April 28, 2024 • Derek Hogg
In part 5 of our series, we look at Ephesians 1:15-19 as the apostle Paul takes a turn from praise to prayer. Paul begins with a commendation for the saints in Ephesus, and then turns to share a power prayer for all saints, specifically to have the eyes of their hearts enlightened to the wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of God. And Paul narrows in on three aspects of the knowledge of God. First, to know the promise of living hope to which God has called all saints. Second, we are to know the riches of God's inheritance in the saints. And lastly, we are to know the power of God.
In part of 4 of our series "I'm a Saint", we examine the end of Paul's opening discourse about the spiritual blessings in the heavenly places that belong to all who are in Christ. In verses 11-14 of Ephesians 1, we learn how those blessings are all part of the inheritance that awaits all who have believed in the gospel and as a result are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. That inheritance is predestined, it is purposed, it is promised, and it is to be possessed.
In part 2 of our series, we begin to uncover the various spiritual blessings we have in Christ as Paul lays out in Ephesians 1:3-14. In verses 3-6, we come to understand how we are chose, we are holy and blameless, we are predestined, we are adopted, and we are graciously blessed!
