Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of h

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints. (Ephesians 1:15) Paul heard two things about the Ephesian believers and gave thanks for both. He heard of their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love toward all the saints. He did not separate the two; he did not rank one as higher than the other. He heard them together and thanked God for both, because in the Kingdom, they always work together. Everywhere you look in the epistl

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. (John 1:12) John did not say that God hopes you might become His child or that if you do good enough, you can qualify to be His child. He does not suggest that God considered the possibility. Instead, He says that to as many as received Him, He gave the power, the right, and the authority to become children of God. You are a son or daughter of God. You are n