The Bride of Christ

by Pastor Jim Feeney, Ph.D.

Who is the bride of Jesus Christ?

A. The church in its entirety is espoused to Christ. But not all will 
    make it to the altar!

Please Note: I am not saying that they won't stay saved. When talking of the church as the bride of Christ, we are talking of a relationship with Jesus while we are still here on earth — a relationship that is so close and spiritually intimate that the best imagery to capture and portray it is that of a bride and groom. And not all of the espoused will press in to that kind of wonderful intimacy and closeness to the heavenly bridegroom.

I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure demotion to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2-3)

1. All Christians are betrothed for marriage to Christ. But not all will maintain their sincere and pure devotion to Christ. Some will set their affections on other things over and above Christ, and will thereby become guilty of what the Bible speaks of as, in effect, a spiritual adultery.

       Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship 
       of the world is enmity with God? (James 4:4 KJV)

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