are citizens and enjoy the rights and privileges of citizenship, but a foreigner has no rights.
A foreigner travels on his passport.
He is allowed to remain in that country only by the permission of the government and he can be deported any time they choose.
A “foreigner” may know more about his host country than a “stranger,” but he is limited in what he can do.
Paul tells us that in a spiritual sense, we were “strangers and foreigners.”
When it came to God, we were “strangers.”
We were ignorant of Him and of all He could give us.
We were on the outside looking in at the blessings of God, not understanding that those very things could be ours.
We were also “foreigners.”
That is, we were around the things of God, but we did not understand them.
We would read a tract, own a Bible, go to a church, sing a hymn, etc., but we had no saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, thus we were not full citizens of His kingdom.
We had no spiritual rights or standing.
But now, because God through Jesus Christ has reached out to us and has taken us in, we are “fellowcitizens with the saints.”
That means we have changed our citizenship.
We are members of a new kingdom.
We are no longer “strangers and foreigners,” we are in the family, and we have come home.
Because we are citizens of the United States of Americas we have certain privileges, rights and responsibilities that do not belong to non-citizens.
As citizens we are under the protection of our government.
As citizens we are under the authority of our government.
As citizens we get to vote for our leaders and we must pay our taxes.
Because we have been saved by grace, we have been brought into a new kingdom.
We have a new national anthem: Amazing Grace!
We march under a new flag: the bloodstained banner of Calvary!
Because we are citizens of God’s kingdom, we are brought under His protection and His authority.
As citizens, we are no longer ignorant of God, His blessings, or of what He can do for us.
When we preach about Him, talk about Him, sing about Him and testify about Him, I know what we are talking about!
As citizens we are no longer without rights and without standing.
As citizens we cannot be deported.
As citizens we are no longer separated from God.
As citizens, we are on equal footing with the rest of the saints,
As citizens, we even have access to the King Himself, Eph.
2:18; Heb.
4:16.
Common Pedigree - “household”
Not only are we “fellowcitizens,” (a common people) but we are also “of the household of God.”
This means that we are not merely citizens of God’s kingdom; we are also members of God’s family.
When we were saved by the grace of God, we were “born again,” John 3:3, 7.
We were adopted out of Adam and into Christ, Col. 1:13.
This is a far more intimate relationship than merely being a citizen of a country.
As a citizen I can know about the King, and I might be able to meet the King, but as a son, I know the King.
As God’s children we outrank all others in the kingdom!
We have access to our Father at all times for we are His sons and daughters!
That is why John marveled in 1 John 3:1 about the
exalted position enjoyed by those who know Jesus.
Since we are His children, He has our best interests at heart.
What touches you touches Him.
Ill.
“… for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye,” Zech.
2:8.
He will take care of you, Luke 12:32.
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