pictures of the church. key point #1: church is primarily who we are in relation to him. pictures of...
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Pictures of the Church
Key Point #1:Church is primarily who we are
in relation to Him.
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Key Point #2:We then relate to one another
and to the world out of our relation to Him.
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Part 2: The Bride
God pictures His relationship with His people, as that of a Groom to His Bride.
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Jeremiah 2:2,32 "Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown. 3 Israel was holiness to the LORD, The firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will come upon them," says the LORD.' "
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Jeremiah 3:14 "Return, O backsliding children," says the LORD; "for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
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Jeremiah 31:3,43 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
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Jeremiah 31:3232 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.
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Hosea 2:16,1716 "And it shall be, in that day," Says the LORD, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master,' 17 For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
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Hosea 2:19,2019 "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; 20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD.
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Isaiah 54:4-64 Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.
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Isaiah 54:4-66 For the LORD has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused," Says your God. 7 "For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you.
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Isaiah 54:4-68 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you," Says the LORD, your Redeemer.
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Isaiah 62:4-74 You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you.
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Isaiah 62:4-76 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, 7 And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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The ministry of intercession for God's people flows out of knowing that God's people are His delight, are His Bride and that God rejoices over His people.
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The Parable of the Ten VirginsMatthew 25:1-13
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The Church is to await His coming in a state of preparedness, readiness, expectation and endurance.
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2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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All ministry we do, must be coupled with the understanding that we are preparing a Bride for the Lord Jesus, the Bridegroom God. He is wooing His Bride unto Himself with tender love and affection, drawing Her to a place of intimacy. Pictures of the Church
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A Glorious ChurchEphesians 5:22-32
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Revelation 19:6-96 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
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Revelation 19:6-98 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' " And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
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Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"
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As the Bride, we must be in alignment and unity with the Spirit - hearing, saying, doing - what He desires, as He works in us, among us, through us, to prepare us for the Bridegroom God, Jesus Christ.
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Summary:1, The Bride is lost in her love, admiration, commitment to her Groom
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Summary:2, The Bride adorns herself in what would please her Groom so that she can present herself in her best for the Groom.
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Summary:3, The Bride is the recipient of the Grooms unconditional love
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Summary:4, The Bride has access to the Groom's heart - a place of intimacy
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Summary:5, The Bride keeps herself for the Groom. She does not settle for any other man.
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Summary:6, We are called to be like a Bride getting ready for her marriage to the Groom. She waits expectantly.
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Summary:7, When we serve the Body of Christ, we are serving the Bride of Christ - a people whom God loves unconditionally, a people in whom He delights as His Bride, a people whom He is married to. All ministry, including intercession, must flow out of this understanding.
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