Ephesians 3:16-19

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16

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 man, the very soul. How then is the discovery made? How does a man reach the centre and fountain of his own being, find himself, recover himself, bring himself home again to God? There are very great... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16-19

Ephesians 3:16-19 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 man; it is the strength not of outward propping, but of inward peace and power. The essence of it is Christ dwelling in your hearts, Christ living in you, Christ in you the hope of glory. And the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:17

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 God through the Spirit, we may do well to consider what some of those things are which do daily fill our thoughts, and almost literally people our hearts. We shall find that some of these inhabitants... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:19

Ephesians 3:19 The deepest thoughts of the heart of a spiritual man are sure to come out in his prayer. Hear a man of God pray, and you hear the real man speaking. And when such an Apostle as Paul prays, we may well be all attention to catch every syllable. His prayer is an ascending one. Each petition rises higher than the preceding, and meditating on this prayer is something like ascending an Alpine peak. (1) You will see that, in order that a man may be filled with all the fulness of God,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 3:14-19

DISCOURSE: 2104PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGSEphesians 3:14-19. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians.For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles ( Ephesians 3:1 ),It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome, but as far as he was concerned, he was a prisoner of Jesus Christ, that is the one he was really bound to. "A prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles." The reason why Paul was persecuted and the reason why Paul was in prison is because he was insisting that the Gentiles could be saved by their... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:1-21

Ephesians 3:1 . Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ. He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.” Acts 23:11. My bonds therefore prove that Jesus is the Christ, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. The kings of the earth, who thought to do me harm, are overruled to be my protectors. Ephesians 3:2 . If ye have heard... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 3:14-21For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.A pattern of prayerThe worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself and God for us all”; the true Christian practice is, to follow Christ:--“I have prayed for thee, that thy strength fall not”; “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” And in following the Lord, to follow St. Paul’s advice and example:--“For this cause I bow my knees to the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 3:16

Ephesians 3:16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.The measure of God’s powerThe man of the world is full of what he can do; the Christian of what he cannot do. Here, we have the inward power for which we may ask to supply our deficiency.I. The measure of this power.1. Measured by Himself. His perfection, His excellence. Man measures by his imperfection and poverty.2. Measured by the extent of Himself. Man... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 3:17

Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love.The substance of ChristianityHere is the sum and substance of Christianity: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.” It is the whole of Christianity; that is to say, it is the whole of it in the same way that an acorn is the whole of a tree. “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is... read more

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