LONGWOOD, FL-Wimbly J. Hankins has found in the book of Ephesians an outline of human history and of the future of the church, with God moving His people forward to the culmination of the work of Jesus. God's Eternal Purpose: Laymen's Guide to the Epistle to the Ephesians (paperback, 978-1-60266-976-5) is an exciting treatise for the church, diagramming believers' place in the movement of history.
A longtime student and preacher of the gospel, Hankins wrote this book "for the purpose of making Christians aware of the place they have in the eternal purpose of God, who controls human history so that it flows unstoppable toward the consummation of His eternal purpose." Teaching through Ephesians over the years, Hankins began to perceive a framework within the book of the glorious future to which God has called the church.
This study on the book of Ephesians encompasses several purposes. Hankins first intends his audience to realize the promises God has provided for them, past and future. The sovereignty of God, displayed specifically in Ephesians as revealed in the work of Jesus Christ, is also highlighted in this book. The intention of these premises is to inspire the reader to walk worthy of this glorious future and use their access to the power and equipping of God.
Wimbly J. Hankins has been in ministry over 50 years, as an evangelist and a preacher, spending more than 30 years pastoring one church. He has taught many special classes, including Ephesians. In the midst of all this, he has maintained an avid interest in new developments in Christian thinking and writing, reading new literature and attending seminars.
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