Lectures on St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...in faith, giving glory to God. All are soldiers of the cross, but there is a great difference between raw recruits and accomplished warriors--those who are entering upon, and those triumphing over the difficulties of the campaign. The varieties of different ages, nations, political and ecclesiastical names and institutions, have tinged their character with many hues, but the head and the heart, the faith, hope, and charity are all the same. (3.) They have many names and many symbols which express something of their nature and office. They are the elect, chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world; they are the redeemed Church, washed in His blood from all defilement; they are believers, converts, new creatures, with a new name upon them, a new heart within them, a new heaven above them, and a new earth beneath their feet. All things are become new. They are His people, His fold, His bride, His temple, His house, the trees of His planting, the work of His hands that He may be glorified. He is the head and they the body, He is the vine and they the branches, He is the foundation, and they the living stones. All this is expressive of the nature of the family and their relations to the Saviour. But let us now consider VI. The Contents Of The Apostle's Pkater. "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Verses 16-19.) The first thing he prays for is strength, strengthened wi...