Acts 26:18

Wesley

Acts 26:18

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Summary

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Open

And to

And from

Inheritance

1 Peter 1:4

Sanctified

Faith

General references

Bible References

Open

And Ananias went and entered into the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord hath sent me, Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, that thou mayst recover thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Then opened he their understanding,

And he worshiped him. Jesus said, For judgment am I come into the world, that they who see not, may see, and that they who see, may become blind.

Whose unbelieving minds the god of this world hath blinded, lest the illumination of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine upon them.

The eyes of your understanding being inlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And to

That the Christ having suffered, and being the first who rose from the dead, should shew light to the people and to the Gentiles.

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set Thee for a light of the Gentiles, that Thou mightest be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The people who walked in darkness, saw a great light, and to them who sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.

The eye is the light of the body: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Having said this,

Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you, for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to inlighten us with the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or what communion hath light with darkness?

The eyes of your understanding being inlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts:

For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a purchased people, that ye may shew forth the virtues of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Who in time past were not a people, but now are the people of God;

Again, I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: for the darkness is past away, and the true light now shineth.

And from

While the strong one armed guardeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

And they may awake out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil:

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning: to this end the son of God was manifested, to destroy the works of the devil.

but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not. We know, that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the wicked one.

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Inheritance

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified.

And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

In him through whom we also have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him that worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,

Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to partake of the inheritance of the saints in light.

And for this end he is the Mediator of a new covenant, that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him?

To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Sanctified

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified.

Sanctify them thro' the truth: thy word is truth.

and Sosthenes a brother, To the church of God, which is in Corinth, to them that are sanctified through Christ Jesus, called and holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours:

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

By which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are beloved of God the Father, and preserved through Jesus Christ,

But there shall in no wise enter into it any thing common, or that worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Faith

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

He that believeth on me, out of his belly (as the scripture hath said) shall flow rivers of living water.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

I am crucified with Christ, and I live no longer, but Christ liveth in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

This only would I learn of you, Did you receive the Spirit, by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

For by grace ye are saved through faith; and this not of yourselves:

But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

General references

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Then opened he their understanding,

Ye are all children of the light and children of the day: we are not children of the night, nor of darkness.