Instructions in this section are to those in the local congregation regarding the responsibility to obey and submit to their leaders. God provides leaders for the church who have no spiritual superiority but are godly believers whom He equips and enables to lead. Qualifications for these men are given in inspired letters written by the apostle Paul to local churches and preserved by God for His church down through today to follow determining who these men are. A primary responsibility of these leaders is to make sure the church stays faithful to the truth of God's Word. Faithful in both its teaching of the Word and putting it into practice individually and corporately. The warning is also sounded that there will be relentless opposition stirred up and provoked by the devil in his ongoing rebellion against God. Godly leadership in the church will often be on the front lines of this battle that rages on until the Rapture of the church.
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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...