3:14-21 THE ROOM Prayer for Realization (3:14-21) Welcome to the Uttermost Room explore it and let the Spirit of the house enlighten you. The Uttermost Room is a place where God reveals His love, in this room you can’ t see the ceiling, neither the walls, nor the floor and you are lifted up by the Spirit. In here God says drink in my love and the more you receive, the more you see in this room. Prayer for Realization (3:14-21) V.14 a) Prayer - I. This section is soaked with prayer, nothing in here will be experienced without prayer, prayer is the key to these experiences, that’ s why Paul began it by prayer. II. This is his 2nd and last prayer in Ephesians. 1. His first prayer were about enlightenment. 2. His second prayer is about enablement. V.15 b) Possession - Every family were created with a father because that God is a Father. He is the prototype father and He possess all families as the ultimate Father. Heb.12:9 V.16 c) Power - I. Until now Paul had mentioned: “ the riches of His grace” . 1:7; 2:7, “ rich in mercy” 2:4 and “ unsearchable riches in Christ” . 3:8 II. But now he mentions “ the riches of His glory” for manifestation is in view here, it’ s a preparation to the practical section of Ch. 4-6. Let us remember that our Father is rich and our inheritance abundant. III. God wants to strengthen our spirits with might by His Spirit. Col.1:11; 1.Thes.1:5 1. First he prayed for our enlightenment concerning this power. 1:19 2. Then he testified how this power worked in his ministry. 3:7 3. Now he prays that we may experience this power. V.16 4. V.20 says don’ t limit the power for it’ s beyond our understanding. V.17 d) Presence - All believers have Christ’ s Spirit in their hearts. 1.Cor.6:17; 12:13; Col.1:27. But it’ s not in every believer where he receives a dwelling fellowship. Rev.3:20 I. We should be rooted and grounded in love. V.17 To fellowship with Jesus establish love in our lives. II. We should be grounded in truth. 1.Tim.3:15 To fellowship with the Church establish truth in our lives. “ Truth is when word and deed become one” III. We should be grounded and steadfast in faith. Col.1:23 To fellowship with the word of God establish faith. IV. When these “ 3 pins” as on an electrical plug are attached to our lives, then we can plug our understanding into the socket and begin to comprehend His greatness. V.18 e) Proportion - I. It takes all the saints to comprehend the full love of Christ. When we are founded in these 3 areas: love, truth and faith can we begin to see the frame, light begins to appear and the picture becomes clearer and clearer “ from glory to glory” . 2.Cor.3:18 II. Width and length - How wide and long His arms are to save and embrace man. III. Depth - How deep He was willing to go to save us, even by empting Himself and suffering for us. IV. Height - How high He was willing to take man even by setting us beside Himself in Christ. V.19 f) Potential - I. The love of Christ that passes knowledge means that we need the Spirit’ s revelation to see and experience it. 1.Cor.2:6-16 II. God has put within the Church a potential to know the full love of Christ and to be filled with the fullness of God. III. God wants to fill His Church with the Triune filling of God. 1. The fullness of God (The Father). V.19 2. The fullness of Christ. 4:13 3. The fullness of the Spirit. 5:18 V.20 g) Providence - I. Paul concludes the doctrinal section with a doxology in v.20-21 II. It’ s the climax of this section and ends with a praise to God. III. Not only is God able, He is able above what we can ask and even what we can think is possible. Phil.3:21 If we still doubt His ability, then he says that God is able abundantly above all, if we still doubts it he then adds: exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think. IV. This ability of power has He put within us in Christ, He just has to release it from within us. V.21 h) Praise - This glorification is through Christ who has given us all the reasons to praise.