Paul's Powerful Prayer | Ephesians 1:15-23 | Pastor John Miller

now we're going to read verse 15 to verse 23. i know there's a lot of verses but i want you to follow with me in your bible paul's prayer it starts in verse 15. wherefore i also after i heard of your faith paul says in the lord jesus and your love unto all the saints i cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you and here it is in my prayers that the god of our lord jesus christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge of him that's the petition by the way that the eyes of your understanding might be enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his calling what is the riches of his glory of his inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in christ when he raised him from the dead verse 20 and set him at his own right hand in heavenly places far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come and he has put all things under his feet given him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body the fullness of him that filleth all in all so far in ephesians chapter 1 we've seen two things paul was praising god verses 3 to 14 from whom all blessings flow he said blessed be the god and the father of our lord jesus christ which hath blessed us with all the blessings of the spirit in heavenly places so there was really beginning in verse 3 down to verse 14 as i pointed out was one long sentence in the greek and it was delineating the blessings that ours in christ and i have emphasized the importance of knowing that when you become a christian these are all guaranteed blessings that all believers possess not just the super saints but saints period so he goes now from praising god for his blessings to actually praying to god that he would get us an understanding of those blessings and that we would comprehend those blessings that we would grab a hold of those blessings and that we would experience those blessings in our lives and again it's interesting from verse 15 to verse 23 that we just read one long sentence in the greek language one long sentence so there's two long sentences comprise all of ephesians chapter one paul's prayer was that we would know by experience the blessings that are ours in christ as i've always emphasized you can't enjoy what you don't know you have if you don't know what is yours in christ then you can't appropriate it and you can't enjoy it so it starts with knowing your position in christ knowing your blessings in christ and knowing that in christ you have everything you need i love the colossians pastor where paul says in him that is in christ you are complete that you are fully rigged as a ship ready to sail it's a nautical term so in christ we're all complete and we need to know what blessings we have and we need to begin to draw from them so what paul does is paul begins to pray now as we started ephesians i pointed out that it's one of his prison epistles so paul might not be out preaching in the public but paul could pick up his pen and paul could get on his knees you know it's interesting that when paul was in prison he resorted to his pen and his prayers so paul would be preaching he would be writing or he would be praying now you might say well i can't preach like paul and i can't write like paul and i'm not an apostle like paul but guess what you can get on your knees and you can pray like paul the apostle and you can't stop that any place anytime anywhere you might even lose your ability to speak but you can still groan in the spirit you can still talk to god you might be in a prison you might be in a hospital you might be in an icu war you might be flat on your back maybe you're watching at home right now maybe you're sick with covid or some other issue you can pray you can intercede you can move the hand of god in your behalf by praying mighty prayers e.m bound said corporate prayer like might like little drops form a mighty ocean which defy resistance i really think that one thing is important for us as believers is to understand the power of united prayer that we as the body of christ unite together we pray for our spiritual leaders we pray for our church for our community we pray for our nation we pray for unbelievers and family members so paul resorted to the power of prayer now there's three things i want to point out let me give you my outline and it'll appear on the screen one at a time we're going to look in verses 15 to 16 at the purpose of paul's prayer and then in verse 17 to verse 19 i want to look at the petitions of paul's prayer and then verse 20 to verse 23 we want to look at the proof of god's power so he's paying that we might know what we have in christ and then he says there's a power available for us to tap into and be able to live out now first of all in verse 15 and 16 we have the purpose of paul's powerful prayer why did paul pray notice it wherefore i also after i heard of your faith in the lord jesus and i heard of your love to all the saints that's what caused me to give thanks and making mention of you in my prayers so that wherefore indicates that what paul has already just finished talking about motivated him to pray but then he mentions two things that motivated him to prayer in the text number one that they trusted the savior verse 15 faith and that they treated the saints lovingly so they were faithing they were putting their faith in christ which is a description of a true believer and they were loving other believers look at it in verse 15. he says after i heard of your faith in the lord jesus now these are two very fundamental basic aspects of the christian life the christian life involves faith in jesus christ when we get to chapter 2 verse 8 and 9 that classic passage by grace you have been saved through what is through faith and that not of yourself it is a gift of god not of works lest any man should both so the christian life begins in faith it continues in faith and it comes to its conclusion in faith so the bible