I. Three Greek Power words
A. Vs 19 “Greatness of His POWER”
1. Def Power: #1411 dunamis: miraculous power
B. Vs 19 “mighty POWER”
1. Def POWER: #2904 kratos: dominion / a ruling power
C. Vs 21 “POWER”
1. Def Power: exeusia #1849: authority, influence
II. Vs 19 Dunamis / dynamite power: “exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe”
A. Speaking of the power God manifests toward believers of The Gospel of Jesus Christ
1. Rom 1:16 “the gospel of Jesus Christ” for it is the power (dunamis) of God unto salvation”
2. Dunamis power does not stop with salvation, but is “toward us” setting us free from strongholds:
a. Jn 8:31 “truth make your free”
b. Acts 10:98 “anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power (dunamis) .... healing all that were oppressed of the devil”
B. This same dunamis power is to flow through our life as we witness and minister:
1. Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power (dunamis) after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you”
a. We are to operate in the same dunmais power that Jesus flowed in: Mk 16:15-18
III. Eph 1:19 Kratos power: is described as “mighty power”
A. Def Mighty: strength Def Power: dominion, ruling power
1. This dominion was first given to man in the garden of Eden: Gen 1:26
2. This dominion was lost at the fall of man; thus causing the devil to become the “god of this world” 2 Cor 4:4
B. Thru the New Birth we can retake our kratos power to rule:
1. Rom 5:17 “reign in life by one, Jesus Christ”
A. Def “Reign”: king, to rule
C. With our spiritual weapons of warfare: we activate kratos dominion / power to rule:
1. Eph 6:10 “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power (kratos) of His might”
a. Eph 6:11 teaches us how to be strong in The Lord: “Put on the whole armor of God”
IV. Eph 1:21 “POWER” exusia: authority and influence
A. Every unsaved human being is under the spiritual influence & authority of the devil:
1. Eph 2:2 “in time past (before saved) ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power (exusia) of the air”
2. Upon the New Birth the devils influence has been broken off of the life of the believer:
a. Col 1:14 “Who (Jesus) hath delivered us from the power (exusia) of darkness”
B. Now The Lord expects each of us to operate in exusia / authority / power as He did:
1. Jesus ministered the Word of God with exusia / authority / power: Lk 4:31-32
2. The early Apostles ministered the word in exusia / authority / power: 1 Thess 1:5
3. Jesus has given us the same exusia / authority / power He ministered in:
a. Lk 10:19 “I give unto you power (exusia) ... over all the power (dunamis) of the enemy”
4. The Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ has been given unto us as a source of delegated
authority exusia power when we were saved:
1. Eph 1:21 “Far above all principality, and power (exusai) and might, and dominion, and Every name that is named..”
a. It does not matter what it’s name may be: sin, addiction, defeat, sickness, poverty, or whatever demon
