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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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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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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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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.

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