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Being an Excellent Christian Wife (Tamil)
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Scriptures Referenced
Proverbs 31:10-31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
10 An excellent woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her? Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence], And he will have no lack of gain. 12 She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil All the days of her life. 13 She looks for wool and flax And works with willing hands in delight. 15 She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And assigns tasks to her maids. 17 She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] And makes her arms strong. 18 She sees that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night [she is prepared for whatever lies ahead]. 19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle [as she spins wool into thread for clothing]. 20 She opens and extends her hand to the poor, And she reaches out her filled hands to the needy. . 23 Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared]. 26 She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction]. 27 She looks well to how things go in her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired); Her husband also, and he praises her, saying, 30 Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord
[reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect],
she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the product of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates [of the city].
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” -
Being an Excellent Christian Wife
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Scriptures Referenced
Proverbs 31:10-31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
10 An excellent woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her? Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence], And he will have no lack of gain. 12 She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil All the days of her life. 13 She looks for wool and flax And works with willing hands in delight. 15 She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And assigns tasks to her maids. 17 She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] And makes her arms strong. 18 She sees that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night [she is prepared for whatever lies ahead]. 19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle [as she spins wool into thread for clothing]. 20 She opens and extends her hand to the poor, And she reaches out her filled hands to the needy. . 23 Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared]. 26 She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction]. 27 She looks well to how things go in her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired); Her husband also, and he praises her, saying, 30 Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord
[reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect],
she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the product of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates [of the city].
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6
But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
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Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 26th of October, 2015 Being an excellent Christian wife. Being an excellent Christian wife. Brothers and sisters, Brothers and sisters must understand husbands
and wives.00:16 Today we’re dealing with husbands and wives. First of all, it is always Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Everything is under his feet.
00:27 He is the one who suffered for us. He is the one who died for us. He is the one who rose again.
00:27 He is the one who came out of Father God. Because he is the word of God. He came out, begotten out of Father God, took the form of a man so that he can be tempted in every which way, but did not sin and paid the ultimate price of blood sacrifice.
00:51 And we now with his blood, believing in Him. Believing Our faith is in Jesus Christ. Our faith is in the faith of Jesus Christ.
00:55 Our faith is in the faith of what Jesus Christ did. And the power of Jesus Christ. Power of Christ.
00:55 Our faith is in that that sets us to have a great life. Brothers and sisters. It is eternal life while on earth.
01:16 Also peaceful, righteousness, peace and joy. That life that can only come from Jesus Christ. We always must remember that when you get up in the morning, think of Jesus Christ and also think of the people you care for.
01:29 People your brothers and sisters in Christ. But first think of Jesus Christ. This is Jesus Christ, nothing else.
01:36 Thank Jesus Christ, the husband of your soul. Now today the topic here we are using. I’m using Proverbs 31 now.
01:44 Proverbs 31. Of course, anything in the Old Testament God has put down is good. But human beings couldn’t do it.
01:54 The people who fear God the time fear God, love God. Now we come in Christ because we have no more sin. The sin has washed out.
02:03 We don’t fear God. We love God because He is our Father. Jesus Christ is the brother for us and he is the husband of my soul.
02:12 And he. He is willing to call us brothers. He is not ashamed to call us brothers.
02:17 He says. And sisters, I have told you all before, you are in a woman’s body. But your spirit being is a spirit of Father God.
02:25 And you are only in a woman’s body. And your husband is a male’s body. That’s all.
02:32 And the body will go back to dust. Now, whenever we read these, we must read with godly wisdom. Whenever we read the Old Testament, we know we can do it in the name of Jesus Christ.
02:43 We can do it by the power of Christ. We cannot do it by ourselves. We can do it by the power of Christ.
02:48 But Whenever we read whatever God has told us the good things in Proverbs and all, it must have godly wisdom. Now, for instance, the proverbs may say, in Proverbs 31, a godly wife buys land and makes sure that the land is of good value and all that
before she accepts it or not. Then some woman will say, I’m a byland, I’m a byline.02:50 God has told me by land. Not true, not true. That’s why it’s worldly wisdom that goes on like.
