Ephesians 1:1~6:24
INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS STUDY , Ron Ward
KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US
Passage: Ephesians 1:15~23
Key verse: 18a
1. …so that you may know him better (15-17)
Hearing about the faith and love of the Ephesian Christians could only bring Paul to prayers of thanksgiving. Paul thanked God for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. He also prayed for two things for them. He asked God to give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Spirit. The Ephesians were very good in many ways. They needed the Holy Spirit so that they may come to know God even better. We should continually pray that God may grant us His Spirit that we may come to know Him better.
2. That your heart may be enlightened (18-23)
The second thing Paul prayed for was that they may be enlightened by God to know the hope He had given them. It is hard to have hope in a world in which there seems to be nothing but bad news. In fact, there is no worldly hope. Our hope is only in God. We can have this hope because our God raised Christ from the dead and seated him at His right hand. And we know He will raise us too.
Prayer: Lord, grant me the Holy spirit that I may know you better and have your hope at all times.
One Word: That we may know Him better
Hearing about the faith and love of the Ephesian Christians could only bring Paul to prayers of thanksgiving. Paul thanked God for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. He also prayed for two things for them. He asked God to give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Spirit. The Ephesians were very good in many ways. They needed the Holy Spirit so that they may come to know God even better. We should continually pray that God may grant us His Spirit that we may come to know Him better.
2. That your heart may be enlightened (18-23)
The second thing Paul prayed for was that they may be enlightened by God to know the hope He had given them. It is hard to have hope in a world in which there seems to be nothing but bad news. In fact, there is no worldly hope. Our hope is only in God. We can have this hope because our God raised Christ from the dead and seated him at His right hand. And we know He will raise us too.
Prayer: Lord, grant me the Holy spirit that I may know you better and have your hope at all times.
One Word: That we may know Him better
