October 19, 2025

God's Power at Work

Teacher: Tim Paulding Series: Ephesians Topic: God's Secret Purposes Revealed Passage: Ephesians 1:20–23

God’s Power at Work (Ephesians 1:20–23) 

Introduction/Review

Ephesians 1:1, 3–14, 15–19 

 

Three Ways God Worked His Power

  1. God Exercised Power in Christ (vss. 20–21) 

Romans 1:4 

Romans 5:12–14, 17–19 

1 Corinthians 6:14 

Acts 2:23–24 

Psalm 110:1 

Hebrews 10:12; 1:3–4 

Ephesians 6:12 

Psalm 147:4 

Deuteronomy 4:19 

1 Corinthians 15:21–25

 

  1. God Exerted Power over the Universe (vs. 22a) 

Psalm 8:3–6 

Genesis 1:28; 3:15 

Hebrews 2:6–9 

1 Corinthians 15:27–28

 

  1. God Extended Power in the Church (vss. 22b–23) 

Colossians 1:18 

1 Corinthians 12:12 

Ephesians 4:4–6, 15–16 

Colossians 1:24 

Ephesians 4:10, 12–13 

Ephesians 1:9–10 

Romans 8:37–39

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