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Christ the exalted Lord is the constant theme of the epistle to the Ephesians. Christ is always and everywhere the exalted Lord, and He is the exalted Lord expressly for the benefit of His people, the church. The remarkable way in which the benefits of Christ’s lordship are enjoyed by his people means that, in Ephesians, Christology is inextricably focused upon the doctrine of the church, a...

consecration by God to God lies behind Paul’s use of this title. C. Hodge sums it up well: ‘Hence, the Hagioi, “saints”, are those who are cleansed by the blood of Christ, and by the renewing of the Holy Ghost and thus separated from the world and consecrated to God.’2 Often in popular usage the term ‘saint’ is employed in a narrow sense to describe apostles or other notable Christians. This is inaccurate. Far from being of the ‘stained-glass’ variety, ‘saints’ are those who, in every age and place,
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