Paul says that God fills the church, Christ’s body, with His very presence and power (Ephesians 1:22-23). Just as God’s glory once filled the temple in the Old Testament, now His Spirit fills the church – comprised of individual believers like you and me. What an amazing privilege! Not only…
Paul also prays we would know “the immeasurable greatness of [God’s] power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:19). The same God who raised Jesus from the dead after being in the grave three days has limitless power available to us as His followers. Yet we often live defeated, discouraged, and…
Paul also wants us to know more fully “the riches of [God’s] glorious inheritance in the saints” (Ephesians 1:18). Though we look forward to the amazing inheritance we will receive from God, this phrase actually refers to something different – our value and worth to God as His people. While…
The first essential truth Paul wants us to know and experience is “the hope to which God has called us” (Ephesians 1:18). This hope is nothing less than the glorious future that awaits all believers in Jesus. It includes the promise of a new creation, transformed physical bodies, eternal life…
In Ephesians 1:18, Paul prays for the eyes of the Ephesians’ hearts to be enlightened. We often read the Bible and hear sermons about God’s truth, yet fail to fully grasp and internalize those spiritual truths. We need more than just information—we need revelation that penetrates our hearts. That happens…
“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:13–14) Our supreme…
“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 1:13) The Holy Spirit within us is God’s seal and guarantee, reassuring us that one day we will come into our full…
“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:11–12) Our God…
Ephesians 1:13 “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” Our salvation is not earned by what we do or accomplish through our own effort. It is freely received by believing…
Ephesians 1:11 – “In him we have obtained an inheritance…” Through our union with Christ, we have the astounding confidence of an eternal inheritance awaiting us. Despite the various struggles we face in this mortal life – illness, grief, poverty, injustice – we can endure them with patience and hope,…