"Jesus Changes Our Prayers & Power (Ephesians 1:15-23)", Will DuVal | 9/8/24

Ephesians 1:15-23 | 9/8/24 | Will DuVal

Recently I watched Oppenheimer, this year’s Best Picture winner which dramatically retells the story of our development of the atomic bomb. And the most mind-blowing part for me, that I NEVER remember learning about in A.P. U.S. history, was that the scientists leading the Manhattan Project weren’t ENTIRELY sure - until they actually DETONATED the thing - that the chain reaction STARTED by the bomb would ever END; it was theoretically POSSIBLE that it would continue until earth’s entire atmosphere was engulfed. So there’s this great scene just moments before the test where the general overseeing the project, Matt Damon, is just LEARNING about this for the first time and he confronts Oppenheimer and asks: “Wait, are we saying there’s a chance that when we push that button we destroy the WORLD?”

Oppenheimer replies: “Nothing in our research supports that conclusion, except as the most REMOTE possibility…”

Damon asks: “How REMOTE?” 

Oppenheimer says: “The chances are near zero.” 

NEAR zero?!”

Oppenheimer says, “What do you want, from theory alone?”

Damon replies: “ZERO. Zero would be nice!”

Oppenheimer says, “Well, soon enough, we’ll KNOW.” 


They didn’t yet KNOW, for CERTAIN, what magnitude of POWER they were DEALING with. 

According to God’s word, if you are IN CHRIST JESUS this morning, there is a POWER at work within you right now that makes the atomic bomb look like a child’s firecracker by comparison. 

Oppenheimer gave us the power to destroyworlds. Jesus Christ has the power to RESURRECT them. And according to Ephesians 1:15-23, which we’ll read together in just a moment, that same power that raised JESUS from the dead, the same power that once created the universe with just a WORD, and will onedaydestroy and remake the whole universe anew with but a word, that same power now lives in ME… and YOU. If you are in Christ.

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