Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:20-22
SERMON NOTES
Christ’s Victory is Ours
(Eph. 1:19b-23)
– picks up on the power in v.19.
1. Christ’s power in the believer.
– 1:19b-20 (omit the NIV’s ‘like’); Rom.8:11
– Christians often work in the dark, as it were
– 2 Peter 1:3-4
2. Where Christ is, the believer is.
– 1:20-21; Christ overcomes Genesis 3:19
– Heb.1:13; 1 Cor.6:2-3
– therefore the Christian is in the heavenly places (Eph.2:6).
3. The Church is the fullness of Christ.
– 1:22-23; bridegroom needs a bride; shepherd needs sheep; the head needs a body.
– 1 Cor.15:24-26; Rom.8:38-39