Last week many in our church read through Ephesians.  I blogged last week on the blessings of God in Ephesians 1-3.  As we observe chapters 1-3 I found only 1 command. "Remember"! We are called to "remember" where we were before coming to know Jesus Christ (2:11).  The ESV repeats the command again in 2:12.  The picture of where we were before Christ (2:12 ESV) is not pretty:

1. We were separated from Christ.

2. We were alienated from the commonwealth of Israel. 

3. We were strangers to the covenants of promise. 

4. We were without hope and without God in the world.