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"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless."
-Ephesians 5:25-27 I hear an awful lot of teaching from prominent folks that say Jesus could come back at any time, butthat's not the way my Bible reads. The above passage of scripture tells me that the Church that Jesus is coming back for will be "holy and blameless," not the "unholy whore" that best describes Her current condition (see James 4:4). Many commentators would "correct" me by saying that "the "holiness" and "blamelessness" that Ephesians 5:27 is referring to is that which Jesus Himself provides" (technically referred to as "positional righteousness"). Ok...then why doesRevelation say, "Let us rejoice and be glad
and give the glory to Him,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come
and His bride has made herself ready.
It was given to her to clothe herself
in fine linen, bright and clean;
for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints."-Revelation 19:7-8, bold mine "His bride has mader herself ready." She will "clothe herself" with "righteous acts." In addition, why would God inspire Peter to say, "The day of the Lord will come like a thief... Since everything will be destroyed...
What kind of people ought you to be?
You ought to live holy and godly lives
as you look forward to the day
of God and speed its coming."-2 Peter 3:10-12, bold mine Actually, I'm quite sure that God (through Peter) meant what He said when He admonished us with the following: As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you,
be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written,
'You shall be holy for I am holy.'"-1 Peter 1:14-16, bold mine The words "holy" and "holiness" are mentioned 602 times in the Bible. 174 of those references are in the New Testament! The New Covenant didn't change God's holiness, nor did it change the call of His followers to "be holy yourselves also in all your behavior." REMEMBER: Any teaching that portrays the character of God in the New Testament, as something different from that of the Old Testament is aDOCTRINE OF DEMONS! (See 1 Timothy 4:1).
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