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Recap of 7/25/10:
1. Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 is one of the great prayers of the Bible, yet if we get lost in the rapturous language of the prayer we are in danger of missing the very practical nature of Paul’s request. Paul’s great desire is that what the Ephesians know in theory, they may live out in reality and so that is the crux of his prayer. It is not enough for a believer to hold a truth intellectually (such as the truth Paul taught in Ephesians 2:11-3:13 that in the church Jew and Gentile are one, what he calls a new man…one body) but must make that truth a part of our lives.
2. If we are going to make the Word of God a reality in our lives, we must:
-grow spiritually in the inner person, vs. 16
-yield more and more of our lives to Christ, vs. 17a
-grasp more and more both intellectually and experientially the love of Christ, vs. 17b-19a
-be more and more a reflection of God’s character, vs. 19b
3. This is Paul’s desire for Christians and thus his prayer.
