Ephesians Part 32 (Wonderful Work of Salvation)

INTRO: In the last number of messages we have been looking at Paul's prayers for the Ephesian believers. He desired that God would grant to them the spirit of wisdom and revelation. These were available to these believers and to you and to me in the knowledge of God. Now the way we gain knowledge of God is through the Word of God. How are your personal studies? I have said before that I have never seen great men and women of God who are not people of the Word.

Paul further desired that the spiritual eyes of the Ephesian believers might be opened so that they might understand three great and fundamental Christian truths. First: What is the hope of His calling. Second: What are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. The first one gives us the benefits to be experienced by man, the second the benefits of God. Third, Paul wanted them to know what is the exceeding greatness of God's power toward the believer. This power was demonstrated for us graphically in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In our last message we saw this power as compared to all principality, power, might and dominion and we were told by the Word of God that God's power was FAR ABOVE any of those.