Acts 2:38–39: The Promise for You and Your Children
Peter answers a stricken crowd with a call to repent and be baptized, and with a promise that reaches their children and everyone far off. The text grounds that promise in the Lord's own calling, not in a ritual or a guarantee.
What Does Ephesians 1:18 Mean? Context, Theology, and Application
Ephesians 1:18 is Paul's prayer that God would open the eyes of the heart, so that believers grasp the hope of their calling and the greatness of his power toward them.