says the just shall live by what by faith not by feelings not by sight but by faith now faith is simply trusting and putting your belief in jesus and that finished work on the cross where jesus died for you he was buried and he rose again we're going to look at the resurrection ascension and exaltation of christ in this passage so our faith is not in man our faith is not in a religious system our faith is not in our good works or good deeds we don't put our faith in our water baptism or our catechism we don't put our faith in the clothes we wear our religious garbage or our activity our good works our faith is in jesus christ amen my faith is on christ and christ alone he's that solid rock and we don't bring anything we don't offer anything we just trust him we put our faith and trust in him and him alone that is a description of a christian there in verse 15. your faith and your faith is in the lord jesus christ and then that true genuine faith resulting in regeneration or salvation produces a love now the greek word love there and we'll talk more about them when we get to husbands and wives and ephesians chapter five but it's a greek word ago or agape so it's a sacrificial self-denying giving love it's a divine fervent spiritual love so you agape unto all the saints now i chuckle a little bit when i read that because he did include the word all there someone said to live above with the saints in love that will be glory but to dwell below with some of the saints i know that's another story did he have to put all the saints yes all the saints and some are not that lovely some are not that lovable but god's love shut abroad in our hearts goes out to all believers amen jesus said by this shall all men know that you are my disciples and that you have what love one for another so the christian life is actually faith in jesus christ and then love toward others so you have the god word aspect of your christian life faith in christ and then the man word aspect love for others when you become a christian the mark of your salvation evidence of the mirth mark of the believer is love i've met some christians to go well i'm a christian but i'm not one of the loving kind i'm not a loving christian well that's an oxymoron it's a mark of a believer how can you say you love god you've never you've never seen but you love not your brother whom you have seen how can you say to your brother in need eat drink be warm and then not take care of their needs not show them love so he says i i when i heard about your faith in jesus and i heard about your love to all the saints and we should certainly love one another he said i did two things i cease not to give thanks verse 16 and i cease not to mention you in my prayers so they had faith and love and it motivated it stirred paul's heart to be thankful and prayerful i wonder when you think about other believers are you thankful for them paul wrote to the philippians he said thank god upon every remembrance of you so it's wonderful when you can live such a life in christ that others think about you it brings a smile to their face certainly hopefully not a frown amen that they're thankful to god for your life and thankfulness led to prayerfulness so i mention you in my prayers you know many times i believe that god the holy spirit will put someone on your heart we use that expression the lord put you on my heart and i believe that god does that for us to pray for one another so if the lord puts me on your heart you can pray for me if the lord puts you on my heart i will pray for you so we need to be praying whenever someone comes to mind or thought about another individual be thankful for them and be prayerful for them and you can use this prayer that we're going to examine as indeed a marvelous pattern so they were trusting the savior and they were treating the saints in love paul thanks and is thinking and praying about them but he gives us a pattern beginning now in verse 17 to 19. this is really the petition and the petition is here in verse 17 to 19 of paul's prayer that now notice these key phrases that and then notice the phrase in verse 18 what and what and then again in verse 19 what those are indications of the petitions that he's having now i happen to believe that there's really only one main petition and that it appears in verse 19 and he prays that the god of our lord jesus christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him then everything else after that is actually a breakdown of that petition so he makes the petition and then he breaks it down as to the content of that petition and what did paul pray for let me tell you what he didn't pray for before we unpack these verses he didn't pray that they would have material blessings or lots of wealth and possessions now there's nothing wrong with praying for health there's nothing wrong with praying for wealth and provision in the will of god but i would note that when jesus gave us what is called the lord's prayer the pattern for prayer he said give us this day our what do you notice he didn't say caviar which i don't eat i don't understand why people pay all that money for fish eggs just give me an in and out burger i'm fine he didn't pray for our steak he prayed for bread which is a basic substance of life god is going to provide your needs but not your greeds now he may bless you financially and maturely and physically but there are whole segments of christianity today they're all about wealth and health and that's all they focus on you would think that they find prayers in the bible it's all about healing and it's all about prosperity and i note here that paul went to the heart of the matter because i think that if you are right with god and god gives you an understanding into the spiritual blessings that are yours in christ then you're not going to necessarily be hung up on your wealth or your health or those kind of things your focus is going to be your walk and relationship to god so it wasn't for health it wasn't