03:20 It’s like a robot. You know, some people think like robots. Oh, gosh.
03:24 Gosh. It goes. It, yeah.
03:26 That written word of God is in what context? You might understand the context. So I mean, everybody, every woman will go and buy land here, and every wife of a Christian will go buy land and then trade in land and then plant things in the land.
Suppose you are living in a flat.03:40 Suppose you are living in an apartment. And suppose you are struggling through some finances. That is why godly wisdom is necessary.
03:51 But if God tells you to do something, first of all, in the wife’s case, her submission to the husband is as a service to the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, not any Lord. Lord, Lord, Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
04:07 I stopped doing that decades ago because I also used to say, praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. Praise God, Praise God. And then I found that I’m actually not referring to Jesus Christ at all.
04:14 And then I found another scripture to say that whenever I declare his name, Jesus Christ declares my name to Father God. Can you imagine that? So I changed straight away to say, praise Jesus Christ. Praise Jesus Christ.
04:35 Praise Jesus Christ. Why? I know when I declare his name, he declares my name to Father God. If I say praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.
04:44 Praise God. Praise God. That’s not his name.
04:46 His name is not Lord. His name is Jesus Christ. The Lord is the Lord.
04:54 Praise the Lord. There are a whole lot of other religions that say, praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. But which Lord and which God, brothers and sisters, today, be myself.
05:02 Godly wisdom. Godly wisdom comes from wanting to love God and please him. Now, starting here, Proverbs 31:10.
05:11 An excellent woman who is spiritual capable. I’m reading Amplified. Spiritual capable, intelligent and virtuous.
05:19 Spiritual capable, intelligent, virtuous. Who is he who can find her? That means which man can get an excellent woman for a wife? Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls. Her worth is far above Ruby’s
birth.05:38 When we got spiritual, capable, intelligent, virtuous Oh, I didn’t get a degree. I’m a wife. So I’m now going to get a degree.
05:47 I’m going to get a master’s degree. I’m going to be. That’s worldly intelligence.
05:52 An intelligent woman. God is talking about a godly intelligence. Godly intelligence is first submit to Jesus Christ and then submit to your husband as you serve the Lord.
06:03 Test godly intelligence. Godly intelligence is knowing the scriptures. Worldly intelligence is just information that the world has told us.
06:13 Yeah, I got qualifications. What happened to the collocations? The devil still watched me. Isn’t it? Why the qualifications I had cannot solve.
06:21 It was very good in the world can shine in the world. But Satan came to steal, kill and destroy. So godly wisdom now the intelligent intelligence.
06:30 I’m not. Relax, sister. This is regarding godly intelligence.
06:35 You must learn and seek the word of God. So who is this woman who’s far worth above rubies and pearls, spiritual, capable, intelligent. I am not capable.
06:46 Then you are saying something that is Antichrist. Because why Jesus Christ? If you know the word Jesus Christ has said in his Word. The word of God says you can do all things through Christ.
06:59 Now you are now talking opposite to Christ. I am not capable. Spiritual, capable, intelligent, virtuous.
07:06 Virtuous is now righteous. Righteous. My righteousness come from Jesus Christ because I make mistakes.
07:15 So he covers me with his blood, washes me all my sins away. But what I want to do, I want to do right things like that. You also must want to do right things, brothers and sisters.
07:25 Next one. The heart of a husband trusts in her with secure confidence. And he will have no lack of gain.
07:33 He will not be poor. He will have more than enough. Now the heart of the husband trusts in her.
07:39 Why the heart of the husband can trust her in her? Because she has not done anything to make the husband distrust her. So if a woman is doing things that make the husband distrust her, then you are not a follower of Christ, sister. So we make so you
now I am talking to her.07:58 I believe you want to follow Christ. That’s why you are listening to this every morning. So otherwise you won’t be chucked in long ago and gone.
08:04 Because you can’t take the word of God. It will be poking you, it will be separating bone from marrow and it will be chastising you. But you’re still sitting and listening to this means you are wanting to be the kind of person, a soul and presented
chaste virgin to Christ.08:22 So therefore I’m grateful to God that you Are having this mindset to please Jesus Christ of Nazareth. You are wanting to please already means you are a disciple of Jesus Christ, Sister. So don’t get distressed about all this.
