Ephesians 1:15-23. Paul prays for the saints at Ephesus saying, "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know...his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead..." (1:19-20 specifically).
G. C. Willis writes, "What a comfort to know that in all our weakness there is a surpassing power toward us and working for us. Moreover, it is a power that has not only been revealed to us in a statement, but has been put forth in the resurrection of Christ. The world and Satan were permitted to put forth their greatest display of power--the power of death--when they nailed Christ to the cross. Then, when the devil and the world had expressed their power to the utmost degree, God set forth His surpassing power by raising Christ from the dead, and setting Him as Man in the highest place in the universe, even at His own right hand...There are names for the government of this world, and the world to come, but Christ has a Name above every name--He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords...Thus the knowledge of what is coming is to have a present effect upon our lives and ways, delivering us, in the power of resurrection life, from the flesh and every opposing power, and separating us in spirit from this present world."
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