<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Ephesians 1;20-23<div><br></div><div><b>20. &nbsp;which he accomplished </b>(the greatness of his power in us) <b>in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,</b></div><div><b>21. &nbsp;far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come;</b></div><div><b>22. &nbsp;and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,</b></div><div><b>23. &nbsp;which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Remember, the <i>“right hand”</i>&nbsp;of&nbsp;God is not a location, but a condition of ultimate authority and power.</div><div><br></div><div>The <i>“heavenly places”</i>&nbsp;are our own hearts, minds, souls, and spirits, made clean by his blood and the faith he has given us to believe in him.</div><div><br></div><div>Jesus’ ascension into heaven was so <i>“that he might f</i><i>ill all things” &nbsp;</i>(Ephesians 4;10). We are the <i>“all things” </i>which Jesus has filled.</div><div><br></div><div>Christ presence in us is complete. &nbsp;It is our understanding/enlightenment concerning&nbsp;his indwelling presence which is incomplete. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This is why we <i>“by the Spirit” </i>&nbsp;must&nbsp;<i>“put to death the deeds of the body” </i>(Romans 8;2-13), and this is why we must,&nbsp;<i>“deny ourselves, take our cross, and follow Jesus.” &nbsp;</i><span>(Matthew 16;24), this is why we must die with Jesus, so that his life which has been given into us may come forth and&nbsp;</span><span>be seen. &nbsp;The life </span><u>in</u><span>&nbsp;</span><span>the seed remains hidden so long as the seed remains only a seed.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The less of ‘us’, the more of Christ may be seen living in us. &nbsp;We must ‘get off the stage, and by faith raise the curtain’ so that the Lord may be seen in us. &nbsp;Self, must step aside.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Today’s reading declares nothing is outside of his power. With God&nbsp;all things are possible, even his indwelling life by the Holy Spirit in us! &nbsp;He is <u>in</u>&nbsp;us. Faith that he is in us, reveals him. &nbsp;‘We’ stop trying to do good works in our own power, Jesus does them in and through us. &nbsp;This is walking by the Spirit.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, bless us to ‘put off’ the old nature, and by faith put on Jesus, and live to the praise of your glory. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”<br><br><br><div><a></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Ephesians 1;20-23
20.  which he accomplished (the greatness of his power in us) in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,21.  far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come;22.  and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,23.  which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Remember, the “right hand” of God is not a location, but a condition of ultimate authority and power.
The “heavenly places” are our own hearts, minds, souls, and spirits, made clean by his blood and the faith he has given us to believe in him.
Jesus’ ascension into heaven was so “that he might fill all things”  (Ephesians 4;10). We are the “all things” which Jesus has filled.
Christ presence in us is complete.  It is our understanding/enlightenment concerning his indwelling presence which is incomplete.  
This is why we “by the Spirit”  must “put to death the deeds of the body” (Romans 8;2-13), and this is why we must, “deny ourselves, take our cross, and follow Jesus.”  (Matthew 16;24), this is why we must die with Jesus, so that his life which has been given into us may come forth and be seen.  The life in the seed remains hidden so long as the seed remains only a seed.
The less of ‘us’, the more of Christ may be seen living in us.  We must ‘get off the stage, and by faith raise the curtain’ so that the Lord may be seen in us.  Self, must step aside. 
Today’s reading declares nothing is outside of his power. With God all things are possible, even his indwelling life by the Holy Spirit in us!  He is in us. Faith that he is in us, reveals him.  ‘We’ stop trying to do good works in our own power, Jesus does them in and through us.  This is walking by the Spirit.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, bless us to ‘put off’ the old nature, and by faith put on Jesus, and live to the praise of your glory.  In Jesus we pray, Amen
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”


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