A Demonstration If You Please
Ephesians 1:20-23
1. God’s Power is Demonstrated in the Resurrection! (Vs. 20, 1 Cor 15:54-55)
a. 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?”
2. God’s Power is Demonstrated in Authority!
a. It is Universal in Scope and Location. (Vs. 21, 1 Cor 15:27-28)
i. 1 Corinthians 15:27-28, “For God has put everything under his feet. Now when it says “everything” is put under him, it is obvious that he who puts everything under him is the exception. When everything is subject to Christ, then the Son himself will also be subject to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.”
b. It is Timeless. (Vs. 21b, Heb 1:8)
i. Hebrews 1:8, “but to the Son: Your throne, God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.”
3. God’s Power is Demonstrated in His Church!
a. He is the Head. (Vs. 22)
b. He is Everything. (Vs. 23)
i. Ephesians 4:7, “Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”