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April 10 – Ephesians 1:15-17
Ephesians 1:15-17
When you put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you enter into a marvelous new relationship with God but you also enter into a marvelous new relationship with God’s people. Listen to Ephesians 1:15-16, “Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” Now these verses tell me that I have some living links between me and you. Wherever you find God’s people these are the living links, the relationships, the vibrant relationships that we have together. You see faith leads to love. “After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, (that’s how you’re saved) and love unto all the saints.”
Faith leads to love and not just loving a certain kind of God’s people, a certain denomination, a certain fellowship; he says love unto all the saints. When you have faith in Christ, that faith leads to love. Do you love God’s people? Oh I know sometimes it’s hard for you to love us because we have our angularities, we have our problems. Someone has said to live above with saints we love will certainly be glory. To live below with saints we know that’s another story but faith leads to love and then love leads to prayer. “Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers.” God wants us to be thankful for one another and to pray for one another. Are you thankful for God’s people? You say “Well, I’d be thankful if so and so were not in our church.” No, no. Are you thankful for God’s people today? The people who pray for you, who love you, who have taught you the word, pastors who have guided you and prayed for you?
Faith leads to love and love leads to thanksgiving and thanksgiving leads to prayer. “I cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers.” Paul must’ve had a lot of people he mentioned in his prayers. When you read his letters, you find he knew so many people. When he wrote to the Romans in that last chapter, chapter 16 he mentions oh, between 20 and 30 people! He prayed for them. Is this your life today? Has faith led to love and love led to thanksgiving and thanksgiving led to prayer for all of God’s people?
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By Back to the BibleEphesians 1:15-17
When you put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you enter into a marvelous new relationship with God but you also enter into a marvelous new relationship with God’s people. Listen to Ephesians 1:15-16, “Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” Now these verses tell me that I have some living links between me and you. Wherever you find God’s people these are the living links, the relationships, the vibrant relationships that we have together. You see faith leads to love. “After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, (that’s how you’re saved) and love unto all the saints.”
Faith leads to love and not just loving a certain kind of God’s people, a certain denomination, a certain fellowship; he says love unto all the saints. When you have faith in Christ, that faith leads to love. Do you love God’s people? Oh I know sometimes it’s hard for you to love us because we have our angularities, we have our problems. Someone has said to live above with saints we love will certainly be glory. To live below with saints we know that’s another story but faith leads to love and then love leads to prayer. “Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers.” God wants us to be thankful for one another and to pray for one another. Are you thankful for God’s people? You say “Well, I’d be thankful if so and so were not in our church.” No, no. Are you thankful for God’s people today? The people who pray for you, who love you, who have taught you the word, pastors who have guided you and prayed for you?
Faith leads to love and love leads to thanksgiving and thanksgiving leads to prayer. “I cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers.” Paul must’ve had a lot of people he mentioned in his prayers. When you read his letters, you find he knew so many people. When he wrote to the Romans in that last chapter, chapter 16 he mentions oh, between 20 and 30 people! He prayed for them. Is this your life today? Has faith led to love and love led to thanksgiving and thanksgiving led to prayer for all of God’s people?