The sovereign collaborating work of the triune God is the source of life and the means for living the new life and the eternal life to come. Every believer is given blessings described as spiritual coming through the ministry of the Holy Spirit of God and are spiritual in their nature. God is to be blessed for all He has done, all He has given, and for who He is by every believer in the now time and forever more.
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“ 'In the heavenlies ” Gil Rugh like all careful, expositional preachers examine the verses they use. The Bible user should note that translators added the word, "places" because it fills out what they thought was meant, but it doesn't! As Dr. Rugh and as Scofield also pointed out. ☛
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¶Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
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Eph. 1:3
¶in heavenly places
¶Literally, the heavenlies. The same Greek word is used in John 3:12 where "things" is added. In both places the word signifies that which is heavenly in contradistinction to that which is earthy. In Ephesians "places" is especially misleading. "The heavenlies" may be defined as the sphere of the believer's spiritual experience as identified with Christ in nature. 2 Peter 1:4, life, ; Colossians 3:4; 1 John 5:12, relationships ; John 20:17; Hebrews 2:11 service, ; John 17:18; Matthew 28:20, suffering ; Philippians 1:29; 3:10; Colossians 1:24 inheritance Romans 8:16,17 and future glory in the kingdom ; Romans 8:18-21; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6; 5:10. The believer is a heavenly man, and a stranger and pilgrim on the earth. ; Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 2:11.
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¶Listen to the sermon for many other issues! Like the relationship between God the Father and God the Son--and the Holy Spirit.
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
