How do you come to know something that is beyond knowing?
That's the question driving Ephesians 3:14–21. Paul kneels in a Roman prison and prays for believers to know the love of Christ - a love that surpasses knowledge. Not the kind of thing you think your way into. The kind of thing you receive your way into.
And at the center of it is one of the most intimate images in all of Scripture: Christ not as a guest who drops by, not as a landlord who checks in - but as someone who wants the deed. Who wants to move in. Permanently. And call it home.
C.S. Lewis pictured eternity as a country where the deeper you go, the bigger it gets - further up and further in, forever. That's exactly what Paul is praying for here. A love with no ceiling, no end.
Five movements in Paul's prayer:
1 The Posture - A prisoner kneels. Before a word is said, his body is already preaching.
2 The Problem -You need something you cannot generate yourself.
3 The Gift - Christ making His permanent home in you by the Spirit.
4 The Fullness - A love with four dimensions. You need the whole body to begin to see its size.
5 The Overflow - Resurrection power already at work, producing praise that outlasts history.
You'll discover:
- What Paul's kneeling reveals about how he prays — and what it says about how we should
- The Greek word katoikeō — what it means for Christ to "dwell" in you vs. just visit
- The temple thread from Tabernacle to Pentecost to your own heart
- Why C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle perfectly pictures what Paul describes in v.19
- Why the love of Christ can't be fully known alone — and what that means for the church
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