Ephesians 3:1. The Grace Given to Paul. The enthusiasm with which the Apostle speaks of preaching the Gospel to the heathen is contagious. His words burn on the page, and our hearts take fire as we read them. What was the secret of this exultation in the Gospel and in his commission to make the Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:8 The Unsearchable Riches of Christ. I. Paul preached _riches._This word represents three things: value, abundance, and supply. II. Unsearchable riches that is, value not traced by inquiry and investigation. You can very soon search earthly riches; but you cannot, by any use or enjoym... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:14 One Family in Heaven and Earth. Of God, the universal Father, the whole family in heaven and earth is named. He is Father to them all. They all feel the comfort of His love. And we may be sure that whatever needs to be done in those heavenly worlds in sustaining weakness, in guiding... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:14 Filled with all the Fulness of God. I. Perhaps it would be well to leave this phrase in its vague sublimity without any attempt to explain it as it stands. It appeals to the imagination, touches lofty sentiment, and seems to suggest a grandeur belonging to worlds as yet unvisited by... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:15 The ascension of our Lord is little thought of by many who seem to derive much comfort from dwelling on His death and His resurrection. The Ascension, they say, may be a fit subject for those who dream dreams and see visions to meditate upon. Often we long for a few hours' of cloiste... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:16 The Inner Man. Every one has an inner man, a better self, a potential perfection within him, which will awake and begin to flower when he feels in his soul the touch of God. Through dress, through manners, through morals, through religious ceremony, we have to go to find the inner m... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:16 Spiritual Strength. We may fasten upon five significant terms as keys by which we may unlock this Divine casket, so that its precious contents, the riches of the Father's glory, may be set free and shed abroad. I. The first is faith. The seat of the strength imparted is the inner m... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:17 I. It is certain that something will dwell in our hearts. They are not intended to remain empty. If they are not filled with good, some evil spirit will enter in, and he, not Christ, will dwell there. If we are to realise what St. Paul means when he speaks of us as a habitation of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:19 The Cross the Measure of Love. I. What is the language in which Christ reveals His love to us but His cross and Passion? The words, deeds, and sufferings of the Son of God are but one act; they make up one whole, one eternal word by which He speaks to us. This is that secret ineffab... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephesians 3:20 I. The central thought in this passage is the ability and willingness of God in Christ Jesus to do according to every possible measure of human need at every possible time. If we realised this, what a changed aspect it would give to this poor life of ours! How small and worthless wou... [ Continue Reading ]