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REAL HOPE

Text : Eph 1:18 

 *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,* 

No one can come into the understanding of what REAL HOPE is without first having his eyes of understanding enlightened.

Eye is an essential part of the body. Hear what Matthew 6:22-23 has to say about eyes. 

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!” So the eye determines what happens to the whole body. 

Now, everyone has two dimensions of eyes, the physical eye and the spiritual eyes. Since man fell from glory, everyone's spiritual eyes became blinded by reason of the spiritual death that occurred. whenever anyone comes to God through Jesus Christ, he became quickened from the dead(spiritual death), this is what is referred to as being born again. John. 3:3.

The born again experience brings a man back from his spiritually dead state. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."John 5:24. However, he will still need his spiritual eyes to be opened in order to attain all that God has for him in this new life. 

This is the reason for Paul's prayer, that the eyes of your understanding may be 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,*

What you don't know is beyond you. To know and understand the hope to which He has called you, the eyes of your heart must be flooded with light. 

Paul said he prayed for the Ephesians believers ceaselessly so that they might gain sight to know God's mind for them. Eph. 1:17.

To gain understanding of His mind for you, you should without cease ask God to flood your heart with light. 

Bible Reading: 1Peter 5:5-11.


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