ENLIGHTENMENT!

ENLIGHTENMENT!

 Therefore I also, 
after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus 
and your love for all the saints, 

do not cease 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 to you the spirit of wisdom 
and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; 

that you may know what is the hope of His calling, 

what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 

and what is the exceeding greatness of His power 
toward us who believe, 

according to the working of His mighty power 

which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead 

and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 

far above all principality and power and might and dominion, 

and every name that is named, 

not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 

Ephesians 1:15-21

Imagine you are trying to look at a person standing before you in a dark room. Then suddenly the light in the room is switched on!

Then He said to them, 

"These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, 

that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses 

and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." 

And He opened their understanding, 

that they might comprehend the Scriptures. 
Luke 24:44-45 

Knowledge in the mind has to become an experience of the heart. It is GOD who gives this enlightenment to man. When this happens, the things that are seen two dimensional, suddenly become three dimensional! It is like looking at a person on the screen of a TV, computer or iphone and then the same person suddenly appears before you in person! The word becomes flesh. 

 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; 

that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 

may be able to comprehend with all the saints 

what is the width and length and depth and height-

- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; 

that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 
Ephesians 3:17-19 

This is also the way in which we progressively understand and experience the receiving and giving of GOD'S amazing love.

A kid in first grade might think she has much knowledge when she knows to count and write the letters A to Z. At second grade she would know that letters make words and there is more to numbers than simply counting. At third grade she would understand she can read stories and write and express her thoughts with words formed with those same letters and she can add and subtract those same numbers which will help her to equally share her lollies with her sister!

 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, 

but an old commandment 
which you have had from the beginning. 

The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. 

Again, a new commandment I write to you, 

which thing is true in Him and in you, 

because the darkness is passing away, 
and the true light is already shining. 

He who says he is in the light, 
and hates his brother, 
is in darkness until now. 

He who loves his brother abides in the light, 

and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 

But he who hates his brother 
is in darkness and walks in darkness, 

and does not know where he is going, 

because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 
1 John 2:7-11

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, 
but then face to face. 

Now I know in part, 
but then I shall know just as I also am known. 

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; 

but the greatest of these is love.    

1 Corinthians 13:12-13 

 Open my eyes, 
that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.
Psalm 119:18

May we earnestly pray for ourselves and for others 
that GOD would open our understanding 
so that the Scriptures might become clear to us 
and we may know the LORD JESUS better.

 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, 

do not cease to pray for you, 

and to ask that you may be filled 
with the knowledge of His will 

in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 

that you may walk worthy of the Lord, 

fully pleasing Him, 

being fruitful in every good work 

and increasing in the knowledge of God; 

strengthened with all might, 
according to His glorious power, 

for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 

giving thanks to the Father 

who has qualified us to be partakers 
of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 
Colossians 1:9-12 

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