Fit for His Coming
Are we blameless?
I Thessalonians 5:23 ~ And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
sanctify:
Holy, set apart for God.
blameless: Without fault; without blame; unblemished;
unspoiled; upright; sincere; perfect; obedient; righteous.
First instruction:
Genesis 17:1; 22:18 When Abram was
ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and
said: “I am God Almighty; walk before me
and be blameless…and be
blessed.”
Ephesians
1:4 ~ For He
chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.
Instruction for His coming again: I Thessalonians 5:23
EX. Philippians 2:14-16 ~ Do all things
without murmurings and disputing: That
you may be blameless and
harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in
vain.
I Thessalonians 3:13 ~ May He (our God and Father) strengthen your hearts so that
you will be blameless and holy
in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all His
holy ones.
I Corinthians 1:8 ~ He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Man is a trinity:
SPIRIT ~ That part of man which “knows”; his mind.
SOUL ~ The seat
of affections, desires, emotions; the active will; the self - choice!
BODY ~ The
physical; flesh
*Because man is “spirit” (breath of God), he is
capable of God-consciousness and communication with God.
*Because he is “soul”, he has self-consciousness.
*Because he is “body”, he has through his senses -
world-consciousness (community).
***SOUL & SPIRIT” are not identical. It is the natural vs. spiritual.
Hebrews 4:12 ~ For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow;
it judges the thought and attitudes of the heart.
I Corinthians 15:44 ~ So then this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put
on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory…there-
fore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
***The Body is the Temple of God
I Corinthians 3:16-17 ~ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that
God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone
destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him, for God’s temple is sacred, and
you are that temple.
EX. Daniel Chapter 5 ~ temple vessels
Ephesians 5:23 ~ …Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
I Corinthians 12:24-27 ~ But God has combined the members of the body…so that there should be no
division in the body, but that
its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with
it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
I Corinthians 6:19-20 ~ Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you
have received from God? You are not your
own; you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your body.
The Body of Christ~The Church~His Bride
What does a bride do to get ready for the bridegroom and the wedding?
~ In
today’s lifestyle?
~ In the Jewish
lifestyle?
~ for the Son of
God? - We need to know the prophecies relating to His coming.
SCRIPTURES: On Bride and Bridegroom
Isaiah 61:10 - adorned with jewels, ornaments
(salvation & righteous)
Revelation 21:2 - adorned (the holy
city)
Jeremiah 2:32 - ornaments, attire (forgotten the
Lord)
Revelation 22:17 - ready (“Come”)
*Matthew 25:1-46 - ready, faithful, doing,
slumbered & slept (oil, talents, one of the least)
John 3:29; Luke 3 - John Baptist (Best Man)
prepare for the groom (Repent; receive remission
of sins; prepare)
Isaiah 54:5 - The Maker is your husband; the Lord of hosts is His name; your Redeemer the Holy One of
Israel; The GOD of the whole earth shall He be called.
2 Corinthians 11:2 - chaste virgin; pure,
undefiled, unpolluted, without sin (to Christ; one husband)
Ephesians 5:21-33 - reverence; love;
cleave (wife-church;
husband-Christ)
Revelation 19:7-10 - ready, clothed in fine
linen; clean and white (righteousness of saints)
CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE
Read John chapters 13 & 14
Jesus is preparing a place for His Bride in His Father’s
House and when The Father says it is ready Jesus is coming back for His Bride.
Will His Bride be found ready and faithful; adorned with all
those who are clothed in the righteousness of His Holy Spirit?
MARANATHA!
(Even so, come Lord Jesus!)
