How can we wonder that so many are wandering in error, when so few are united in the bond of peace? But that makes no difference. This explains to those of you who love not Christ, who love Him not through faith in His redemption, this explains why your purposes fall headlong to the ground, why your thoughts of heaven, and intentions to be holy, show fair for no other end, than to wither in the bud. As to the first, viz. There remains, however, the question of the construction. (47)— θλίψεσί μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, in my afflictions for you) Ephesians 3:1.— δόξα) [your] glory spiritual; inasmuch as your faith is assisted thereby [1 Corinthians 4:10]. These varying modes of expression find their solution in the doctrine of the Trinity. Compare with Romans 8:9-10. (C. H. You treat others in the same way that God treats them, which means that you love your brethren fervently (1 Peter 1:22). Thus Paul prays to the Father that Christ by His Spirit will be allowed to settle down in their hearts, and from His throne there both control and strengthen them” (pp. The multiplication of Bibles that stand upon bookshelves or lie upon tables is an easy matter, but to multiply copies of walking scriptures, in the form of holy men who can say, “Thy Word have I hid in my heart,” is much more difficult. Christianity differs from all other religions, not in the fact that it commands a worship--for all do; not simply in the superior view which it gives of God; but by demanding a peculiar condition of heart toward Christ. 2. Of what avail would richness of soil be to rows of dead branches? To refer it to loving, including both God’s love to us and ours to Him, confounds two things, either of which could be represented as soil and foundation, but scarcely both. We must learn to carry about with us a consciousness of Christ's real presence. That ye, being rooted and grounded in love: "at home" in the personality of the believer. The heart in which Christ dwells must be a purified heart. ch. It is better that the intellectual perception should be full and clear; nevertheless, a man can embrace Christ by the heart without the help of the understanding, far better than he can embrace Christ by the understanding without the aid of the heart. (48) The Scripture has regard chiefly to things internal. Mrs. Song of Solomon -and-so doesn't like You, and I think it might be well for You, so there'll be no complications for You, if You go up to Your room until she goes. See on John 17:23; Galatians 2:21. (W. Arnot, D. D.). Christ dwells in the heart as a character--as a spirit of life. The expansion of his heart. By adopting this theory we may run away from some grievous difficulties; but we run into as many others that are no less grievous. Apathy towards the church or the will of God is another proof that Christ hasn"t been allowed to settle down in the life of a Christian. That ye, being rooted and grounded in love.—The phrase “ye, being,” &c., stands in the original before the word “that,” as a kind of link between the previous clause and this, which seems to describe the consequence of the indwelling of Christ—viz., first love, next comprehension, and finally growth into the fulness of God. That is the presentation of Christ doctrinally or theologically. If you exercise your mind upon small matters, your mind becomes diminished in its powers and capabilities--if you exercise your mind upon great matters, your mind expands; if the heart is fixed on a small object of affection, its affections become small--if on a comprehensive one, the affections are enlarged. He declares that the little tree has grown vastly, and is still to be seen in the Rue Saint Michel. “And that Christ, who bought you for God by his death and made these promises of God available to you, will make his home in your hearts! Whenever we feel dead and barren let us ask to be buried in Christ afresh, and straightway we shall glorify His name by bearing much fruit. The prayer is here complete, all that follows being but consequent from it. To limit it to love of the brethren is unwarranted by anything in the context ‘Love is the fundamental grace’ (Eadie). The result of this request is that Christ may be "at home" in the personality of the believer. Not just a passer through, but Christ is to be one that lives permanently in every part of your being. Here, in the centre of the circular mass, the main stem was pointing perpendicularly downward when the tree was young, perhaps a century ago; but ere it had gone far in that direction, it had struck against a stone. As one man said, it's all right to be a Christian, but please don't bring your religion into business. p. 314). I remark, then, in view of this exposition, that--. By faith - Greek, 'through faith,' which opens the door of the heart to Jesus (Rev. Harsh thoughts of a spirit into which Christ is tenderly striving to force an entrance? We have not seen it, and are afraid that to inquire for it in the aforesaid Rue would raise a laugh at our expense. 17. Greek. The righteous, sovereign, eternal God who framed the ages by the word of His mouth, who upholds all things by the word of His power, the One who has all authority in heaven and on earth, is all for you and all for me. I have explained to you briefly, as well as I could, what is implied in that: it is such a perception of God’s love--its length, and breadth, and depth, and height--that our affections are placed firmly upon it; all their roots are fixed deeply into it. In regard to this breadth, length, depth, height, all which are one magnitude, there is nothing broad, long, deep, high in any creature. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. It is there, observe--in the manifestation of that love--that union is again effected between God and man. Ephesians 1 New King James Version (NKJV) Greeting. The former view has the difficulty of taking two somewhat different grammatical constructions as parallels, and it fails to bring out as the latter does the advance in the thought. The true meaning is, that our roots ought to be so deeply planted, and our foundation so firmly laid in love, that nothing will be able to shake us. Beecher. Верою вселиться Христу. Excited - honored - impressed - humbled, are some of the words that come to my mind - wow - Paul wants all this for me and he barely knows me. The former might convey the idea of subjects deriving their life and growth from love; and the latter the idea of subjects built up on the basis of love as living stones in the Divine temple. The greatest physicists of the day are men who want to know the truth, not only as it is related to matter and to men, but as it is related to Divinity. Now we come to the second request, which is in verse17; and he prays. You may read your Bible from cover to cover and not discover any theories about God’s essence, transcendence, infinitude. A. C., 1591, means simply to establish something firmly. Dwell — That is, constantly and sensibly abide. Amen. Hence it follows, that this is true and solid excellence; so that, whenever he treats of the perfection of the saints, he views it as consisting of these two parts. Contrast Matthew 13:6, Matthew 13:21. 