Ephesians 3:13-21
13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20
20 Now unto him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
Ephesians 3:2-7
2 if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Servant to the Gentiles..
Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Peaceable people believe that faith is the solution to all problems. The fact is faith puts all solutions into crisis.
Faith is a consuming fire that reduces all doubts into dust. To have faith means to have problems.
Abraham Heschel
Jeremiah 32:17
Ah, Lord God! It is You who have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for You.
Genesis 18:13
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:14
14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 18:15
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
2 Timothy 1:12
…for I know whom I have believed, and I’m persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day
Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think…
- Now to Him (Paul turns our eyes upward)
- Who is able (God’s ability is unrestricted)
- To do immeasurably more. (no way to calculate his ability)
- Than all we ask or Think/Imagine
- According to His power (his Power/not the size of our faith)
- Power that works in us. (treasure in earthly vessels)