Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:15

"having abolished in the flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace;" — Ephesians 2:15 (ASV)

The enmity, even the law of commandments containeth in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he

I cannot help reminding you that you must not overlook the fact that Paul will not go a hair's breadth away from Christ.

Having abolished in his flesh.

See, it is always Christ, his flesh, his blood, his life. There must always be something about him: Having abolished in his flesh.

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;

Our Lord Jesus Christ was a Jew, yet I venture to say that there was nothing Jewish about him. He was the model of what man ought to have been, and his words and his actions made him worthy to be called cosmopolitan. He belongs to all mankind. He is the man in whom all races are summed up, and when we come to Christ, there is a link between us and the ancient people of God. I do not care about Anglo-Israelism; what I care for is Christo-Israelism—to belong to the Israel of God in Christ Jesus.