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Experiencing GodIn The Church:
Jesus Bride
Pastor John Isaacs
Kingsway Community Church
February 13, 2011
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Experiencing GodRelationallyIn Worship
DevotionallyIn Serving Others
In Being A Witness to Others
In Loving One AnotherIn Spiritual Battle
In the Church
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Metaphors Used To
Describe The Church
1. Body2. Bride
3. Family4. Building
5. Vine6. Sheep Fold
7. Army
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The Body Revelations1. Jesus is the Head2. We are joined to each other in unity
3. Every member is valuable4. Every member is supernaturally gifted5. Every member has a function to serve
6. Every member is empowered by theHoly Spirit
7. God is glorified
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In The Body
1. Unity
2. Fellowship3. Spiritual Gifts
(supernatural
expressions)
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V
iewing th
eChurch
as the
Bride of Christ
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Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Can thewedding guests mourn as long as thebridegroom is with them? The dayswill come when the bridegroom istaken away from them, and then
they will fast.
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John 3:27-3027
John replied, No one can receiveanything unless God gives it fromheaven. 28 You yourselves know how
plainly I told you, I am not theMessiah. I am only here to prepare
the way for Him.29
It is thebridegroom who marries the bride,
and the best man is simply glad to
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stand with him and hear his vows.
Therefore, I am filled with joy at hissuccess. 30 He must become greater
and greater, and I must become less
and less.
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2 Corinthians 11:1-41
I hope you will put up with a littlemore of my foolishness. Please bearwith me. 2 For I am jealous for you
with the jealousy of God himself.Ipromised you as a pure bride to one
husband - Christ.3
But I fear thatsomehow your pure and undivided
devotion to Christ will be corrupted,
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just as Eve was deceived by the
cunning ways of the serpent. 4 Youhappily put up with whatever
anyone tells you, even if they preach
a different Jesus than the one we
preach, or a different kind of Spirit
than the one you received, or adifferent kind of gospel than the
one you believed..
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Ephesians 5:22-3322
Wives, submit to your ownhusbands, as to the Lord.23 For thehusband is the head of the wife
even as Christ is the head of thechurch, His body, and is Himself its
Savior.24
Now as the church submitsto Christ, so also wives should
submit in everything to their
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husbands. 25 Husbands, love your
wives, as Christ loved the churchand gave Himself up for her, 26 that
He might sanctify her, having
cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, 27 so that He
might present the church to Himselfin splendor, without spot or wrinkle
or any such thing, that she might be
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holy and without blemish. 28 In the
same way husbands should lovetheir wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his wife loves himself.29 For no one ever hated his own
flesh, but nourishes and cherishes
it, just as Christ does the church,30because we are members of His
body. 31 "Therefore a man shall
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leave his father and mother and
hold fast to his wife, and the twoshall become one flesh." 32 This
mystery is profound, and I am saying
that it refers to Christ and thechurch. 33However, let each one of
you love his wife as himself, and letthe wife see that she respects her
husband..
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Revelation 19:6-96
Then I heard again what soundedlike the shout of a vast crowd or theroar of mighty ocean waves or the
crash of loud thunder: Praise theLORD! For the Lord ourGod, the
Almighty, reigns.7
Let us be gladand rejoice, and let us give honor to
Him. For the time has come for the
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wedding feast of the Lamb, and His
bride has prepared herself. 8 Shehas been given the finest of purewhite linen to wear. For the fine
linen represents the good deeds of
Gods holy people. 9 And the angel
said to me, Write this: Blessed arethose who are invited to the
wedding feast of the Lamb. And he
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added, These are true words that
come from God.
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Revelation 21:9
Then one of the seven angels whoheld the seven bowls containing theseven last plagues came and said to
me, Come with me! I will show youthe bride, the wife of the Lamb.
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The JewishMarriage
Stage 1: The Engagement
Stage 2: The BetrothalStage 3: The Wedding
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The Engagement
An initial contract was
made between the twoparties.
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The Betrothal1. The couple pledge themselves
to each other.
2.
The payment of a bride price.
3. The groom promises to
prepare a place for them.
4. The bride promises to be readyfor his return.
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The Wedding1. After the room was finished
the groom came for his bride.
2.
A ceremony involving sevenblessings, drinking from a glass
of wine, and the breaking of a
wine glass.3. A great feast following the
ceremony.
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The ChurchWe are now in the Betrothal stageawaiting the Wedding.
1. A pledge has been made.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when youheard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation, andbelieved in Him, were sealedwith the promised Holy Spirit.
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The ChurchWe are now in the Betrothal stageawaiting the Wedding.
2. The payment of a bride price.
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Ephesians 5:25
For husbands, this meanslove your wives, just as Christ
loved the church.He gave uphis life for her.
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The ChurchWe are now in the Betrothal stageawaiting the Wedding.
3. The Bridegroom has left to
prepare a place for us.
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John 14:1-3
Dont let your hearts be troubled
.Trustin God, and trust also in me. There is
more than enough room in my Fathers
home. If this were not so, would I havetold you that I am going to prepare aplace for you? When everything is
ready, I will come and get you, so thatyou will always be with me where I am.
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The ChurchWe are now in the Betrothal stageawaiting the Wedding.
4. The Bride promises to get
herself ready for His return.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12-1312
and may the Lord make youincrease and abound in love for oneanother and for all, as we do for
you, 13 so that He may establish yourhearts blameless in holiness
before ourGod and Father, at thecoming of our Lord Jesus with the
saints.