08:37 You are a disciple of Jesus Christ because you want this the heart of her husband. So now God is talking to you to tell you things what you must look out for. That’s all.
08:49 He’s not condemning you, Sister. He’s now telling you what to look out for. My child, you’re the wife to this man who’s a God fearing man.
08:58 Even he’s not a God fearing man. You have married him. You made a covenant.
09:02 You will do what is right. Because you are my child. Because you are my servant.
09:04 Because you are my saint. The saint. We are saints in Jesus Christ.
09:13 We are not saints of some organization or some religious grouping. God calls us saints because we have been sanctified by Jesus Christ, separated by Jesus Christ for salvation. So here he is telling you what to look out for.
09:28 You are my child, you are my disciple. You are the holy priest. You are an ambassador of Christ.
09:35 So Christ is telling you my soul, the soul that he owns, he’s got back in his hands. Look out for these things. So she comforts.
09:44 12. She comforts and encourages and does him only good and not evil. Does him only good and not evil.
09:50 Get the emails from the group from the graceoflife.com ask the moderators. They put your email because this is. I will now put this in the email today.
09:59 All the days of her life she only does him good. All the days of her life only does good. That means you look out, Sister.
10:06 I want to. In the name of Jesus Christ. God has commanded me to do only good all the days of my life and not evil.
10:16 Oh, all the days does him only good. You also now do only good for all. Not just because we are Christians now we are disciples.
10:24 We want to do only good for all. 13. She looks for wool and flax and works with willing hand in delight immediately.
10:32 Oh, wooling wool. This is winter. Relax.
10:37 Godly wisdom. This is simply an indication to say you’re willing to work with your hands in delight. Whatever your hand finds you delightfully want to do unto the Lord Jesus Christ.
10:50 15. She rises also while it is still night and gives food to a household and assigns tasks to her mates. But I don’t have a maid.
10:59 Sister is talking about assigning tasks. It could be your children even teaching your children what to do in the house. Training your children to do housework, whether it’s a boy or a girl.
11:11 Because you train them from young to be submissive, obedient and be a blessing to the family. So you give them household tasks. Household tasks.
11:22 Some wash the bathroom, some this. And give food to the household means you’re making sure everybody is provided for. Everybody ate properly.
11:29 And also good food, not just the junk food. Oh, I’ll do TV dinner. TV dinner, TV dinner.
11:36 You know, TV dinner. You just put it by and chuck the thing into the microwave. Microwave dinner.
11:40 Or here we go. Okay. We’ll always buy pizza.
11:42 We’ll always buy McDonald’s. They serve at. They deliver to the house these days.
11:47 No, sister, you better understand. All this junk food can harm us. It actually cannot.
11:53 No, it does harm us. Now in 17, I’m reading. She equips herself with strength.
11:59 This very. I have. Oh, I have no strength.
12:02 You equip yourself with strength. What strength? Spiritual, mental, physical fitness for her God given task. She equips herself spiritual, mental, physical fitness for a God given task.
12:15 Be a godly wife, excellent woman, excellent mother. And makes her arm strong. The arm doesn’t become strong until you make it quite clearly.
12:24 Jesus telling you so. You got to do things until you do. Oh, I’m strong.
12:27 So I must go to the gym now. Give me a gym membership. Husband, give me a gym membership.
12:31 All these are falsehood worldly nonsense. By doing work your arms will become strong. Brothers and sisters.
12:41 So God, she sees that again. It’s good. Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night.
12:48 She is prepared for whatever lies ahead. That means her lamp is there anything in the household. She gets up and does it not.
12:56 They call it sleepy stupor. Stupor may come from stupidity. La stupor like stupid gone and blur.
13:07 Sleep like that, cannot get up and do any issue going just continue blur and d. But of course, if you have worked so hard and you’re tired, you sleep well, sleep well. But if anything important, you are in Christ.
13:20 Somebody wakes you up, you end up doing Nowadays what? It’s a hand cell phone. Keep it at a distance from you. So anybody, any brother or sister to call you.
13:28 You quickly answer to see what happened. Because middle of the night, somebody calling. You mean some issue? Of course you got crank calls, I got crank calls.
