Christ and the "Eyes of Your Heart"

In Ephesians 1:18, Paul prays that the believers there would have the "eyes of your heart" enlightened so they may know what the hope was to which Christ had called them, and of course by extension, all believers.

When talking about Christ in this article, I want to note that in talking about Christ, there is no way to disconnect Him from His people, which will also be included in this revelation that can only come from being enlightened in our inner eyes.

Most Christians don't take time to understand what exactly it is that is being talked about here, and so go on in their walk with the Lord not really grasping some of the major things He is trying to communicate to them.

For example here at Acts29Review, we have talked about the organic church, Christ being the tree of life, and numerous other similar topics which can only be grasped in their meaning if the Holy Spirit enlightens the eyes of our hearts to see it.

You can read all day, every day, that Jesus Christ doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, and yet not really have a single idea as to what that means.

Some have left the traditional, organized church because of that scripture (and others), yet don't really know what it is they're searching for and what Jesus Christ wants once they begin to travel on that journey.

If all that happens is someone takes the practices happening in unbiblical edifices falsely called churches, and plants them into the home, absolutely nothing has happened other than the transference of the practice to a home. Some are actually satisfied with this and believe they've tapped into and fulfilled the reason for God not dwelling in physical structures designated as holy places or churches.

Others do the cell church thing, attempting to have both practices in the congregation to placate those who want the traditional experience and those that want something more. Mixture never works, and besides the point, both of those have really nothing to do with the organic church as expressed throughout the New Testament.

It's nothing less than the expression and embodiment of Jesus Christ in a corporate people that have all been born from above, or born again by the Spirit.

Okay. I keep on going on like this to give hints and signs to point the way. But even here, as in all of life, there is a lack, because in the end, it's something that Jesus Christ must reveal to your in your inner man if you are ever to know what He's seeking and wants, and then being willing to join yourself to a people to walk it out together.

This is why the scriptures, as far as mentally understanding them, are never enough. They are to leap off the pages, so to speak, to become a reality that is lived out practically. Grasping Jesus Christ and the scriptures mentally only takes you as far as the Pharisees and others like them go. We are required to go beyond that to the essence of what it means; and from there live it out for the entirety of our lives on the earth.

All of this is to say we must, as Paul did, ask God to reveal unto our inner man will be enlightened by the Holy Spirit so we can see exactly what it is Jesus Christ is saying. We must go beyond the letter to the meaning behind the letter if we want to experience spiritual growth in our lifetimes.

I'm not talking about adding to the scriptures, but having the Spirit of God help us to see the fullest meaning of them so we can cooperate with Christ in fulfilling His purpose for creating and saving us.