God's Power in Christ
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He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens—far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
YAHWAH exercised His power by raising Jesus from the Dead!
He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens—
What power was exercised? Go back just 1 verse!
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
YAHWAH gives us this demonstration of His great power! TO raise Jesus from the dead!
This is amazing! It is surly an amazing act of the power of GOD !
TO raise someone from the dead is absolute power!
YAHWAH did it through Elijah!
The widow of Zarephath’s son (1 Kings 17:17–24). Elijah the prophet raised the widow of Zarephath’s son from the dead.
He did it through Elisha
The Shunammite woman’s son (2 Kings 4:18–37). The prophet Elisha raised the Shunammite woman’s son from the dead.
The man raised out of Elisha’s grave (2 Kings 13:20–21). Elisha is connected with another miracle that occurred after his death. Sometime after Elisha had died and was buried, some men were burying another body in the same area. The grave diggers saw a band of Moabite raiders approaching, and, rather than risk an encounter with the Moabites, they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s grave. Scripture records that, “when the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet” (verse 21).
He did it through Jesus at least 3 times!
1 - The widow of Nain’s son (Luke 7:11–17). This is the first person Jesus raised from the dead.
2 - Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:40–56). Jesus also showed His power over death by raising the young daughter of Jairus, a synagogue leader.
3 - Lazarus of Bethany (John 11). The third person that Jesus raised from the dead was His friend Lazarus.
At the Crucifixion
Various saints in Jerusalem (Matthew 27:50–53). The Bible mentions some people who were raised from the dead en masse at the time of the death of Christ. When Jesus died, “the earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open” (verses 51–52). Those open tombs remained open until the third day. At that time, “the bodies of many holy people . . . were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people” (verses 52–53). On the day that Jesus was raised to life, these saints were also raised and became witnesses in Jerusalem of the life that only Jesus can give.
By the way - Later He did it through Peter!
Tabitha (Acts 9:36–43). Tabitha, whose Greek name was Dorcas, was a believer who lived in the coastal city of Joppa. Her return to life was performed by the apostle Peter.
And by Paul
Eutychus (Acts 20:7–12). Eutychus was a young man who lived (and died and lived again) in Troas. He was raised from the dead by the apostle Paul.
Our God has the power to raise people from the dead, He has the power of LIFE and DEATH in His righteous hand, and HE alone weilds the power with all authority and justice!
By resurrecting Jesus from the dead, He demonstrates this power - a power soly associated with YAHWAH - and PROVES the ministry of Jesus!
BUT He did not JUST raise Jesus from the dead!
That would not be enough. JUST raising Jesus from the dead would make Him like the widows son, the shaunamite woman’s son, the man thrown on Elisha’s body, Nain’s son, Jairus’ daughter, Lazarus - and Jesus is SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY!
SO our Father in Heaven did not JUST raise Jesus from the grave!
Read it again - Eph 1:20
Ephesians 1:20 (CSB)
He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens—
Emphasis added!
God exercised His power by doing 2 things! Not only raising Jesus from the dead, BUT ALSO! He raised Jesus from the dead AND seated him at His right hand - IN THE HEAVENS!
YAHWAH exercised His power by seating Jesus at His right hand!
Where?
In the heavens!
Jesus is seated at the right hand of God in the heavens!
There is that word again - heavens - epouranioi! That world of supraterrestrial beings, the realm of astral powers - the world we cannot see! The Spiritual world.
And the Word of God wants us to know that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father right there! His power and authority is not limited to this world, but to all of creation - because nothing that was created was created apart from Him! He is the creator and He is over ALL OF CREATION! His reign is complete!
Listen: if your circumstances are bad, remember that God’s great immeasurable power raised Jesus from the dead - and that resurrection power is avalible to you. The moment you get saved, the Holy Spirit takes up residence inside of you - Eph 1:13-14
In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
That Holy Spirit, it is a connection with Jesus Christ - and God can come into your live, invade your life circumstances, and show you that he is sufficient!
far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father, in the heavens - and nothing escapes His authority!
He is “FAR ABOVE” ever ruler, every authotiy, every power, every dominion, and EVERY TITLE one may have - NOW AND FOREVER!
So it does not matter the government - Jesus Christ is above it!
It does not matter the popular opinion - Jesus Christ is above it!
It does not matter the military might - Jesus Christ is above it!
It does not matter wheather we are talking about the natural world or the supernatural world - Jesus Christ is above it!
And it does not matter if we are taking now, or later - this world or the next - Jesus Christ is above it!
And Check this out: Eph 2:6
He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
You know someone who is seated in the heavenly places, over all things, with the highest authority, and you have a seat there as well!
Whatever you are going through, whatever struggle you have - it does not define who you are, it does not define your life! There is nothing of this world that has the final say! You may be struggling now, but if you submit to Jesus, cry out and turn your life over to him - really submit - then Jesus will come in and change things. I promise you this because I have seen it! And it is dramatic! When you give up your throne to the one who has the aurhotity to sit on it, then Christ will exercise His authority and it will take your breath away!
YAHWAH exercised His power by putting Christ over all things!
And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church,
YAHWAH - our Father in heave - has placed everything under his feet, Just as He promised in the Psalm (8:6)!
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
What does everything mean?
Last time I checked, everything means - ALL THINGS
YAHWAH exercised His power by putting Christ over everything for the Church!
He exercised His power by subjecting everything under His feet AND appointing Him as head over everything for the church!
which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
The Church is the body of CHRIST! AMEN!
And if we are the body OF CHRIST then we must ACT LIKE CHRIST! The head is the brain - the source of all neurological movement and all function comes from the brain! So if Jesus is the Head, the brain, the control center of the body - then the body must do what the head says to do!
If the body does not do what the head says to do, there is dysfunction - chaos! It is cancer, dysorder, malfunction!
So what must we do, as the church. We have to SUBMIT to the authority of the one whom YAHWAH placed in the seat of authority - the one who has DIVINE Authority: Jesus.
God the Father has appointed the SON as head over everything for the church, which is His body. Jesus Christ, who has dominion and authority over ALL THINGS, has only been given TO THE CHURCH. (repeat this!)
That is important!
ONLY THE CHURCH can give the world a picture of what life under God’s authority looks like - but we can only do this, when we operate under HIS AUTHORITY!
And the beautiful thing is this: when we do what we are to to - when we operate under the authority of Jesus, as commanded by Jesus, THEN Jesus fills the church with His power and His presence!
so the more the church fulfills Christ’s mission, the more the church will experience His power and presence, and the more we do - and the further the impact as the church infiltrates every area of society - as ambassadors of Christ.
That is the fullness of Christ!
The fullness of Christ!
Christ fills all things in every way!
There is a God size hole in all of us. You can try to fill it with all kinds of things - people have for years in a variety of ways.
Drugs, Alcohol, sex, relationships, approval, possessions - all those things are little g - gods. The reality is that there is no one, nothing, that can fill the missing piece of you - except Jesus.
And check this our - The Word of GOd says that Christ FILLS all things, in every way. That word FILL is so powerful.
πληρουμένου plēroumenou (fill) means to make complete AND GIVE TRUE MEANING.
If a church wants to have TRUE MEANING - it must submit to Jesus and do things Jesus’ way. Which may be different than every before.
If you want your life to have TRUE MEANING - then you need to know Jesus. He MAKES COMPLETE and GIVES TRUE MEANING. It is a statement. It is not a maybe. It is not a possibly. It is not a question. It is a statement.
True Meaning come from Jesus!