from all men. By citing this psalm Paul puts the Lord Jesus Christ into that role, thereby affirming his deity. On the cross he defeated his and our enemies, and he has now ascended triumphantly to the right hand of the Father from which position he now dispenses the gifts about which this section speaks.1 The image speaks of Christ’s rule, authority, and power in the Christian church. Two points are worth stressing about Christ’s dispensing these gifts. First, if they are given by Jesus, then