ANGELS: ARE SUBJECT TO JESUS




*22/07/2020*

MID-WEEK *HOLY COMMUNION* SERVICE

THEME: *ANGELS: MESSENGERS OF GOD*

TOPIC: *WHAT DO GOOD ANGELS DO?*

SUB-TOPIC: *ANGELS: ARE SUBJECT TO JESUS*

Ephesians 1:20-22
*worked in Christ*: The resurrection of Christ from the dead was the expression of God's power. The resurrection is also proof of what God can do in us and for us.
*seated Him*: Christ Jesus was not only raised from the dead, He was given a position at the right hand of God. Jesus received this position as the Son of David in fulfillment of the messianic prophecies of Psalms 2;110.
Jesus Christ will remain at the Father's right hand until the enemies of God have been subjugated and it is time for Christ to return.

The Jews of Christ's time understood the end times to be divided into two time periods, the age in which they were living and the coming age. The Messiah, called "the Coming One", would rule in the age *which is to come*.
In Ephesians Paul emphasizes Christ as *head*, just as his letter to the Colossians, written during the same imprisonment, emphasizes the body of Christ. *The church* here does not refer to any one local assembly but to all believers.

Colossians 2:10
Paul illustrates the adequacy of Christ by demonstrating how the Colossian believers are *complete*. In Christ, the Colossians have put off the power of sin and the flesh (Colossians 2:11), have received new life (Colossians 2:12,13), have been forgiven, have been delivered from requirements laid down by human traditions (Colossians 2:14), and have been freed from the powers of spirit beings (Colossians 2:15). There is nothing that the Christian needs to add to what was received in Christ at the time of conversion. Paul emphasizes the sufficiency of Christ in order to refute the Gnostics and the Judaizers who respectively believed that special knowledge or works were necessary to make a Christian complete.

1 Peter 3:22
Being *at the right hand of God* means that Christ is in a position of power and authority.

*Confession*
I use the authority and power l have in Christ because l am complete in Him by faith, to put under every principality working against me.
*In Jesus name*
Amen.

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