Doesn’t The New Testament Teach That Christians are
Powerful?
Ephesians 1:18 “Having the eyes of your
hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called
you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is
the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the
working of his great might”
In Ephesians 1, Paul speaks of the inheritance we have as
adoptive sons and daughter in Christ Jesus, an inheritance far beyond the
physical blessings God has given us, for which the Holy Spirit is our guarantee
as Ephesians 1:13-14 says “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the
promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our
inheritance until we acquire possession of it…”
There is so much more to being a Christian than just
believing in God and listening to a sermon on Sundays, so much more than what
we see unless the eyes of our heart are enlightened, allowing us to know of His
“immeasurable greatness… toward us who believe”; but why do so few Christians understand
this and reach out for more?
Christians that are ‘Christians’ on Sunday could have an
everyday relationship with their Heavenly Father, they could experience peace
of mind, healing, and the gifts of the Spirit*, which is only part of our
inheritance.
Revelation 3:16 “So,
because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my
mouth.”
Ephesians 1:17 “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of him,”
*1 Corinthians 12:9 “To another faith
by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,”
*1 Corinthians
12:4 “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;”
For
further study read Ephesians 1, 1 Corinthians 4:20, 2 Timothy 1:7, Revelations
1:6 and 2:26-28.
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