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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 37
Ephesians 3:8-21
Remember Paul is writing to believers.
Ephesians 3:17-19a
For us to comprehend these things is the desire of God, and of this apostle for every believer. Let’s read verse 10 again as we start.
I Corinthians 2:10
"But God hath revealed (the things that have not been seen or heard in verse 9. God has revealed) them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."
How many believers today go into the deep things of God? Precious, precious few. I Corinthians 2:11b
"...even so the (deep) things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God."
Now it certainly helps in Bible study to have a good reference Bible. Get a good one and hopefully one with some footnotes to clarify some things that may be a little hard to understand, Just learn to do Bible study, comparing Scripture with Scripture. Now verse 12.
I Corinthians 2:12
It just won’t work that way, because we have to depend on the Spirit of God. Now being human I like words of encouragement, and over and over people have written that they have prayed that God would open the Scripture to them. I Corinthians 2:13
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; (and how does the Holy Spirit teach?) comparing spiritual things with spiritual."
No matter how hard you try to fit them in they simply won’t fit!
Listen, that’s what too many Bible studies do. Remember God changes His programs but God never changes like I said early while teaching this Book of Ephesians. As we find in Matthew chapter 21 He was teaching one of His parables. Matthew 21:45
Jesus never taught anything that was completely out in left field, but He’s constantly driving his teaching home to the Nation of Israel. Matthew 21:45
Now coming back to I Corinthians chapter 2, and finish the study on the deep things of God. Let’s pick up with verse 13. This is all part and parcel of what Paul is enlarging on in Ephesians chapter 3, when he prays, "That we have the might and the power of the height, and depth, and length, and breadth of spiritual discernment."
I Corinthians 2:13
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual."
All right, now what’s Paul saying? "How many people lean on what men have said?" Now verse 14.
I Corinthians 2:14
"But the natural man (the unbeliever. Now let’s go back to the Book of Ephesians.
Ephesians 3:17-18
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (that is the love of God that brought us unto Himself. Ephesians 3:19
"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Read that verse again)
Ephesians 3:19a
"And to know the love of Christ,..."
Now listen that’s beyond human comprehension. "The Love of God!" How God loves the human race! II Corinthians 4:3-4
In whom (in lost people) the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
Who is keeping lost people lost? Well Satan is! People think you’re a fundamentalist kook if you use that term. But listen, the Bible explicitly tells us that his power is tremendous, and only the power of God can break his blinding the unbeliever. 14. And a certain woman named Lydia a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, (she was Jewish and worshipping the God of Abraham, and this Lydia) heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, (now before the Lord could open her heart to believe Paul’s Gospel, what other power did God have to exercise? He had to break the blinding power of Satan. (Lydia believed Paul’s Gospel and became a believer.)
Satan has blinded the eyes of those that believe not and only the power of God can open their understanding. Now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 3, and let’s read verse 19 again.
Ephesians 3:19
"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."
I don’t think there’s ever been a human alive, at least not on this side of the apostle Paul that has really understood the fulness of God. Now verse 20. Here Paul ends this prayer.
Ephesians 3:20
Just for a moment let’s come over to the Book of Colossians and look at another prayer for believers.
Colossians 1:9
Now verse 10.
Colossians 1:10-14
"That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, (remember God never tells us to be a thorn in people. Ephesians 3:21
"Unto him be glory in the church (the Body of Christ) by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.

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