23-0512A_THE CHOOSING OF A BRIDE Pt-3 (THE BRIDE IS FOR CHRIST)
Gen 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Gen 24:12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
Gen 24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Gen 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Gen 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
***NOW, LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE, THE SUN AND MOON IS, CHURCH AND
CHRIST.
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34 Just like, the moon is a shadow of the sun. It serves in the absence of the sun, just like the Church is to serve in the absence of the S-o-n of God. In the absence of the Son, the lesser Light, the Church, the believers, serve God and give Light in the absence of the Son. But when the sun rises, you don't see the moon no more, because it's gone down. It doesn't need its light anymore, because it only gets its light secondarily, off the sun. Now, like husband and wife, the sun and moon is, Church and Christ.
*EVERY CHRISTIAN REPRESENTS CHRIST.
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The lukewarm church, the lukewarm believer, as each believer represents the church... Every American represents America. Every German represents Germany. Every Christian represents Christ.
*THE REAL, TRUE BORN-AGAIN CHURCH MUST HAVE THE--THE CHARACTER THAT WAS IN
CHRIST, BECAUSE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE ONE.
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82 And, then, how about God joining
Himself to something like that, a regular denominational prostitute? You think
He would do it, "Having a form of godliness but denying the power
thereof"? He would never do it. She must have His
character in her. The real, true born-again Church must have the--the character
that was in Christ, because the husband and wife are one. And if Jesus did only that which
pleased God, kept His Word and manifested His Word, His Bride will have
to be of the same kind of character. She could not, by no means, be a
denomination. Because, then, no matter how much you want to say,
"no," she is controlled by a board somewhere, that tells her what to
do and what she can't do, and, many times, a million miles off of the true
Word.
*SHE, THE BRIDE THAT A MAN WOULD CHOOSE,
IS GOING TO REFLECT HIS CHARACTER.
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79 But, you know, you have to plan, look, pray, when you're choosing. For,
we see, by this, the Word of promise. She, the bride
that a man would choose, is going to reflect his character. It reflects
what's in him.
80 Now, could you imagine a man, filled with the Holy Ghost, take something like that to be a wife? [Congregation says, "No."--Ed.] I--I--I just don't see it, brother. Now, maybe I'm just an old crank. But, you know, I--I just can't understand that, see, notice, for it's going to reflect what's in him. She is going to help him make his future home.
*COULD YOU IMAGINE TAKING THE MODERN CHURCH TODAY FOR A BRIDE?
81 Now, then, when we change back now for a moment, to the spiritual side. And when you see a church that's in the world, acts like the world, anticipating in the world, partaking of the world, counting God's Commandments as if He never had wrote Them, then you--you can just imagine Christ ain't going to take a Bride like that. Could you imagine taking the modern church today for a Bride? Not my Lord. I don't... I could hardly see that. No. Remember, now, a man and his wife are one. Would you join yourself to a person like that? If you would, it would certainly kind of disappoint my faith in you.
*THAT'S THE WAY GOD DOES HIS CHURCH..…MEN
CAN SEE THE REFLECTION OF CHRIST IN YOU: CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.
TIME.TESTED.MEMORIALS.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 57-0818
E-46 Long years ago before they had the smelters, they used to take the
gold, and how they would know how it was right or not, with all the sludge was
out of it, all of the iron pyrite (that's fools gold), all the fools out of it,
they--beaters beat it, and beat it, and turned it, and beat it, and turned it
until the beater sees his reflection in the gold.
That's the way God does His church. He gives you trial after trial, test after test, trial after trial, test after test, until the life of Christ is reflected in your life, until you become peaceful, sober, meek, gentle, humble, ready, submissive, willing, turn your head from the things of the world and looking straight to Calvary to the One Who's doing the beating. Many times you think it's strange because fiery trials, and sickness, and persecutions; it's only done to test you, to get the dirt out of you, to get the sludge out of you, to get the slowness out of you, to wake you up to the place where you can look and see the reflection--or men can see the reflection of Christ in you: Christ in you, the hope of glory.
