A Prayer for Knowledge

A Prayer for Knowledge
Ephesians 1:15-23

I. The Reason for the Prayer, 15-16
1 John 4:8

II. The Prayer, 17-19a
A. Who We Pray To

1. To God Who Is the Author of
   the Gospel, 17
2. To God Who Is Glorious, 17
   Matthew 6:9-10
   B. What We Pray For
3. Knowledge of God, 17
   2 Corinthians 4:6
   1 John 2:27
4. Knowledge of God's
   Blessings in Christ, 18-19
   Luke 24:32
   a. The Hope of His
   Calling, 18
   John 10:27-28
   b. The Glory of His
   Inheritance, 18
   1 John 2:16-17
   Romans 8:18
   c. The Surpassing
   Greatness of His
   Power, 19

III. The Assurance the Prayer Will Be
Answered, 19b-23
A. Christ's Resurrection, 20
B. Christ's Ascension, 20
C. Christ's Coronation, 20-22

1. Jesus is Lord of All, 21
2. Jesus is Lord of All Time, 22
   Revelation 19:11,16
3. Jesus is Executing His
   Lordship.
   a. Over All Things, 22
   b. Over the Church,
   22-23

Implications:

1. We were born and born again to know God.
2. We should pray that we grow in the knowledge of God, confident that God can and will answer such prayer.