13:36 Why? I mean the public, isn’t it so fellas want to irritate me. Oh, some devil put some thought in. Some people wake this fella up because he’s doing morning shift of giving God’s word out.
13:49 The devil puts her heart and call and put the heart of this fellow and call and the fellow accidentally call wrong number or call and talk nonsense. Because when I guided some people, they don’t like it. They’ll give crankours.
14:01 I accept it. I still love them. Get on with my life in Jesus Christ now.
14:08 So now keep the hand going on because why? Your brother and sister in Christ may need help and you’re willing to do it. She opens and extends her hands to the poor. She reaches out her filled hands to the needy.
14:20 Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders. He has got good reputation. Why? Because you are a godly wife.
14:28 You are loving him, caring for him, loving the family, caring for the family in all things you are working so hard to take. Because you are treasuring the job God has given you. Your job is to nurture your children and care for your husband as a
wife.14:43 And God, that man has got good reputation. If you are doing nonsense, quarreling, screaming, shouting, everything going on, chaos in the house and. And then they see you all the time loitering outside somewhere or come anytime.
14:55 They visit you all the time on TV or something going on. What repetition will the man have? She opens her mouth in skillful and godly wisdom. To have skillful and godly wisdom, you must be reading the word of God and teaching of kindness is on her
tongue.15:10 Always talking about kindness does not eat the bread of idleness. It’s not lazy. Her children rise up and call her blessed because why happy, prosperous, to be admired.
15:21 The children admire her. Oh, my mother, you know, works so hard, you know, she cares for us and all the time with a joy in her face. The children wake up with that.
15:30 Her husband also praises her. Yeah, my wife, you know. Thank Jesus.
15:34 Without her I cannot do these things. Without her my family is finished. Thank Jesus.
15:39 Thank Jesus for this. Thank Jesus for my wife. Charm and grace are deceptive and superficial.
15:45 Beauty is vain. Charm and grace are all the time dressing up this way. Put on how I married Bonham and going out, put on her lazy slothful.
15:54 There are women now. Lazy slothful. Now don’t do anything.
15:57 House in a mess, kitchen in rubbish cells. Things are all plates full, no washing, some excuse being given. No, you get up and do find strength.
16:08 She equips herself with strength. But a woman who fears the Lord, fears the Lord, loves the Lord now reverently worshipping, obeying, serving and trusting him and all filled respect. Trusting him with all filled respect, brothers and sisters.
16:23 And let her own works praise her in the gates. Whatever you do, you are not waiting for praise, but whatever you are doing, it will be seen. God will make it seen.
16:31 Brothers and sisters, today, brother, you have to wash your wife with the word of God. Sister, you as a wife, you please focus on something with godly wisdom. Say I want to do.
16:41 I want to be the godly wife, Lord, because I service unto you. I want to please you, Lord Jesus. So I will do this.
16:48 And then step by step, things will happen for you. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
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CHRIST: the Husband, we the bride (Tamil)
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Scriptures Referenced
- Ephesians 5:30-32 New King James Version (NKJV)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.”32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
- Ephesians 5:25-27 New King James Version (NKJV)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.
- John 14:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.The list of Gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 includes the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues and interpretation of tongues. The list in 1 Corinthians12:28 includes healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 New King James Version (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
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV)16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
- Revelation 19:7-9 New King James Version (NKJV)7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
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CHRIST: the Husband, we the bride
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Scriptures Referenced
- Ephesians 5:30-32 New King James Version (NKJV)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.”32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
- Ephesians 5:25-27 New King James Version (NKJV)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.
- John 14:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.The list of Gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 includes the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues and interpretation of tongues. The list in 1 Corinthians12:28 includes healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 New King James Version (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
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV)16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
- Revelation 19:7-9 New King James Version (NKJV)7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today is the 30th of June. Power of Christ. Daily mercies are new every morning.
00:10 For those who love God. Let’s love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. Today I’m led to speak on Christ, the husband of the church, and we, the church, the bride.
