I N D E X
The Doctrinal Portion
Chamber 1 -- The  Muniment
Room*
(Eph. 1:3-14)
In this room is deposited the deeds, the will, the title
to the inheritance, the documents that reveal the basis of our emancipation, all
sealed with the seal of the holy Spirit of promise `until the redemption of the
purchased possession'.  The manuscripts in this chamber are priceless.  Some go
back to a period before human history, and some will not be effective until we
reach the day of redemption.  In a later epistle Paul charges Timothy to keep
that good deposit which had been entrusted to him (2 Tim. 1:14) which would
include the documents so jealously guarded in this muniment room.
Chamber 2 -- The  Chapel  of  Acknowledgment
(Eph. 1:15-19)
Here, the great threefold theme of Ephesians 1:3-14 is the subject of
prayer, and much turns upon the word translated `knowledge' in verse 17, which
we render `acknowledge'.  When we come to the exposition of this passage we
shall see that `the spirit of wisdom and revelation' is given to the believer
`in the acknowledgment of Him'.  The fact that the Chapel of Acknowledgment
adjoins the Muniment Room is therefore timely and of supreme importance.
Chamber 3 -- The  Throne
Room
(Eph. 1:19 to 2:7)
The supreme exaltation of Christ `far above all' is sufficiently
stupendous to fill this chamber with its glory, but the overwhelming fact
emerges, that the Lord shares that throne with His redeemed people.  Some have
resisted such an idea out of loyalty to the pre-eminence of the Saviour, but
Revelation 3:21 would still remain true, and `joint heirship' with Christ is as
clearly taught in Romans 8:17.  We shall find much to ponder over in this
chamber but the greatest feature of all will be the overwhelming consciousness
of abounding grace that can so link the Church with the Lord, as to invest it
with the title `the Fulness of Him that filleth all in all'.
Chamber 4 -- The  Almonry
(A room in which gifts were distributed to the poor)
(Eph. 2:8-10)
This is the smallest section of this epistle, for it deals with the gospel
of salvation, and those to whom Ephesians was written are already saints and
faithful in Christ Jesus.  Nevertheless in this small chamber priceless
treasures are stored, in particular `salvation by grace through faith' which we
shall discover is `the gift of God'.  This is among the unique things of this
epistle, for while this particular word `gift' doron is found elsewhere, it is
always a gift brought by man to God or by man to man, in this place alone is the
case reversed, here it is God coming forward and bringing His gift to man.
Associated with this salvation by grace is a worthy walk, but as this belongs to
the practical section, its full development is deferred until we come to the
longest section of the whole epistle, namely Ephesians 5:1 to 6:9.
*A muniment room is where documents are kept as evidence of rights or privileges
etc.
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