✝️ One New Man in Christ
✝️ One New Man in Christ
A dear sister — one who walks close with the Savior — sent me this scripture the other day:
“For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.” (Eph. 2:14–15)
It sure made me stop and wonder.
🧱 No More Walls
Back then, Jews had their temple courts, Gentiles were left out, and a “partition wall” kept them apart.
Paul said: not anymore. In Christ, the wall is rubble. He makes one family out of two strangers.
And here’s where my mind went: today, do we still build walls? Do we set up partitions of our own?
🏛️ Temple Ordinances vs. The Simple Gospel
I’ve learned over the years that the LDS Church doesn’t lean on the Book of Mormon as much as you’d think. Sometimes I wonder if Brigham Young even read it. He admitted once he wasn’t much into the scriptures.
But the Book of Mormon is full of plain, powerful doctrine. It points us back to Christ. And yet, instead of focusing there, we often think first of temple ordinances, rituals, and checklists.
Could Paul’s words — about Christ abolishing “the law of commandments contained in ordinances” — apply to us? Could it be that the very things we lean on for separation and exclusivity are the very things Christ came to remove?
📖 Book of Mormon Witness
Nephi saw it clearly:
“All are alike unto God” — black, white, bond, free, male, female (2 Nephi 26:33).
Jesus told the Nephites: “The law in me is fulfilled” (3 Nephi 15:5).
And He promised: “One fold, one shepherd” (3 Nephi 16:3).
The Book of Mormon doesn’t build partitions. It levels them.
📜 Nemenhah Witness
The ancient records of the Nemenhah echo the same voice:
No hedge, no wall: Zion is built open, without enmity (Tsihohnayah Ahkehkthihm 14).
Moroni’s warning: “When you divide yourselves, you are not mine” (Mohrhohnahyah 4).
One people: “The Lord shall make of many nations one people” (Hayneht Paynieht Ahkehkt 6).
The Peacemaker doesn’t patch up old divisions — He abolishes them.
🕊️ The Point
Christ isn’t just our peacemaker. He is our peace.
The law, the ordinances, the labels, the us-vs-them mindset — all gone at the cross.
One flock. One shepherd. One new man.
Maybe the question isn’t whether we’ve built temples or performed ordinances. Maybe the question is whether we’ve let Christ actually tear down the walls in our hearts.
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