RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST CHURCH BODY HOUSEHOLD Rom 7:4 ~ Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another — to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST 2 Cor 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.
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST Eph 5:23-32 ~ 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body … 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST Mark 2:19 ~ Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST Rev 21:2 ~ Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST Rev 21:9 ~ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
BE COMMITTED! [Romans 7:2-4; Gen. 2:24] BE FAITHFUL! [Romans 7:3; James 4:4] BE FRUITFUL! [Romans 7:4,5; Gen. 1:28] BE HELPFUL! [Romans 7:6; Gen. 2:18] BE LOVING! [Romans 7:6; Matt. 22:37; Jn. 3:16] EPHESIANS 5:32 The husband / wife relationship is a demonstration of the Christ / church relationship!
Rev 19:7-9 ~ 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. 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. 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."