Sermon Tone Analysis

Ephesians 1:15–23

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 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: 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, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Separated Yet Connected

Through Truth

The Gospel had been preached to the people of Ephesus.

There is made obvious by the statement in v 15, “your faith in the Lord Jesus.”

Through Faith

The word faith is the word pistis and it gives the sense of a reliance upon and trust in God.

This is a central emphasis of Christianity

v 18 states that those that have put their faith in Christ have a “hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.”

The word hope is elips and means a confidence in something a person has placed their faith in.

Through Prayer

For the spirit of wisdom

For the spirit of revelation

For the spirit of the knowledge of Him.