Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:8
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The church occupies a place of tremendous importance in the mind of Christ, and it should be extremely important in our estimation as well.
We sense its importance by the prominent space it occupies in the New Testament. Also it claimed a significant place in the ministry of the apostles. Paul, for instance, spoke of his twofold ministry - to preach the Gospel and to declare the truth of the church (Ephesians 3:8-9). The apostles spoke of...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 3:8-9Colossians 1:25-26Ephesians 3:101 Timothy 3:15Matthew 16:18Ephesians 1:20-231 Corinthians 12:12-13Ephesians 5:25-27Ephesians 5:31-32
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I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. (Ephesians 3:14,15)
God is acting in this dispensation to get a
family, and God’s present dispensational activity is not going to be defeated by
death, and He is not going to be cheated of it by death. He will get a Family,
and will cheat death of that...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:14Ephesians 3:15
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To me, to live is Christ. (Philippians 1:21 NIV)
In the wilderness the whole of our
natural life is brought out, and we come to know our weakness and emptiness;
that we have nothing. Thus it is that we now find everything in Christ and so
can go over and possess. What is the secret of possession, of coming into our
inheritance? It is that we have come to the place where...
Bible Verses: Philippians 1:211 Corinthians 16:10Ephesians 3:10Ephesians 3:11Ephesians 2:7Ephesians 2:10
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That you... 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 3:18,19)
The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ, that Christ is becoming greater and greater as time...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:18Ephesians 3:19
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All glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20 NLT)
Any power that can survive what we sometimes have to go through in the realm of
our own souls is a very great power indeed; and, believe me, this power that
works in the Church is going to survive all
the...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:20
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To whom was God speaking when He took an oath that they would never enter His rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed Him? (Hebrews 3:18 NLT)
We have no right to go to
the unsaved and bid them come to Christ and find rest until and unless we
ourselves know that rest. Our testimony and our ministry is jeopardized,
weakened, limited and discredited if we are not...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 3:18Psalms 78:37Ephesians 3:16
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I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you.... (Ephesians
3:1)
The measure of approximation to the fullness of
the revelation has always been accompanied by a relative cost. Every instrument
of the testimony has been laid under suspicion and reproach in a measure
commensurate with the degree of value to the Lord, and this has meant that,
humanly, they were...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:1Ephesians 3:13
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The mystery was made known to me by revelation. (Ephesians 3:3 ESV)
As we take account of the situation today we feel more and
more deeply convinced that the greatest need of the hour is for men of vision
and courage. But we use the word "vision" in the specific sense in which it is
used in the Bible and not in the general sense, of enterprise. That is, what is
needed above...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:3
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May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love... that you may really come to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience. (Ephesians 3:17,19 AMP)
The Holy Spirit, with all that the gift of the
Spirit means of enduement and endowment...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 3:17Ephesians 3:19
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The apostle Paul felt it a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel. He did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but he entered upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was thus thankful for his office, his success in it greatly humbled him. The fuller a vessel becomes, the deeper it sinks in the water. Idlers may indulge a fond conceit of their abilities, because they are untried; but the earnest worker soon learns his own weakness. If you seek humility, try hard work; if...