Heavenly Privileges for the Earthly Church (Ephesians 3:7-13)
Paul explains in chapter 3 that God is working now on earth through His Church (3:10). By “Church” we mean the group of individual people who have been redeemed through a personal relationship with Christ, including local assemblies of believers from the time of Christ right up to the one here at GBF. So the Church is a living spiritual organism, animated by the Holy Spirit, with Christ as the Head—it is not an organization or buildings. Some of the privileges that every Christian has by virtue of being a member of Christ’s Church are mentioned in this passage.
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