for a new job which is a legitimate thing to pray for it wasn't for the family problems it wasn't that pray for me i'm in jail that i can get out send me a cake with a file in it or something like that he was praying for their spiritual lives so we need to keep the priority of prayer the priority of prayer is knowing god is walking in fellowship with god as being in communion with god and is growing in your grace and knowledge of our lord and savior jesus christ so what does paul pray for in verse 17 to 19 he prays that they would know by experience what they already have notice that i read in verse 17 that the god of our lord jesus christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation and notice this key word in verse 17 knowledge of him the word knowledge in verse 17 is a unique greek word is the greek word epignosis the word canosis or no or gnosis and the word epic and be front of the epi means an overflowing unabounding experiential knowledge it's not just having information about god it's having an experience with god so he's not just praying that you would intellectually know about god the goal of bible study is not enlightened an informed uh mind it's a transformed character and so that's what he's praying for that you don't just know about god there's all these people we know all about famous people but we may not know them personally so he said i want you to know god epignosis and a full experiential knowledge there's a difference between knowing about a person and knowing a person now who paul prays to notice it in verse 17 he says the god of our lord jesus christ who's called the father of glory two interesting titles for god the god of our lord jesus christ and he's the father of glory now some people are a little bit freaked out by this title the god of our lord jesus christ how do you have the god of our lord jesus christ if jesus christ is himself god how do you have the god of jesus if jesus himself is god great question i'm glad you asked it and here's what i believe to be the answer there may be more involved but this is my best shot is that it's speaking of the fact that christ became incarnate it's speaking of his humiliation philippians chapter 2 when he emptied himself and took on him the form of a servant so you need to understand that being in the form of god he thought equality was god not something to hold on to but he emptied himself or humbled himself and took on him the form of a servant so it speaks of him laying aside the manifestation of his divine nature not his divine nature nowhere does the bible teach that jesus gave up being god that's impossible one of the attributes of god is that he is immutable he never changes so if jesus is god he's always god always will be god and he'll never change but he took on humanity and he prayed to his father in heaven and he prayed that he would be obedient and submissive to the father's purpose and plan for his life so in the sense of his relationship to his father in his time of humiliation and incarnation is where this title comes the god of our lord jesus christ and then he's called the father of glory he himself is full of glory himself is taking his people to glory and one day we will share in his glory in heaven what a glorious hope and future that is for the believer so he asked for the spirit of wisdom and revelation verse 17. then he asked that the eyes of their understanding might be enlightened verse 18. so he wanted them to have the spirit of wisdom i believe that's the holy spirit that the spirit of god takes the word of god and reveals god to us in his word and then the revelation that he reveals himself to us and then our eyes of our understanding the phrase eyes there is actually a reference to what we call the heart and in the bible this reference to the heart and some translations use that the heart of your understanding refer to the real you the real person not just the physical organ of the heart but your mind your emotion and your will or your whole inner being and personality that you have the spiritual understanding of heart so the heart is your mind your emotions and your wills so the spirit of god uses the word of god to give us wisdom and understanding and to transform the inner man so someone put it like this to know god personally is salvation write down john 17 verse 3 this is eternal life that they might know thee the only true god and jesus christ whom has sent and then secondly to know god increasingly is sanctification write down philippians chapter 3 and verse 10 paul said that i might know him by the way that is a classic standout cross-reference for this text tonight philippians 3 10 that i might know him that i might know the fellowship of his suffering that might be conformed into his image that i might live out the resurrection of jesus christ in this life so paul was a christian had been for 30 years when he wrote philippians but he said i want to know him he wasn't talking about salvation he was talking about sanctification i want to know him increasingly so once you become a christian you need to grow in your knowledge experientially of him and then to know god perfectly is glorification first corinthians 13 verses 9 through 12. right now we see through a glass dimly but then we will see him face to face and we will be like him for we will see him as he is so know god personally salvation no god increasingly sanctification which is our present experience and to know god perfectly is glorification when we either die and go to heaven or will be all praise god raptured and meet the lord in the air and be transformed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye but let me say this knowing god as he gives us in this petition verse 17 is the answer to all life's problems so many people just kind of beat around the bush or they chase their problems around the barn and they don't really go right to god as the source of life if you know god personally and you are experiencing him growingly