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What is the church? Many conceive it to be anything from well–structured, wealthy, highly organized institutions to underground cell groups with no money or structure. But what is the biblical description of the church? How do we express its identity and fulfill Christ’s desire for it? God has provided us with a clear blueprint of how the Body of Christ is to work in the world. But that plan is...

Contemplating that truth caused Paul to burst out in a great song of praise in Ephesians 1:3–14, which is one sentence of 200 words in the Greek, and may be the longest sentence in religious literature. It is connected, yet disconnected, and since it is a complicated sentence, we must study it piece by piece. This lyrical song of praise flows from Paul’s heart. His mind goes from glory to glory, from gift to gift, from wonder to wonder. He discusses election, sanctification, foreordination, identification,
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