Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:6
SERMON NOTES
GOD OVER, THROUGH, AND IN ALL
(Ephesians 4:6)
– only refers to the Father, but is nevertheless Trinitarian
1. God over all.
– in salvation (1:3-6); in prayer (3:14; Matt.6:9; John 16:23;)
– Trinitarian in 2:18; some prayer to the Son (Acts 7:59; 2 Cor.12:8); praise in 1:3, but also note Rev.5:13-14
2. God through all.
– to the world in Ps.105:7; Acts 17:27-28
– Jer.23:23-24; Rom.10:5-9; Eph.2:6
– same for the Son (Matt.18:19-20) and the Spirit (1 Cor.3:16)
3. God in all.
– John 14:17, 20, 23; usually through the Spirit (2 Cor.6:16; Lev.26:12; Ezek.37:27)
– Gregory of Nazianzus wrote of the Trinity: ‘I cannot think of the One without quickly being encircled by the splendour of the Three; nor can I discern the Three without being straightway carried back to the One.’ Rom.11:33-36