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Ephesians 4:9 · BSB
4:9 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
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…quite often with the New Testament writers. And Jesus as well. They refer back to the Psalms, and Paul is certainly doing that here. Look at ⁓Ephesians chapter 4, verses 7 through 10. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, When he ascended on high, he led a host of…
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…is engaged and everybody, I mean, everybody does their part. Let me say it differently. The church grows best. When everybody plays. And so inEphesians 4 verses 7 through 16, what Paul's going to do today is give you 3 snapshots. Three pictures. You're going to see God's gifts. You're going to see God's goals. And then…
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…gift is used. And it's used that way in every instance where it appears. For example, the gift of the grace of God in Ephesians 3-7 and also inEphesians chapter 4 verses 7 to 16. We have the measure of the gift of Christ. and then in the interest of time i'll just submit to you that in the visions for verses seven all the…
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…do do come up to big things for the Kingdom of God. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. So there's a plan and a purpose for you. I want to I want to 0 in onEphesians chapter 4, verses 8 through 10. We've already read this as we opened up, but I want to look at this and summarize it. He said, Wherefore he saith, when he ascended on high, he…
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…look into a room, and the point is that there's nothing in there. All right, we'll move on. We'll move along. This is the celebration of Paul inEphesians 4, verses 9and 10. He writes this in saying he ascended, what does it mean, but that he had also descended into the lower regions of the earth? He who…
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…shame by triumphing over them in Christ. That's Paul. That's not Peter, that's Paul. So we see an agreement here. One other passage on this note,Ephesians 4, verses 8 through 10. And this is glorious here. Quoting the Old Testament, the Apostle Paul says, When Christ ascended on high, this is his ascension. He led a host of…
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…This is the heart of Christianity, is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And Paul makes this very clear how it's connected to the descent inEphesians 4, verse 9. Paul says, How can we say that he ascended to heaven if he did not descend to the lowest parts of the earth? How can we say that Jesus ascended to…
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…way at the same times or even at the same pace. But we've all been given specialized places within the body of Christ. And we see that clearly inEphesians chapter 4, verses 7 through 12. So if you have your Bible, I'd like to read those verses. If you'd like to follow along. Actually, I'm going to read through verse 13, although we…
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…in his ministry. It's everything that you would expect to see. But what we see is that it is now happening through his people. And, you know,Ephesians chapter 4, verses 7 through 12, those verses say something pretty amazing. They say that Jesus actually distributed. It sort of portrays Jesus as this conqueror. You know, who's…
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