<TITLE>03. Par 10-12</TITLE>L-10 In the Book of the Ephesians I wish to read these words. I just love to read God's Word.
Wherefore... (The book, 1st chapter beginning with the 2nd, 15th verse)
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love with all the saints.
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of the calling, and what is the riches of the glory of the inheritance of the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Which he has wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Far above all principalities, and powers, and might,... dominion, and every name,... not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
And hath put all things under his feet, and given... to be the head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
And then over in the Gospels of Saint Mark, or Luke, rather, beginning about the 25th verse.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all things the prophets has spoken:
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them... all the Scriptures and the things concerning himself.
And they drew not unto the village, where they went: and he made as though he would have gone farther. (What?)
They constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in and tarried with them.
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to them.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
May the Lord add His blessings to His Word.

L-11 Enough Scripture has been read till it would take us weeks and months to even halfway go to the context of this text, but my subject this morning, or text is: "The Mighty Conqueror." And now, we begin where we left off of the resurrection where it proved what He was.
There's many men's who can make statement. There's been many philosophers in the world: Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius, many other great philosophers. They've all made statements that they were great people, but death settled the question forever with them, but never has there been a man outside of Christ Who said, "I have power to lay My Life down and to take it up again," and could prove it.

L-12 That's the one beautiful thought of Christianity that even today, that as we speak of the Gospel, we do not have to take a hearsay, or a historical thing about it, because it could be proven right here this morning, that Jesus Christ lives and reigns, and is raised from the dead, and is alive forevermore. After two thousand years, He's just as present as He was when He was walking in Galilee with His disciples: doing the same thing, performing the same miracles, showing the same mercy, preaching the same Gospel. He is not dead but alive forevermore.
What happy hearts that ought to make Christians be today to know that it's not some curious philosophy that we're understanding, but it is the power of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.


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