Ephesians 3:14 KJV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I love the phrase, "...I bow my knees..." I wonder if any of us do that nearly enough!
But the important thing is that he tells us the cause of bowing his knees.
He did not bow his knees to escape prison or any other trial. In fact he did not say he bowed his knees for any personal prayer concern at all. Paul was in tribulation at the time. Things were not easy in his own life. But his concern was not his ease. He bowed his knees for others.
He bowed his knees so others would know the love of Christ
Vs 19
My first thought is for the lost.
O that more of those who do not know that Christ loves them and died for them would comprehend this truth!
O that God would grant us the power of the Holy Spirit to tell them!
But the prayer is toward the Christian
The book is written to Christians. What a shame that the child of God would be content with a shallow, surface fellowship and relationship with Jesus Christ.
Paul wanted them to comprehend the breadth, length, depth and height of God's love.
When I bow my knees I want to bow them for the sake of others and for the purpose of helping others to know God's love more fully.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I love the phrase, "...I bow my knees..." I wonder if any of us do that nearly enough!
But the important thing is that he tells us the cause of bowing his knees.
He did not bow his knees to escape prison or any other trial. In fact he did not say he bowed his knees for any personal prayer concern at all. Paul was in tribulation at the time. Things were not easy in his own life. But his concern was not his ease. He bowed his knees for others.
He bowed his knees so others would know the love of Christ
Vs 19
My first thought is for the lost.
O that more of those who do not know that Christ loves them and died for them would comprehend this truth!
O that God would grant us the power of the Holy Spirit to tell them!
But the prayer is toward the Christian
The book is written to Christians. What a shame that the child of God would be content with a shallow, surface fellowship and relationship with Jesus Christ.
Paul wanted them to comprehend the breadth, length, depth and height of God's love.
When I bow my knees I want to bow them for the sake of others and for the purpose of helping others to know God's love more fully.
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