EPHESIANS SERIES
Speaker: Dr. Bob Swanger
LIGHT INVADES DARKNESS:
GROW UP TO BUILD UP
July 14, 2013
The River Church in a Barn
Power Verse
Ephesians 4:15 (NLT)
We will speak the truth in love,
growing in every way more and more like Christ,
who is the head of his body, the church.
What are the 5-Fold Gifts?
Did Jesus Go to Hell?
Is it Possible to Speak the Truth in Love?
Walk the Talk
Ephesians 4:1–16 (HCSB) — 1 Therefore I, the prisoner for the
Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2
with all ____________ and ____________, with
____________, ____________ one another in
____________, 3 ____________ keeping the unity
of the Spirit with the ____________ that binds us. 4 There
is one body and one Spirit —just as you were called to one hope at
your calling— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and
Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
2
Work of Messiah
Ephesians 4:7 Now grace was given to each one of us according to
the measure of the Messiah’s gift. 8 For it says: When He ascended
on high, He took prisoners into captivity; He gave gifts to people.
9 But what does “He ascended” mean except that He descended to
the lower parts of the earth? 10 The One who descended is also the
One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all
things.
A…Jesus indwelling the Trinity
B…Born as a human in Bethlehem
C…Dies on the Cross
D…Goes to Paradise
E…Crosses over to Hades
F…Rises from the dead
G…Shows witnesses that He is alive
H…Ascends into heaven
I…Indwells the Trinity
Philippians 2:5–8 (NASB95) — 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also
in Christ Jesus, 6
A who, although He existed in the form of God, did not
regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the
form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8
in appearance as a man,
B Being found
C He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the
point of death, even death on a cross.
John 3:13 (NASB95) — 13 “No one has ascended into heaven, but He
descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
3
B who
Hebrews 2:14 (LEB) — 14 Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh,
he also in like manner shared in these same things,
C in order that through death
he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Acts 2:31–33 (LEB) —31 (David) by having foreseen this, he spoke about the
F resurrection of the Christ, that E neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did
his flesh experience decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are
witnesses. 33 Therefore, having been
I exalted to the right hand of God and
having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out
this that you see and hear.
Luke 23:43 (HCSB) — 43 And He said to him, “I assure you:
D Today you will
be with Me in paradise.”
Luke 16:22–26 (HCSB) — 22 One day the poor man died and was carried away by
the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being
E in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with
Lazarus at his side. 24 ‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and
send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I
am in agony in this flame!’ 25 “ ‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during
your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but
now he is comforted here, while you are in agony. 26 Besides all this, a great
chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over
from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’
Ephesians 4:8–10 (LEB) — 8 Therefore it says,
H “Ascending on high he led
E captivity captive; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now “he ascended,” what is it,
except that he also E descended to the lower regions of the earth? 10 The one who
descended himself is also the one who H ascended above all the heavens, in order
that he might fill all things.
E he disarmed the spiritual rulers and
authorities. He shamed them publicly by C his victory over them on the cross.
Colossians 2:15 (NLT) — 15 In this way,
1 Peter 3:18–20 (LEB) — 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the
unjust, in order that he could bring you to God,
4
C being put to death in the
flesh, but made alive in the spirit, 19
E in which also he went and proclaimed to
the spirits in prison, 20 who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God
waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being constructed, in which a few—
that is, eight souls—were rescued through water.
Ephesians 1:20 (NASB95) — 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He
F raised Him from the dead and I seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly
places,
1 Corinthians 15:3–8 (NLT) — 3 I passed on to you what was most important and
C Christ died for our sins, just as the
Scriptures said. 4 C He was buried, and he was F raised from the dead on the
third day, just as the Scriptures said. 5 G He was seen by Peter and then by the
Twelve. 6 After that, he was G seen by more than 500 of his followers at one
time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 G Then he was
what had also been passed on to me.
seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as though I had been born
at the wrong time,
G I also saw him.
John 20:17 (HCSB) — 17 “Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not
yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them
H that I am
ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”
Hebrews 4:14 (NASB95) — 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who
has
A-I passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
confession.
Hebrews 7:26 (NASB95) — 26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest,
holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and
I exalted above the heavens;
Revelation 1:17–18 (NASB95) — 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead
man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the
A first and the I last, 18 and F the living One; and C I was dead, and behold,
F I am alive forevermore, and E I have the keys of death and of Hades.
5
Work of Ministry
Ephesians 4:11 And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 for the training of the saints in the work
of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
APOSTLES
PROPHETS
EVANGELISTS
PASTORS
TEACHERS
____________ of Saints
____________ of Ministry
____________ up Body…Expand and Deepen
Grow Up
Ephesians 4:13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the
knowledge of God’s Son, ____________ into a mature man
with a stature ____________ by Christ’s fullness. 14 Then
we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown
around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with
cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
Building the Body
Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in
every way into Him who is the head —Christ. 16 From Him the
____________ body, fitted and knit together by every
supporting ligament, promotes the ____________ of the
body for ____________ up itself in love by the proper
working of each individual part.
6
NOTES:
7
Answers:
humility
gentleness
patience
accepting
love
diligently
peace
APOSTLESKingdom Planters
PROPHETSKingdom Encouragers/Challengers
EVANGELISTSKingdom Expanders
PASTORSKingdom Leaders
TEACHERSKingdom Educators
Training
Working
Building
growing
measured
whole
growth
building
8