Key Passage: Ephesians 1:20-23
Key Points:
1. God glorifies Himself and demonstrates His power by giving His Son preeminence over all things by resurrecting the Messiah from the dead.
2. Christ's authority over the Church is absolute.
3. The Church is made full in Christ by submitting to His authority.
Key Themes:
o God demonstrates His power and strength through His Son(v20)
o God's power is demonstrated in the resurrection of His Son(20)
o God glorifies His Son by giving Him authority and power over everyone(20-21)
o Jesus is boss of the church(22)
o The Church does what Jesus wants and commands(22-23)
-individual believers do what Jesus wants and commands
o The fullness of Christ's God's glory is displayed in Christ's authority over the Church and the Church's submission to His headship(20-23)
Reflective Questions:
1. How is God's power demonstrated in the resurrection of His Son?
2. How does the resurrection of Jesus place Him above every other ruler and authority?
3. Why is it necessary for Jesus to die and be raised from the death to have primacy over the Church?
4. What is the relationship between Jesus and His body?
a. How does Jesus headship affect the way you think about how the church approaches ministry?
b. How does Christ's headship affect the way you see how you fit in the body of Christ?
c. How is the fullness of God demonstrated in the relationship the Church has with Christ?(22-23)
d. Why do people rebel against Christ's absolute headship over the Church?
di. How do people rebel against Christ's absolute headship over the Church?
5. How is God's glory displayed in making the body full through the One?(v23)
6. What do we learn about ourselves in Paul praying that we be made full through the power and authority of the Messiah?(17-23)
7. What are the individual implications and application to v22-23?
a. What makes up the body of Christ?
b. Why is there an individual application to v22-23?
c. Is it wrong to bring out a individual application from v22-23? why?
Individual Challenge:
How would your life change if you discovered how you fit in the body of Christ? How would the way you view satisfaction and joy in your church change? What type of attitude would you have when anticipating how you can be involved in your church?
Community Challenge:
What would the impact be on the Church's effectiveness if every individual played their part in the body? Would this change the way ministries we're run and the priorities of the church? How would this affect the way the Church defines worship?
Key Points:
1. God glorifies Himself and demonstrates His power by giving His Son preeminence over all things by resurrecting the Messiah from the dead.
2. Christ's authority over the Church is absolute.
3. The Church is made full in Christ by submitting to His authority.
o God demonstrates His power and strength through His Son(v20)
o God's power is demonstrated in the resurrection of His Son(20)
o God glorifies His Son by giving Him authority and power over everyone(20-21)
o Jesus is boss of the church(22)
o The Church does what Jesus wants and commands(22-23)
-individual believers do what Jesus wants and commands
o The fullness of Christ's God's glory is displayed in Christ's authority over the Church and the Church's submission to His headship(20-23)
Reflective Questions:
1. How is God's power demonstrated in the resurrection of His Son?
2. How does the resurrection of Jesus place Him above every other ruler and authority?
3. Why is it necessary for Jesus to die and be raised from the death to have primacy over the Church?
4. What is the relationship between Jesus and His body?
a. How does Jesus headship affect the way you think about how the church approaches ministry?
b. How does Christ's headship affect the way you see how you fit in the body of Christ?
c. How is the fullness of God demonstrated in the relationship the Church has with Christ?(22-23)
d. Why do people rebel against Christ's absolute headship over the Church?
di. How do people rebel against Christ's absolute headship over the Church?
5. How is God's glory displayed in making the body full through the One?(v23)
6. What do we learn about ourselves in Paul praying that we be made full through the power and authority of the Messiah?(17-23)
7. What are the individual implications and application to v22-23?
a. What makes up the body of Christ?
b. Why is there an individual application to v22-23?
c. Is it wrong to bring out a individual application from v22-23? why?
Individual Challenge:
How would your life change if you discovered how you fit in the body of Christ? How would the way you view satisfaction and joy in your church change? What type of attitude would you have when anticipating how you can be involved in your church?
Community Challenge:
What would the impact be on the Church's effectiveness if every individual played their part in the body? Would this change the way ministries we're run and the priorities of the church? How would this affect the way the Church defines worship?
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