2. Ephesians 1:15-17
15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him…

3. Ephesians 1:18-20
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places…

4. Ephesians 1:21-23
21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

5. Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

6. Ephesians 1:18-19a
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

7. The Knowledge of the Holy
I. What God must do
…that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened…
To know these spiritual truths, God must open, enlighten, and bring the light of truth for our eyes to behold and our minds to understand.

8. Ephesians 4:18
“being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart…”

9. 2 Corinthians 4:4, 6
“4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God…6 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

10. Ephesians 1:18-19a
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

11. The Knowledge of the Holy
II. What Believers are to “know”
The Believers’ Prospect
….so that you will know what is the hope of His calling…
HOPE

12. Ephesians 2:12
“…remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”

13. 1 Peter 1:3, 4-5
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”
“to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

14. John 14:2-3
2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”

15. Ephesians 4:13
“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”

16. 1 John 3:2
“Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.”

17. The Knowledge of the Holy
II. What Believers are to “know”
The Believers’ Prospect
….so that you will know what is the hope of His calling…
The Believers’ Position
…what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints…
RICHES of the glory…

18. Ephesians 5:25, 26-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her…
Why did Christ do this?
26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

19. 1 John 3:2
22 The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

20. The Knowledge of the Holy
II. What Believers are to “know”
The Believers’ Prospect
….so that you will know what is the hope of His calling…
The Believers’ Position
…what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints…
The Believers’ Provision
…what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe
POWER of God

21. Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…

22. Ephesians 1:19-21
19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

23. 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline…

24. Ephesians 4:1
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called…