The Church as the Bride
2 Corinthians 11:2-4; Ephesians 5:22-31
Skip Heitzig
| 2 Corinthians 11 (NKJV™) | |
| 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. |
| 3 | But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. |
| 4 | For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it! |
| Ephesians 5 (NKJV™) | |
| 22 | Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. |
| 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. |
| 24 | Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. |
| 25 | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, |
| 26 | that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, |
| 27 | that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. |
| 28 | So husbands ought to love their own 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 the Lord does the church. |
| 30 | For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. |
| 31 | "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." |
New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
Paul called the church "the pillar and ground of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15). If we as believers are to fulfill that purpose, we need to understand where the church came from, where it's going, and why it exists. Join Pastor Skip in this series to learn about Jesus' intent and mission for the church, the diversity of spiritual gifts within the body, and the church's role in God's plan for mankind.
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