00:23 Now, this is a mystery. In fact, Apostle Paul In Ephesians 5, 30, 32, he says, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, he says,
but I’m speaking regarding Christ and the church.00:43 He says that Christ and the church is the same thing as a marriage. And it’s a great mystery. So there is a parallel.
00:51 The Israelites marriage or the Jew marriage and the marriage of the Lamb, that is Jesus Christ to his church. There’s a parallel. Let’s go through some points quickly and you will see.
01:04 It’s amazing. It’s amazing. One, A Jew or an Israelite decides who he wants to marry.
01:11 And the wife, of course, has to. The future wife, of course, has to agree. There is a need for agreement there, you know, it’s not just forced marriage.
01:19 The bridegroom goes and pays a dowry for the future wife. Pays a dowry. Pays a dowry to the father.
01:30 To the father of the wife. For the future wife to take her, to betroth her to be betrothed to her, or she to be betrothed to him. He pays a dowry in Jesus case he gave himself up for her.
01:44 The church in Ephesians 5, Ephesians 5, 25, 27. He gave Himself up. The dowry that Jesus paid to buy us.
01:52 Buy me. Buy my soul was his own life. He gave his life to buy me.
01:56 He gave his life to buy you. He gave his life. He died on the cross.
02:02 And his blood. His blood was a sacrifice. His sacrifice on the cross.
02:07 His death. He gave himself. He died to buy me.
02:11 Prime me. From what? From captivity of sin and Satan. I was a captive.
02:16 So he gave himself. He died as a dowry, as a payment. So I am set free from bondages of sin and from captivity of the devil.
02:21 So I am now free to cast out even the evil spirits. I am free because he died and paid a price for me. That is the dowry.
02:35 Then what happens next? He sits. The future bridegroom and the bride sit together and have a dinner, a supper. And in that supper he shares the meal.
02:47 This is the real natural Jew marriage or the Israelite marriage. He shares a meal and shares a cup with her they drink from the same cup. And this is the last supper.
03:00 Jesus did. He shared the same cup with his disciples. He passed the cup around.
03:04 He shared a meal. The last supper. Then following that, he will say, I have to go.
03:10 I have to go to my father’s home. My father’s house has many mansions, John 14 many mansions. And I go there to prepare a place for you.
03:19 I go there to prepare a place for you. And I prepare a place for you. And this is why Jesus said same thing.
03:29 The man, the natural man was, will say to the future bride, I go back. And that’s the procedure. That is the custom.
03:37 He goes back and makes a nice home for this future wife. And the entire marriage, the engagement by good as married engagement is about a year. And he goes to place and there is his father.
03:55 The man’s father has to decide whether the home his son has built for his son for his daughter in law. His son is built for his daughter in law. He is of good quality.
04:05 Is it acceptable so that he is not put to shame. He wants to present a good home, so he has to approve. So when he and the father of the groom approved.
04:14 Yes, son, this is good home. Now go and get your bride. This is.
04:18 This is why Jesus also said, my father only knows the day I’m coming back. The second coming. He said, only the Father knows when I come back.
04:26 Why Father? God has to approve. See the parallel, brothers and sisters. There’s a parallel.
04:31 Now. Before he leaves, before the bridegroom leaves, he gives gifts to this woman whom he has betrothed. He gives rings, so she wears a ring.
04:42 She gives money, jewelry and presents for her to remember him. Because it will be a year or so for her to remember him. So whenever she’s got problems and doubts, she’ll begin to look at the gifts.
04:58 She’ll begin to look at the gifts and the present and remember the bridegroom is coming back for her. She will not mix with the world. The local boys and the young men all will disturb her.
05:08 And she will not be with them anymore. She will wear a veil. A veil and a ring to show that she’s betrothed to another.
05:16 Likewise we, the church, the soul. I am betrothed to another. I belong to another.
05:24 My soul belongs to another. So I must. My conduct must be as a chaste virgin.
05:30 That’s why the Bible says, must present our souls as a chaste virgin to Christ. He will present it. He will do.
05:36 But we must ask him. We must want it. We must be willing.
05:39 We still Have a will, free will. So we ask Lord Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ, Lord, present my soul as a chaste virgin to Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, make my soul as a chaste virgin to Jesus Christ.
