Exegetical Aim: To explain how God intends to bring everything under the authority of Christ.

Props: An umbrella (a large golf umbrella, if possible.)

How many of you like water? (response) Do you like to get wet when it rains? (Response: most likely the majority will say no.) Why don't we like to get wet when it rains? Talk for just a moment about how messy and uncomfortable rain makes us.

I remember one day when I was walking in the park. It was a pretty day at first, but then the clouds came. As the clouds came, it got darker and darker outside. Then the rain began to fall. Luckily, I had something with me. What do you think I had? (response) I had an umbrella! Bring the umbrella out for the first time. So what did I do? (response) Yes! I opened my umbrella to keep the rain off of me…