When you become a believer in Christ, then you develop a family affection for other believers. If you have no desire to be with other believers then that is a good indication that you have an intellectual assent to the facts of the gospel but do not have a true saving faith.
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“ Have the eyes of your heart opened ” ?The work of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit is the seal that God has placed on us and in us. The indwelling Spirit is permanent proof that we are secure in our salvation. It is more unnatural for us not to love our Christian family than not to love our natural family. The Apostle Paul accepted as proof that a person was a Christian when they loved other Christians, If you have no love for other believers, no desire to be with them, no concern over them, then that is an indication you don't have saving faith in Jesus Christ. Para. Paul gave continual thanks for believers like those in Ephesus. Paul not only gave thanks but asks for God's attention to their needs. Paul wanted God to do three things for the Ephesians, they would know the hope of His calling, know the glory of his inheritance, and know the greatness of his power. He prayed they would have the spirit and revelation, so they would have a full Christian life. Paul wanted them to have more than an intellectual grasp of God, but a fuller emotional attachment to Him. Para. We don't study the Word to confirm our preconceived ideas, but to more fully understand God. You aren't seeing with eyes of your heart if you aren't excited about what you read in the Word. You are to know there is no insignificant Christian!
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...
