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When an emigrant first receives the title-deeds of the broad lands made over to him in the far West, he has no conception, as he descends the steps of the Government office and passes into the crowd, of all that has been conveyed to him in the schedule of parchment. The world can't understand it, but we can. Says a good divine, "It is one of the greatest glories of the Church of Christ, that our mighty Maker, and our Friend, always chooses our inheritance for us." (See note Ephesians 2:10). Give all thou hast to God. Literally this verse reads, The eyes of your heart being enlightened. We think of the heart as the emotional part of man, but in the Bible, the heart means the inner man, and includes the emotions, the mind, and the will. Comment: "The Blessed Hope" is not an abstract concept, but an Alive Christ, for it describes the appearing of Christ in His majesty and glory at His Second Coming. Here he prays that we will know the riches of its glory. Reprinted by permission. Paul asks that the blessing imparted by God the Father ( Eph 1:3 ) to the Ephesians will be strengthened in them through the message of the gospel ( Eph 1:13 , 17 - 19 ). What a disappointment to someone who helped contribute to that $50 million figure! He teaches you to recognize and uphold what is excellent so that you will be sincere and blameless before God (Phil. 2:9; 2 Thess. I agree that this is Pauls main aim. Now back to Paul's prayer, the point is that when the Holy Spirit opens the spiritual eyes of the heart of Paul's readers, they will be able to perceive and to know these great truths intuitively with a positive knowledge beyond a chance of a doubt. Help me tounderstand the confident hope I have in Christ Jesus my Lord. It goes out to all sinners, but not all who hear it respond in faith. ", Ephesians 1:19 (note) and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. In the Old Testament, thats what Israel was called; she was called The Lords Portion, the Lords inheritance. If, for example, you realize you have every resource for godly living (Eph. Finally, the context both here and throughout Ephesians seems to emphasize the motif of light as a property belonging to believers. But let us not stop here - believers needed resurrection power to be saved the first time (justification) and are in continual need of this same power for "daily salvation" (progressive sanctification, "present tense" salvation) from the world, the flesh and the devil! I pray that you may know the surpassing greatness of [Gods] power toward us who believe (Eph. I hold fast to the opinion that our God is ever trying to reveal Himself to us. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Note that while most versions render this as a prayer for "enlightenment," the fact is that Paul uses the perfect tense for photizo which describes them as having been enlightened in the past with continuing effect. Reportedly, Crowfoot put the pass in a leather pouch and wore it around his neck for the rest of his lifebut he never once availed himself of the rights and privileges it spelled out. Hoeher comments that "Having mentioned the surpassing greatness of Gods power, Paul is now going to show that it is literally according to the power of the power of his power. Paul lists a series of three words for power used to describe the standard of the surpassing greatness of Gods power." 1986. Now I have resurrection power living on the inside Beloved, Peter said, be not ignorant of this one thing: one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (II Peter 3:8). The eye; fig: the mind's eye. Your Holy Spirit lives in me Ephesians 3:20+ Now to Him Who is able (dunamai) to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power (dunamis) that works (energeo- present tense - continually working) within us. To ask God for more power is an affront to His gracious love which already has provided us everything. Is she supposed to do something about this? What he prayed was that they be given a divine awareness (eido = intuitive knowledge) of the power they possessed in Christ! The man was powerfully built, and Fuller visualized how he must have looked in the ring. 1 Peter 1:5 says that we are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Jude 24-25 proclaims, Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. THOUGHT - Believers in Christ are privileged to worship the Truth personified and consummated in Christ Jesus! He wishes this knowledge of God would impact the minds and hearts of every child of God. And may I know the riches of my glorious inheritance that is awaiting me and all who trust in Jesus as Saviour. I make the best my goal; And I see my past has been redeemed All of these pieces of armor must be put on with prayer (v.18). Setup Size: 8.9 GB. This is simply remarkable! A marvellous lift was there! 1:18). (Drawing Near: Daily Readings for a Deeper Faith), John MacArthur- UNDERSTANDING YOUR CALLING. I cant handle hearing all of the heartbreaking prayer requests for sick children, terminally ill relatives, and church members in financial turmoil.. Now, I'm no longer bound by sin and darkness Hoehner on kratos -In the NT it is used twelve times, four times by Paul, twice in Ephesians (1:19; 6:10) and it always has reference to supernatural power: once of the devil (Heb 2:14), and the other eleven times of God. Sometimes both terms are used interchangeably for nahlh (e.g. How you perceive your spiritual resources dictates how you live. There are seminary professors who can exegete the Greek text here, but these glorious truths do not thrill their hearts. There is no power shortage, just a shortage of our understanding of what we possess in Christ. After the service, he drove to nearby Hollywood and stopped his car in the shade of a eucalyptus tree in Franklin Park. The field is the world. Freedom, You have given us freedom This is also apparent when 1Samuel 2:12 says that Elis sons were wicked men who did not know Yahweh. We have been called, chosen, justified, and glorified for we are saved by grace through faith in Christ and are become his chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. When we shall see the dead rise from the grave by their own power, then may we expect to see ungodly sinners of their own free will turning to Christ. Im convinced the single greatest problem carnal Christians have is that they dont know the hope of His calling. -- Ears from Harvested Sheaves. It reflected honour upon God and wrought dismay in the hosts of evil. Do you have the power of God in your life? Because God's resurrection power continues to work in us, it helps us (ED: MORE ACCURATELY IT ENABLES US! But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (1Cor. Isaiah 46:911is the cornerstone passage that removes all doubt aboutGods sovereignty. Amen. And so he prays that these saints might be able to grasp