increasingly and one day you'll be perfect glorified saint that's the solution that doesn't mean you won't have problems oh pastor miller's saying if i'm a super saiyan i won't have any problems i'll never get a flat tire my car will never run out of gas refrigerator will never leak toilets will never overflow dogs will never dig under fences we'll have a holy ghost lifestyle no but it's the answer to all your problems is that you know god you're growing in god it's the grace and knowledge of god i believe that so many marriage problems can be traced back to your relationship to god financial problems your relationship to god emotional problems your relationship to god psychological problems your relationship to god and that we need to be right with god and growing in our walk in relationship to god now there are three truths about god paul prays for us to know in this petition and it starts with that word key word what three times it appears first of all he wants us to know what verse 18 is the hope of his calling that you know the hope of his calling that your eyes of your heart are being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his calling now basically and i'm gonna i'm gonna cut to the chase and not kind of go around all the different views and interpretations i basically believe he's talking about heaven he wants us to be focused on heaven he wants us to be more heavenly mind he wants us not to be earthbound earth focused he's praying that your heart will be open your eyes spiritually will be open that you will understand that you are going to heaven what a perspective that can bring to life amen to realize i am on my way to heaven heaven is my real home not this earth it's so important that we do that that we get our focus on heaven so in galatians chapter 1 verse 15 he says we're called by him and his grace what is the hope of our calling so the calling by the way that term calling and then coupled with hope indicate that god calls us by his grace and then his call leads to heaven or glory write down as i said galatians chapter 1 verse 15 where paul says god called him by his grace then write down ii timothy 1 verse 9 where paul says who that is god the father hath saved us and called us with a holy calling so salvation here is described as being called by god if you are a true believer you have faith toward jesus christ you have love toward all the saints and you can be you can be assured that god has called you by his grace and you've heard me quote jonathan edwards so many times you're probably getting sick of it but he said what begins with grace ends in glory so profound so god calls us by his grace and then one day we will be with him in glory he who has begun a good work in you will complete it unto the day of jesus christ so he's praying that you will understand your glorious hope of your calling that god's called you by grace and then one day you'll spend eternity in heaven in first peter 2 9 peter says called out of darkness unto his marvelous light now when we get down to verse 22 and i'm getting just a bit ahead of myself we're going to find the word church there the word church is the greek word ecclesia and the greek word ecclesia liberty means called out assembly called out group or called out people so what is a christian a christian is the called you're the called god called you you heard his voice you responded you became his child so you have the hope of heaven in your heart and he wants to open wants our eyes to be open to the reality of that hope of heaven and the perspective that we have one day we will be called to heaven someone said that he calls us to salvation calls us to sanctification and one day he'll call us up to glorification in heaven so our past calling gives us a future hope let me give you a couple other verses to write down those of you that are taking notes in first peter chapter 1 verse 3 our calling is a living hope in titus 2 13 we're going to have a calling to the blessed hope of the glorious appearing of our great god and savior jesus christ and in hebrews chapter 6 verse 11 we have what is described as the sure hope so we have a living hope we have a blessed hope we have a sure hope so we have that assurance it is the citizens of heaven someone said who make the greatest differences on earth those who are citizens of heaven and live for heaven do the most for god in this world how very important that is write down titus 2 and verse 13 and 14 where he says looking for that blessed hope the glorious appearing of our great god and savior jesus christ who gave himself that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify him to himself a peculiar people zealous of good works so we are living now holy lives producing good works because of the motivation of our future hope but notice secondly in verse 18 he wants us to know what is the riches of his inheritance so having the eyes of our understanding enlightened being given the whiz spirit of wisdom and revelation in him means that we know what is the hope of our calling number one number two we know what is the riches of god's inheritance verse 18 what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints now again there's two ways to interpret that we saw it earlier in chapter one the first way to interpret that is that we are his inheritance that actually god inherits us through the redemptive work of christ we are his chosen people where his peculiar treasure that's pretty cool to think that i a redeemed child of god in his treasure but it also means that we too are going to inherit heaven inherit god's glory so that you might know what is your inheritance that is yet future for us the inheritance that is ours go back to verse 14 of chapter one where he says that we've been sealed by the holy spirit of promise and that the holy spirit is a endowment of the future glory that is ours in christ so we have an inheritance awaiting for us consistent with the hope of heaven that is ours so we see jesus