3. The plant that is rooted in the ground represents a believer getting all his support and all his sustenance from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our lord. Hence the Psalmist--“When Thou hast set my heart at liberty.” I repeat, that if you can enter into the depth and length and height and breadth of God’s love in Christ to you, one result will be an expansion of heart and affection back towards God. He sets it at liberty from sin and Satan (Luke 11:1, etc). 10. Christ is love, and love is Christ. The passage in Romans 8:9, Romans 8:10 is specially instructive. A.). "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". above, on Ephesians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 13:5), in which faith is the appropriating instrument on the part of man (hence διὰ τῆς πίστεως). III. Ell. What is revealed is, however, before all things practical. And this leads me to the third feature of love, that it be intelligent and enlightened, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. That ye being rooted - Firmly established - as a tree is whose roots strike deep, and extend afar. 2. There the life satisfies itself and becomes strong. The expression, all things, includes τὰς ἀρχὰς, κ. τ. λ., principalities, etc. By faith; whereby ye not only believe Cllrist’s truth, but receive and apprehend himself, and which is the means by which ye have union and communion with him. There is little doubt that in the verb κατοικῆσαι, emphatic in its position, the reference is to the last clause of the 2nd chapter- κατοικητήριον τοῦ θεοῦ—“a dwelling of God.” The apostle applies in this prayer the architectural allusion directly to the believing Ephesians themselves, and therefore the figure is not preserved in its rhetorical integrity. of N. T. Greek, p. 389). Простой и подлинный смысл таков: мы должны так прочно укорениться в любви, и так глубоко проникнуться ее ощущением, чтобы ничто не было в силах нас от нее увести. He didn't save you just to get you to heaven; He's got a real purpose for your life and my life. Rooting and grounding are consequences of the strengthening of the Spirit and of Christ's indwelling. He humbles the heart (Acts 9:5-6; Ephesians 3:8). He prays that Christ may dwell in their hearts by his most holy faith. That the attempt to prove a God by scientific tests, applying physics strictly, can only reach a small way up. Our part is not to produce life, but to exercise trust. What I'm trying to say to you, my friend, is this—we can well afford to let the Saviour take over in our lives. He is an inward Saviour--the indwelling source of spiritual life. You are "eager" to do God"s will. I preach, and rejoice that I have to preach, a “Christ that died, yea! It is heaven upon earth that love should be the soil in which our obedience is rooted, and from which we draw all the nutriment that turns to flowers and fruit. We cannot call sin the loving thing to do (Romans 13:8-10). Thoroughly established in love, having it not as an uncertain feeling changing with every change of experience, but as the constant principle of their life” (Gr. When Jesus is allowed to "settle down" in our lives, when we allow His will to control us (Galatians 2:20), the results are great (Galatians 5:22-23). Imagine yourself sitting in the church of Ephesus and hearing this letter read. Кроме того, Павел указывает, каким способом достигается такое благо. You know, I've often asked people this question: Do you think that Jesus Christ can run your life better than you can run it? The indwelling expressed here by the comp. Посему всякий раз, ведя речь о совершенстве святых, Павел учит, что оно состоит их этих двух частей. If so, can we tempt one another to sin, and so to shut Him out? Ephesians 3:17-19. The prime trouble is, that we are not large enough to understand God on any theory. So here the two words probably express the one simple idea of being securely settled and deeply founded. When a forest tree, that has outlived several generations of its owners, is at last thrown down by a tempest, and its roots all exposed to the inspection of the passer-by, many secret passages of its early history are at length revealed. But still, while many a similar tree has been torn up by the roots, this old oak has shaken its fists at the storm! The necessary inference is, if we are failing to properly "love" God, others, and especially our own brethren, then we are refusing to let Christ control our lives. ἐῤῥιζ. The Chiasmus must be noticed: in the first sentence we have, that He would grant to you; in the second, to dwell; in the third, in love—that you may be able: in the fourth, that you might be filled. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." The deletion of the words “by Jesus Christ,” and the want of some other qualifying term, militates against this view. The apostle there says, "The Spirit of God dwelleth in you. I am assuming this is salvation, since it is dependant on faith. You cannot do it by your own power; turn to Him and let Him make you temples meet for Himself. For example, he said, somebody is coming down the street and you look out, and you say, "Oh, here comes Mrs. Song of Solomon -and-so." In such a diffused thought of God there is no relief to me from the difficulties which inhere in this subject. —The powerful thought is, that Christ’s own spirit or temper may, , or self-surrender on our part, supplant our own natural temper. Ephesians 3:3. κατὰ ἀποκαλύψιν, by revelation) Galatians 1:12; Acts 9:3-4.— ἐγνώρισέ μοι, made known to me) God, by His grace.— τὸ μυστήριον, the mystery) of Christ; see the following verses.— προέγραψα ἐν ὀλίγῳ) I wrote before in a few words. 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