Thursday, November 08, 2012

Ephesians 3:13-16


13 So I ask you not to lose heart [not to faint or become despondent through fear] at what I am suffering in your behalf. [Rather glory in it] for it is an honor to you.
   
There is no way that we who are in Christ will ever loose heart. For a true child of God to be able to loose heart would mean that Jesus would have to leave us and forsake us and He never will, Hebrews 13:5. We are only able to believe and have faith because our Father has given us the gift of a new heart, Ezekiel 36:26, and the gifts of our Father are without revoke.  

For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] Romans 11:29

There is no fear in the perfect love of our Father and it is through His glorious power that we live and walk, 1 John 4:18. Jesus is ever with us, empowering us to walk in the fulness of His salvation. We are empowered with the same Holy Spirit that empowers Jesus to believe, in Christ we cannot and will not fail, Romans 8:37. The Truth is that Jesus will never allow us to. For us to fail would mean that Jesus’ body failed and Jesus doesn't know failure, He only knows victory!

This is our peace that passes all understanding, Philippians 4:7, that whether we believe it or not, Jesus will cause us to walk in victory. All things always work out for our good for those of us who are in Christ.

We are assured and know that [ God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. Romans 8:28

14 For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name].

16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].

In Christ we have all of His power, we are now one with all that He is, John 17:19-22. There is only one Holy Spirit and He is our strength, our guide, our advocate, and our stand by, John 14:26. The power that keeps and empowers Jesus keeps and empowers us. 

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