*"WOMAN WAS MADE FOR MAN, AND NOT
MAN FOR WOMAN."…NOW, WE WERE MADE FOR CHRIST. CHRIST WASN'T MADE FOR US.
THE.CHOOSING.OF.A.BRIDE_ LA.CA V-2 N-28 THURSDAY_ 65-0429E
133 Now, notice again how the natural bride types the spiritual. The Word
says, that, "She was made for man, and not man made for her."
135 "Woman was made for man, and not man for
woman." That's
the reason, under the old laws, that polygamy was legal. Look at David setting down
there with five hundred wives, and the Bible said, "He
was a man after God's own heart." With five hundred wives, and Solomon
with a thousand, but not one of them women could have another husband.
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136 You get my tape on Marriage And Divorce. That, up on top the mountain at Tucson, here not long ago, I was up there praying about it. They dismissed the schools, to watch that Pillar of Fire circle the mountain and go in a funnel, back and forth, up and down. People around here knows it, there and saw It; and it when He told me the Truth of this marriage and divorce, questioned. If there's one side going this way, and one going that way, there's got to be a Truth somewhere. After those Seven Seals, He showed what was the Truth of it.
*NOW, WE WERE MADE FOR CHRIST. CHRIST
WASN'T MADE FOR US.
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137 Notice, now, she could not have
but one husband, because, "Woman was made for man, and not man for
woman." That whole five hundred women was just David's wife, and it was a
type. When Christ sets on the Throne in the Millennium,
His Bride will be not one person, but it'll be tens of thousands, the Bride,
all in One. And David had many wives, as individuals, but only all of
them together was his wife. Like the whole Body of
believers is the Bride of Christ, 'cause It's She, the woman. He was the
Man. Now, we were made for Christ. Christ wasn't made
for us.
138 That's what we try to do today in our textbooks, is try to make the Word (which is Christ) suit us, instead of us trying to make ourself to suit the Word. That's the different.
*THAT'S THE WAY GOD DOES HIS CHURCH.MEN CAN SEE THE REFLECTION
OF CHRIST IN YOU:CHRIST IN YOU,THE HOPE OF GLORY.
TIME.TESTED.MEMORIALS.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 57-0818
E-46 Long years ago before they had the smelters, they used to
take the gold, and how they would know how it was right or not, with all the
sludge was out of it, all of the iron pyrite (that's fools gold), all the fools
out of it, they--beaters beat it, and beat it, and turned it, and beat it, and
turned it until the beater sees his reflection in the gold.
That's the way God does His church. He gives you trial after trial, test after test, trial after trial, test after test, until the life of Christ is reflected in your life, until you become peaceful, sober, meek, gentle, humble, ready, submissive, willing, turn your head from the things of the world and looking straight to Calvary to the One Who's doing the beating. Many times you think it's strange because fiery trials, and sickness, and persecutions; it's only done to test you, to get the dirt out of you, to get the sludge out of you, to get the slowness out of you, to wake you up to the place where you can look and see the reflection--or men can see the reflection of Christ in you: Christ in you, the hope of glory.
*WE'RE COMING NOW TO THE PERFECTION,
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAS TO COME TO THIS IN ORDER FOR THE RAPTURE.
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213 ….. Not
a faith, but a Perfect Faith, build it up in here. And watch a perfect God,
with a perfect heart, keep a perfect promise, by His Perfect Word, which is
sharper than a two-edged sword and a Discerner of the thoughts of the heart.
What? We're
coming now to the perfection, because the people has to come to this in order
for the Rapture. That's what's holding it away right now, is waiting for that
Church to come into that Perfect Raptured Faith. Looking for it. It means a lot of
shaving down for me, it means a lot for you, but together we'll make it by the
grace of God. Amen.
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