9. When writing to the Ephesian Christians, how did Paul explain the divine purpose of the church? Ephesians 3:10-11.
[In other words - The beauty and purity of God’s church, a body of transformed people, would always be the evidence to those in heavenly places of the wonderful and satisfying way that God dealt with evil, and the proof of His great wisdom and love in sending Jesus to us.]
NOTE: ‘We should consider that it was not merely to accomplish the redemption of man that Christ came to earth, it was not merely that the inhabitants of this little world might regard the law of God as it should be regarded, but it was to demonstrate to all the worlds that God’s law is unchangeable and that the wages of sin is death. There is a great deal more to this subject than we can take in at a glance. Oh, that all might see the importance of carefully studying the Scriptures! Many seem to have the idea that this world and the heavenly mansions constitute the universe of God. Not so. The redeemed throng will range from world to world, and much of their time will be employed in searching out the mysteries of redemption. And throughout the whole stretch of eternity this subject will be continually opening to their minds. The privileges of those who overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony are beyond comprehension.’ That I May Know Him, page 367.
10. For how long is the church to bring glory to God? Ephesians 3:21.
NOTE: ‘The science of redemption is the science of all sciences; the science that is the study of the angels and of all the intelligences of the unfallen worlds; the science that engages the attention of our Lord and Saviour; the science that enters into the purpose brooded in the mind of the Infinite “kept secret since the world began” Romans 16:24; the science that will be the study of God’s redeemed throughout endless ages. This is the highest study in which it is possible for man to engage. As no other study can, it will quicken the mind and uplift the soul.’ Education, page 126,