the breadth and length and height and depth (Eph 3:18) of the great truths in chapter one, so that they might be enabled by the indwelling Spirit and the riches of God's grace (DOCTRINAL TRUTH IN CHAPTERS 1-3) to order their steps so that they "walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called." From kleronomos; heirship, i.e. Ischus is used as an attribute of God in the Revelation saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power (dunamis) and riches and wisdom and might (ischus) and honor and glory and blessing." Scripture speaks of two kinds of callings: the gospel or general call, and the effectual or specific call. The Christian Church is precious to God. THOUGHT - Beloved, there is a powerful principle taught in this section. that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. Colossians 1:5; 23 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel (1:23) if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. In conclusion, is supernatural power that is in actual operation. Our faith must grow. The invitation goes out to everyone: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. But many ignore the invitation or make up excuses for why they cannot respond. This deep, interior "cardiac" enlightenment is clearly the result of the work of the Holy Spirit Who leads the believer to know (eido) intuitively all that God has made available to him in Christ (cf Jesus' promise to the disciples - Jn 16:13, cp 1Jn 2:20, 28+, 1Cor 2:10-13, 15-16+), and in essence to come to understand what it means to be "in Christ" or "in Him". This earnest prayer reveals the infinite importance of knowledge as a foundation for walking worthy in this Christian life. Setup Type: Offline Installer / Full Standalone Setup. Thus as 1 John 3:2-3 puts it, Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. In Ephesians 1:1820, Paul prays for believers to experience Gods resurrection power through a personal, intimate relationship with God. He does not ask God to give them what they do not have, but rather prays that God will reveal to them what they already have. Ischus is used of angelic power in 2 Peter whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. 20:27) (Deut. Still, with the stillness of death. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence. 5:2; 12:21, 25, 28, 30; 16:27f; 29:11f; 2 Chr. ", It is power. Amos 2 Thessalonians 1:9 And these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. 1:1819). According to Jeremiah 9:2324. 3 John God has laid up spiritual blessings for us in his Son the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and fetch them in by prayer. Jon Courson- That ye may know what is the hope of his calling Ephesians 1:18. Arriving at the church the next day, he found a seat behind a large pillar. In 1:18-19, he elaborates on what that means, namely, that God wants us to know three essentials about our salvation that will give us assurance about our high calling as God's people. Paul applies this truth that we are God's inheritance in his letter to the Corinthians writing Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. We could never defeat these spiritual foes in our own power, but we can through the Spirits power. How long he laid siege to our hearts! In the Mississippi River, right? We so selfishly begin in our thinking with ourselves. Live today in anticipation of Christs imminent return. But Ephesians emphasizes God's inheritance in the saints. Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thee, O Christ of God, be the glory! Let every reader mark this, that supposing two men obtained a grant of an equal number of acres, if other things were equal, their wealth would be in exact proportion to the amount of use which each had made of his special acres. Jesus, You have given us freedom While I cant begin to explain this adequately (I need more enlightenment from God! Paul Rader, former wrestler and boxer, became one of the most powerful evangelists of the early 20th century. As He bought, so let Him possess, everything. Judges 19:11; Ezek. 25:15): virtue (Mk 5:30): power (Lk24:29; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. Both riches and honor come from Thee, and Thou dost rule over all, and in Thy hand is power and might; and it lies in Thy hand to make great, and to strengthen everyone. The American Standard Version reads: "the eyes of your heart," not mind. Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Hoehner adds that "According to Aristotle is actual power whereas is potential power. Dunamis is rather ability, faculty: not necessarily manifest, as ischus: power residing in one by nature. Used from Homer on it meant originally the fragment of stone or piece of wood which was used as a lot. YouVersion uses cookies to personalize your experience. that money cannot buy. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Its broad acres have been made over to thee by deed of gift. He prayed first of all that they be given a divine awareness of the power they possessed in Christ. -- Maclaren, Alexander Maclaren - It is 'exceeding.' God exercised this power in two ways. Photizo - 11v -Lk. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? 6:16; Heb. So we, being raised from the dead, go not back to our dead works nor to our old corruptions, but we live unto God. 1 John The idea is to cause something to be fully known by revealing clearly and in some detail. But heaven seems so far away, you say. I askask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of gloryto make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust himendless energy, boundless strength! 2:89), and we live by grace, through faith (1Cor. The former is given by knowledge as well as by madness or rage; but strength comes from nature and a healthy state of the body. Living in the light of Your goodness Deuteronomy 9:29+ Yet they are Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.. And not just for the time being, but forever. Thus as Christians, we should be filled with hope because we know that God has called us to salvation. This is amazing grace indeed! We are mean enough to wish to make all we can of God, and to give Him as little as possible of ourselves. Figuratively, as used in this verse, photizo means to make clear, to cause to fully know or to cause to understand and is used of God's enlightenment through revelation. The giant trees are cut down; and their roots burnt out, or extracted by a team of horses. The effectual call is given by God only to the elect. It is exclusively a Pauline word used only to describe superhuman or supernatural power, whether of God or of the devil. 2:9f; 28:20, 22; 30:4; 2 Sam. This mighty power is at the Christian's disposal upon one condition only -- that of faith. 4:11; 1 Pet. May God not find the whine in us any more, but may He find us full of spiritual pluck and athleticism, ready to face anything He brings.