Title: In the heavenlies
Description: The richness of "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" is bountifully unfolded in the Epistle to the Ephesians. Here are the privileges and responsibilities of the Church as the Body and Bride of Christ. Our position as believers, quickened, raised, and seated in Christ in the heavenlies is brought before us. Remarkable parallels exist between certain Old Testament books and New Testament Epistles. As Romans answers Exodus, and Hebrews is the counterpart of Leviticus, so Ephesians is the New Testament book of Joshua. In Joshua the people of Israel enter upon the possession of their inheritance. In Ephesians believers are called to enter now by faith into the possession of that inheritance which we shall enjoy later in its fulness. Obadiah prophesies that when the Lord returns and establishes His kingdom, the people of Israel shall "possess their possessions." So we are challenged to possess our possessions. All things are ours -- yet how little we appropriate! Dr. Ironside guides us through the two parts of the Epistle. The first three chapters give the doctrinal unfolding, and the last three, the practical outcome. The first division gives our inheritance, and the last, the behavior that should characterize those who are so richly blessed. That is the divine order -- first instruction in the truth and then practice in accordance with that truth. In Ephesians we go down deep and climb up high; through practical holy living we can show that we are one with Him in the heavenly places. -- Jacket flap.
Subjects: American Sermons, Bible, Sermons