Still further, it is the power of victory, `And hath put all things under His

feet' (Eph. 1:22).  It is the power that will finally accomplish the purpose of

the ages.  It is this power that equips for service:

`Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God

given unto me according to the energy of His power' (Eph. 3:7 author's

`Now unto Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask

or think, according to that power energizing us' (Eph. 3:20 author's

This mighty power, `the power of His resurrection', is the life of the One

`According to the energy in measure of each one part' (Eph. 4:16 author's

The distribution of energeia and energeo in Ephesians is suggestive:

A

The purpose.  Energizing all things with a view to.

B  1:19.

Exceeding power. `To us-ward'.

C  1:20.

Christ the Head.  The energy.

D  2:2. The energizing of the children of disobedience.

A

3:7-11.  The purpose. Energizing ministry with a view to.

B  3:20.

Exceeding power `In us'.

C  4:16.

The members.

The energy.

It will be seen that the energy that actuates every member of the One Body

is that same energy that pulsates through ta panta, `the all things', and which

raised Christ, the Head, the Fulness, and with Him, `the all things' also far

above all.  The reader may remember that, in between the reference to the

ascension of Christ, the gifts for men in Ephesians 4:8, and the details of

their bestowal and ministry, comes that reference to the fact that the Lord

ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill `the all things'.  The

reader may now better realize the close relation that there is between the

church of the One Body, and that great purpose of the ages.  Every time we are

actuated by the flesh, or the world, we by so much militate against the purpose

of God.

This constant association with the purpose of God and its resurrection

power is but another way of saying as verse 15, `Truthing, in love we all should

grow'.  There is another energy at work, the lie, with Satan at its head.  He

rules in the lower regions of `the air', and not `far above all heavens'.  His

associates are the `rulers of the darkness of this world', and the `children of

disobedience' (Eph. 2:2; 6:12).

`The Measure Of Every Part'.  It is not sufficient to remember the gifts

of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.  Every member of the

Body has a part to play, and it is according to the measure of each one part

that this church builds up itself in love.