Ephesians 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, There are few more beautiful sights in this fallen world," than that of a happy and harmonious family, where there are no secret heartburnings, no jealousies, no envyings, no covert mistrusts; but where the good of one is regarded as the good of all, the sorrow of one as the sorrow of all, the happiness of each as the happiness of all; where the strife is not so much who shall be first, as who shall be last; who shall be ministered unto, as who shall minister. Few scenes as there are on earth so lovely as this, the text directs us to a family unspeakably more lovely, as well as infinitely more exalted, than any that earth alone can display. I. The whole family in heaven and earth are knit in one, because they have but ONE EVERLASTING FATHER. II. The whole family in heaven and earth is knit together also in the LOVE AND SYMPATHY OF ONE COMMON MOTHER — the Church. III. The whole family in heaven and earth are still more knit in one, in that they have ONE COMMON SPIRIT. IV. The whole family in heaven and earth are bound together still further, and, if possible, even more endearingly, in that they have ONE ELDER BROTHER — the Lord Jesus Christ. V. They have ONE FAMILY LIKENESS. "The beauty of the Lord their God is upon them." VI. ONE COMMON AFFECTION. The love which is in Christ Jesus constrains them to love one another. VII. ONE ETERNAL HOME. (Hugh Stowell, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,WEB: from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, |
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