September
11th
My prayers for you
14:
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 15: Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16: That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to
be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17: That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love, 18: May be able to comprehend with all saints what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19: And to know
the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fullness of God. 20: Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us, 21: Unto him be glory in the church by
Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Paul
continues the thought of v1 which was based on the closing point of
chapter 2, he still has in mind the idea that we are built together
in Christ, and so for this reason be kneels in worship unto the
Father who is the sole head of all the families (the clans) in heaven
and earth (of angels and men.) And this is his prayer – That he
would in his grace, [according to the abundance of his self
revelation], strengthen you with his almighty power, by the Holy
Spirit, in the inner man. That Christ may take up permanent residence
in your minds by faith. So that you will have deep roots and be
established in love (The fundamental principle of the Christian life)
so that you may be able to grasp with all the saints, what is the
breath, length, depth and height and that you might experience in
practice the love of Christ, which goes beyond head knowledge, and
that you might be filled with God in all his fullness. Paul has
spoken of six ‘That’s’. That God would grant you. That you may
be strong, That Christ might dwell in you, That you might comprehend,
That you might experience, That you may be filled. And then he brings
his prayer to an end in a doxology – Now unto him - be glory. He
who is able to do super-abundantly, far above, all that we could ask
or even imagine according to the power of God which works within us.
Unto Him be the glory in the church (which is his sphere of
operation) throughout all the ages to come for ever and ever – So
let it be.
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