Unpacking the Apostolic Prayer in Ephesians 1
July 28, 2019      |     By: Sam McVay, Jr.      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: El Dorado
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Ephesians 1:15-21 (ESV)
15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
20 that he worked 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 above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

It is a gift from God that we have the Prayers of the Prophets, Jesus, and Paul in the scriptures.

Paul’s teachings are objective realities that are to be believed and obeyed.
Paul’s prayers are subjective realities that must be contended for.

Paul prays for the contended realities of:
1) believers having a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge(experience) of God
2) believers having open heart-eyes to know (experience)
   a) the calling to Hope
   b) the glory of being the Lord’s inheritance
   c) power like the resurrection and ascension