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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 36
EPHESIANS 1:13-23 - PART 2
It is constantly teaching us of our exalted position "In-Christ" as members of the Body of Christ, of which He is the Head. Now let's start with verse 20.
Ephesians 1:20-21a
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,..."
Now I constantly run into people who never understood until I taught it that Jesus Christ was the Creator of Genesis 1:1. So let's just take a brief look at these verses. Because Jesus Christ the Creator created them. "The created beings were doing it to their own Creator!" Philippians 2:8
John 1:1-3
"In the beginning was the Word, (that's capitalized) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:14a
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,..."
Jesus of Nazareth. To prove to Israel that He was the Son of God." Now let's leave John, and let's run quickly over to Ephesians chapter 3:9 where Paul tell us "the purpose of his apostleship."
Ephesians 3:9
"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"
Colossians 1:14-16
Who is the image of the invisible God, (the Godhead which implies the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. And God the Son is) the firstborn of every creature: (because He was God in pre-existence. Now verse 16 is just plain English.) So Jesus the Christ created everything, and that's why God could set Him far above everything, because our Lord created them. Christ is the Creator! He was the Creator! They were created for Him. Let's see what the next verse says.
Colossians 1:17
Hebrews 1:1-2
"God, (just like in Genesis 1:1. It's the same word) who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers . Jesus of Nazareth! Think for a moment, where did Christ get the power to calm the waves of the sea of Galilee? Now come back to Ephesians again in chapter 1. So Paul fits right in with all that by declaring then that when God set Him at His right hand up in the heavenlies -
Ephesians 1:21
"Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, (that covers everything. Now verse 22. And because of that exalted position God -
Ephesians 1:22
Now if we are the Body, are we decapitated without a head? No! What is the Body of Christ? Well it's just like this human body, it's composed of billions of cells. So you see Paul is using the analogy of a human body as an example of the Body which is His Church. Now let's look at it.
I Corinthians 12:12
"For as the body (the human body) is one, and hath many members, (hands, feet, eyes, etc.) and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: (before we go any further, what controls the body? The head!) so also is Christ".
You and I as believers are members of a Body of which Christ is the head. And we're just as connected in this Body of Christ, as our head is to our own human body. I Corinthians 12:15
Then let's see what Paul says in verse 18.
I Corinthians 12:18
"But now hath God set the members (that is you and I as believers) every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him."
Well God is doing the same thing in a Spiritual realm. He is building the Body of Christ of believers from every walk of life from around the planet. I Corinthians 12:27
"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."
God never loses sight of our individualism. God hasn't lost us in the crowd, we're not just a number in God's mind, He knows us as an individual. Now that's the Body of Christ. Now come back again to the Book of Ephesians chapter 1.
Ephesians 1:22-23a
Which is the body, the fulness..."
Now if you have a marginal Bible, the other word for fullness is complement. As members of the Body of Christ we have become a complement. We'll start in chapter 2.
Genesis 2:18
Complement. Now for a moment let's go back to the Book of Romans chapter 7. My how these verses just drop into place. Remember Paul is writing to believers.
Romans 7:4
"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; (His physical body that was crucified) that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, (not just to escape hell fire, but also) that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 1.
Ephesians 1:22b-23a
Which is his body,..."
All right it's the same way with the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is not an organization like the country club. Not physical life, but rather spiritual life. God knows we're waiting for the day when there won't be that huge space between the head and the Body. Why?

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