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constantly working in our life, getting us ready to bear it. That’s
why the Laodicean Church became lukewarm. They stopped
seeing. Jesus warns in Rev. 3:18,
“I council you to buy eye salve, and anoint your eyes.”

You don’t need more gifts, more blessings, more talent, more
experiences, or more power. You have it! You need eyes. Oh,
if God would give us eyes. He wouldn’t have to give us anything
else. When He gave you Christ, He sealed you with the Holy
Spirit. He gave you the earnest. He gave you everything in seed
form. The only thing you are going to get from here until the day
you enter heaven, is new eyes.

He’s going to break it down and get specific. He wants us to see
these three things.

1. “The hope of His calling”.

2. “The riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints”
3. “The surpassing greatness of the power toward us who
believe.”

Once again, it’s possible to get caught up in the theology of these
simple truths and miss the beauty.

Let me try to nail it down simply and quickly. We aren’t left
without verses when we talk about “The hope of your calling”.
There are plenty that tell you what you are called to. 1 Peter 3:9
you are called “The blessing”. And 5:10, you’re “Called to
eternal glory”. 1 Thess. 2:12, “Called, to His own kingdom
and glory.” 2Thess. 2:14,

“It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you
might gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”