we will be like him and we will be living in heaven no more sin no more sorrow no more suffering no more sadness no more sickness no more death all the former things will pass away now notice the third expression what is the greatness of his power verse 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power now he could have just said what is his power but he piles it on here exceeding greatness of his power you know god's power is exceedingly great it is unlimited amen it is omnipotent so he's praying that we might know our heavenly hope that we might know our heavenly inheritance and then right now we might know god's power so god's calling looks back again salvation god's inheritance looks forward glorification and god's power looks around present sanctification this is paul's main focus by the way god's power to experience the blessings that are what good does it do to have all these blessings if there's no power to use them there's no power to live the christian life so the power that is available so we move from the purpose of paul's prayer and then the second is the petitions of paul's prayer and now in closing we see verse 20 to 23 the proof of god's power so you say well that's all fine and dandy pastor john god's power is available for us but how do we know that there's really power available for us the answer is the resurrection exaltation and headship of christ let's read it again verse 20 to 23 which he wrought in christ now at the end of verse 19 he mentions the working of his mighty power and the word power in the your english bible here is a greek word dunamas it's where we get a word dynamic or dynamite so he wants us to know the dynamic dynamite power that is ours in christ so that you might know the power that is yours which he wrought in christ when he raised him from the dead set him at his own right hand in heavenly places far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named so in the spiritual realm with all these rankings of powerful beings jesus is over all of them that is named not only in this world but also now which is to come and they put all things under his feet and given him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body the fullness of him that filleth all in all now i want you to note here if you're taking notes the three proofs of god's power number one it was seen displayed and demonstrated in the resurrection of jesus christ when he raised him verse 20 from the dead so god the father raised god the son from the dead by the way the bible says that god the father rose god the son the bible also says that jesus rose himself from the dead and the bible also says the holy spirit rose christ from the dead which is it all three because they're all three one god three and one so the father raised him he raised himself and the holy spirit raised him from the dead but that's powerful jesus dead for three days his body lie lifeless in the grave and then up from the grave he arose amen with a mighty triumph over his foes what a great display and demonstration of the power of god to save to sanctify by the way the resurrection of jesus christ which was a bodily resurrection it wasn't a spiritual resurrection physical bodily resurrection he came back alive is a indication that his atoning sacrifice on the cross was accepted by god the father how would we know that when jesus died on the cross that god the father accepted that atonement for our sin other than god the father raised him from the dead so it's the father's vindication of what he did for us on the cross and it sets him off as the son of god and it's a reminder that my sins can be forgiven because christ is alive a dead savior can save no one so you have the resurrection this is why paul again in philippians 3 10 said that i might know him and the power of his resurrection then it moves secondly to his exaltation notice at the end of verse 20 and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places now just a quick footnote the bible says god is a spirit if god is a spirit then how does he have a right hand he doesn't have a right hand the word right hand is a word that conveys the idea of a seat or place or position of authority and power so when you're at a dinner and you want to honor a guest you put them at their right side but in heaven jesus is given the supreme place of power and authority and honor so it's not like god has a right hand and god has a left hand when the bible speaks of the eyes of the lord or the mouth of the lord it's using human terms to describe an indescribable god but this right hand of the father indicates that he is now exalted and we miss this quite often if you want to put the little package together on the life of christ then you start with his incarnation and then you move to his crucifixion then you move to his resurrection then you move to his exaltation now if you want to add a little more to that you can go to his pre-incarnate state his eternal past then his incarnation then his crucifixion then his resurrection and then his ascension and exaltation so he didn't just go back to heaven he went back to heaven and was given authority over everything this is again philippians chapter 2 god hath highly exalted him given him what a name which is above every name that in the name of jesus every knee would bow every tongue should confess so he closes this prayer this petition by talking about the exaltation of jesus so he came from heaven philippians 2 faithful and obedient unto death the death of the cross therefore god hath highly exalted him so not just ascending him back to heaven but give him a place of honor and authority and also thirdly verse 22 and 23 making him the head of the church i'm convinced and i don't have time to carry on it the verse 22 and 23 are packed with some important doctrines of the headship of christ over his church the body it's super important to understand that so he is resurrected he's ascended he's exalted and now he's the head of the