"Strength and Knowledge"

 

“Strength and Knowledge”

 

That He would grant you, according to the riches of His Glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height---to know the Love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.     Ephesians 3:16-19

 

These verses are included in the Apostle Paul’s prayer for the Believers in Ephesus.  This part of his prayer is divided into two areas:  First, is STRENGTH, this is found in verses sixteen and seventeen.  Jesus Christ sent His Holy Spirit to indwell the HEARTS of the TRUE BELIEVERS, and to STRENGTHEN their inner man. That through their FAITH, Christ would dwell in their HEARTS.  And that they might have the SPIRITUAL POWER of the Indwelling Christ, through the HOLY SPIRIT.

 

Second is:  KNOWLEDGE, which is found in verses eighteen and nineteen.  This KNOWLEDGE is not only INTELLECTUAL and PERSONAL but it is INDIVIDUAL and TOGETHER with OTHER BELIEVERS.  That they might have the ability to GRASP how WIDE and LONG and HIGH and DEEP is the LOVE of CHRIST.  And to KNOW the GOAL of this KNOWLEDGE, which is to be FILLED to the MEASURE of ALL the FULLNESS of the ALMIGHTY GOD. 

 

In order to UNDERSTAND the FULLNESS of the ALMIGHTY GOD, and to be FILLED with this FULLNESS, you MUST have the RIGHT THINKING and a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him.  And that is ONLY POSSIBLE through, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and His SACRIFICIAL ACT of REDEMPTION. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, through the SHED BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, then you do NOT POSSESS a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him.  And therefore, you will NOT have the RIGHT THINKING.  In order to experience the STRENGTH, KNOWLEDGE and FULLNESS of the ALMIGHTY GOD, you MUST BE WILLING to ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of a SAVIOR, and BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then CONFESS your sins to HIM, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And be WILLING to TURN AWAY from your SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and possess STRENGTH and KNOWLEDGE.  Then be ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and to RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!