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Introduction
The struggle to live called by God.
When I first read the bible I struggled with the thought of trying to be like Jesus, to live my life by his commands.
Jesus is asking me to keep His commands, this is the proof that I love Him.
Think about this, have you ever read the Sermon on the mount?
He takes the command not to murder and says in order to live this you can’t even get angry.
(Matt.
5:21)
He says that if I even look at another woman, I have committed adultery.
(Matt.
5:27-28)
He says that I need to turn the other cheek when someone slaps me, and let them slap the other side.
If someone wants to take the shirt off my back, I am to give them my coat too.
(Matt.
38-40)
He tells me to love my enemies (Matt.
43-47)
He tells me to give to the poor, and when I do, do it quietly so you don’t get credit for what you have done.
(Matt.
6:1-4)
He tells me not to worry.
(Matt.
6:25-34)
These commands seem impossible to live!
2. Then I looked at His church.
a.
I read the book of Acts, and saw the amazing things the church did.
b.
They lived all of these commands, they had passion for others, they shared Christ with everyone.
c.
The results were amazing, people were being saved.
d.
But the modern church didn’t look anything like that!
Have you ever felt this way?
Disappointed, and frustrated because you want to live your life for Christ, you want to live his commands, but they seem impossible?
How can the church possible live the commands of Jesus Christ?
How will people know us by the evidence of his love, when we struggle to show love to one another?
The apostle Paul in our passage today is going to help us with these questions.
The Greatness of God’s Power
Paul is convinced that God’s power is sufficient, it’s all we need to live our lives according to the calling we have received.
Yet, he knows we need to be convinced.
So he uses three events to prove it to us.
He raised Jesus from the dead
He made him sit at His right hand in the heavenly realms, giving him all authority, over all things.
He made Christ the head of the church, which is his body.
He Raised Jesus from the Dead
Death is not something we can avoid, it’s inevitable, no matter how hard we try not to die, it doesn’t work.
God did what no person, no human being can do.
He raised Jesus from the dead.
He beat death, by bringing Jesus back to life for good.
This is something no one has ever experienced.
He Seated Him at His Right Hand, and Gave Him Power Over All Things
Go promoted Jesus to the place of supreme honor and executive authority.
Being seated at the right hand of the king is the highest place in the kingdom.
This fulfilled the messianic promise of Psalm 110:1
God has placed all things under Christ, all things!
This means that Jesus has authority over evil, over his enemies.
Paul is stressing that, at this very moment, Christ reigns in heaven as the King over all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords.
The Lord Jesus is above all titles of power in this world and the next.
R.C Sproul
Through his death and resurrection Jesus became our victory.
Jesus is the Head of the Church, which is His body
Christ has been appointed from the foundation of the world to be the head of the church.
God has given Jesus a body, which is the church.
The fullness of God dwells in Jesus and, since Jesus permeates the whole scope of his dominions, out of that fullness, he draws to himself the church.
This means that the church participates in the blessing of being linked to the fullness of God.
Scripture makes it clear that the fullness of divine things dwells in Christ
And that the church is his mystical body.
The Church is the Fullness of Christ in this World
We live our lives as the church in order to live our lives for Christ.
The Holy Spirit is the answer to our question of how are we possibly going to do this.
We do it by the power of His Spirit, as a community of people who believe and are empowered by His Spirit
The Spirit in us is the benefit which we receive by being mystically united with Jesus in whom the fullness of all things dwells
R.C Sproul
The power of God dwells in us through his Spirit.
God is literally living in us so that we can be Christ in this world!
This is the power that Paul is talking about, the incomparable great power for us who believe.
Big Idea: The power of God lives in us, the church which is the fullness of God.
It’s the church that holds the power to change the world, and through Christ the church can show the world true love.
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