church which is his body now this is the first time in paul's epistle to the ephesians verse 22 when you find the word church and the word church has nothing to do with a building sometimes you'll drive down the street you go there's a church or there's a church or there's a church no there's a building the church is god's people called out people amen church is not a building if we don't have this building we meet in the field next door or in someone's backyard we're still the church so the bible uses the word church here as all god's people called out to form this body now one of the metaphors of the church in the bible is the concept of a body a physical human body it's also likened unto a building and little bricks put together and god inhabits it's also described as a bride and christ is our heavenly bridegroom and will be wed to him one day but it's used in the book of corinthians other passages that the church is a body and christ is the head now how good is a body without a head not very good right jesus said in john 15 without me you can do what notice he didn't say not much does that mean you can't do a lot you can do some but not a lot no without me you're a big zero thank you lord and it's the head that sends all the signals to the body you know we don't think about our brains very often but thank god for the human brain because without it you're nothing you can't think you can't talk you can't smell you can't see you can't move you can't feel you know your brain tells you to be emotional your brain tells you to cry your brain tells you to feel your brain has all these impulses in there and the greatest scientific minds can't understand the human brain and i understand the differentiating between the brain and the mind and they can understand the brain the brain biologically but they can't understand the human mind and it's because god made us in his image and likeness that's that immaterial part of man that's different than the animal kingdom you're not just a living being you're a human being and how marvelous that christ is our head that he gives all the orders he gives all the signals he gives all the directives and maybe your hand maybe your foot maybe your finger maybe you're the ears maybe you're the mouth i don't know but all of us are a part of that body and all of us needing one another we importantly need one another and we all work together to bring honor and glory to christ in the body of christ by using our gifts in love for the building up and the edifying of others amen so christ is the head of the church no human being no institution no individual other than jesus christ is the head of the church whether that be a local church like revival christian fellowship or whether that be the church universal christ is the head and he's the one that's building the church he's the one that's to be glorified in the church and it is his body notice how paul closes in verse 22 which is his body the fullness of him that filleth all in all so christ is filled and full by his glorious church i have this idea that i don't know how to express in words or even through a lot theological terms but i think in the big mega narrative of god's redemptive plan the big giant mega purpose and plan of god that is has to be revealed and explained to us it involves the church yes israel yes the nations but it's all culminates in the church the bride of christ the building of god the body of christ it fills christ it completes christ and when we get to heaven the church is gathered around the throne of god all the tears all the sorrow all the suffering all the pain all the difficulties all the hardships that we've endured in this world the church will be glorified and magnified in christ his redeem our redeemer what a glorious truth that is so when you get a glimpse of what the church is the body of christ so we need a high view of god we need a high view of scripture we need a high view of the church one of the problems in evangelical christianity today is we have a low view of the church take it or leave it we see this in the last couple years or your year plus that we've gone through with the covet thing there are people who are active members of this church that have not come back to get connected in our church since covet broke out there's no substitute for the body of christ there's no substitute for praying for the church serving in the church giving to the church laboring for the church being spent and spending for the church we have this kind of uh you know no big deal you know if it's there if i'm home i'll go to church i've got nothing else to do i'll go to church if if if i feel like it i'll go to church or be engaged no no no no no no no no it is his body he died on the cross to redeem the church i believe that god called me to pastor his church but i'm an under shepherd i'm an undershepherd jesus is the pastor of this church i'm not the pastor of the church jesus and my whole focus and goal in life is to be faithful to serve the church his body that we might be his hands extended his mouth is his expression to the world around us don't devalue or underestimate the importance of the church locally and universally so very very important i wish there were some way that i could convey or communicate how highly we should value the church it's not just christian fellowship and i go to church and i like it because the music's great and they you know have a nice worship team or air-conditioned sanctuary on these hot days it's his body it's expression of christ in the world he died to redeem the church the whole plan of god in sending jesus christ was to form the church the body the bride of christ and so paul closes with this thing of understanding god's power is available to us and we see it in the resurrection we see the power of christ demonstrated in the exaltation and we see it in the fact that christ has been placed as head of the church his body let's pray

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