05:52 Because our blood has been cleansed by his blood, our soul has become spotless because of his blood. And now we should not be doing what the world does. What the world does.
06:04 And what are the gifts Jesus Christ gave us? Gifts of the Holy Spirit. See the parallel, brothers and sisters, Gifts of the Holy Spirit. There the natural man gives gifts to the future wife, the betrothed one.
06:15 And here he gives us gifts of the Holy Spirit. Word of wisdom, word of knowledge, faith healing, miraculous powers, casting out evil spirits, presentation of tongues, interpretation of tongues, speaking in tongues.
So many.06:27 So many gifts. This is in First Corinthians 12. So many gifts and ministry of help.
06:27 So many gifts. We can use, and we begin to use, because we are waiting for the husband of our soul to come back. And then this natural husband, the Jew, the Israelite husband, will come.
06:47 Come with a lot of noise because they suddenly may reach there at night, because they’re living far away and there’s no way to communicate. There were no cell phones and all this, so they were to come there and make
a big noise. And that is why the future wife, the bride, always lights a lamp.07:05 The lamp, and keeps it there. So when they come the night, there are no street lamps and all they see that lamp lit. Then the husband, future husband, knows this is my bride’s home.
07:16 He goes and collects the bride. And the bride is ready with the bag all packed up, expecting him to come back any day, because she herself does not know when he’ll be ready, because the father of the husband has to
decide. So she’s ready every day.07:31 She’s chaste. Every day. She’s holy.
07:31 Every day. She’s looking at Jesus Christ. She’s thinking of Jesus Christ.
07:36 We think of Jesus Christ. She is thinking of her future husband. She is thinking of him daily.
07:40 When the boys are disturbing her, she will just humble herself. She will move away. She will not take part in all this revelry, all this rubbish that goes on the world.
07:48 She won’t go. She won’t be loitering with the boys in the village anymore. She’s betrothed.
07:54 She belongs to another. We must belong to another. We belong to Jesus Christ.
07:58 We must know. The world must know. We belong to another.
08:01 Therefore. Therefore, 2 Corinthians 11 says, the Holy Spirit yearns for us and guards us jealously. Jealously now we want the Holy Spirit to present as church virgin Christ.
08:17 Of course we are unable to do. But we must be willing when willing, Holy Spirit does for us. In the name of Jesus Christ.
08:23 And now what happens? In 1st Thessalonians 4, the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout. Just like that. You know the man, the betrothed husband.
08:35 Coming nighttime, he reaches. Maybe his entourage will make such a noise and the village will know he has come for his bride. Likewise, there will be a big shout.
08:44 You see the parallel here with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. And then we who are alive and remain shall caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
08:49 And then we shall be always with Him. Then, of course, in Revelation 19, it talks about the feast. The feast, marriage, supper of the Lamb.
09:09 Now there too, in Revelation 19, 8 says it was granted to her to be fine array, fine linen, clean clothes. Fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints, the revelation says. Now quickly we see this.
09:24 We see this quickly. What’s happened? Now we are betrothed. He has given us gifts.
09:30 We look at the gifts. We use the gifts. We are waiting for him to come back eagerly.
09:34 He is coming back for a bride that is without blemish. And eagerly waiting for him. The Bible says those only he is coming back for those who are eagerly waiting for him.
09:42 Let us eagerly wait for our husband of our soul. Husband of our soul, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Now, what is the church? The church that is the bride of Christ.
09:52 What is the church? The church is each of us who are betrothed to Christ. One here, one there, one in that country, one in another country. It’s not the denominations you are belonging to.
10:00 It’s not the group you are worshipping with. It is each soul. There may be a denomination.
10:06 There may be only a few souls which are really betrothed to Christ, who want to be with Christ, who are in Christ, who are. Who are eagerly waiting for Him. Others.
10:17 The Bible says there are also false Christians. There are false brethren. There are also others.
10:22 False. We won’t know, so we don’t. We love all.
10:23 We love all. All. All.
10:23 We love all. Jesus Christ commanded us to love all. Even those who are doing things wrongly to us.
10:31 We must love because we belong to another. We belong to God. And God is love.
10:37 And we will love all. But at the same time, remember, brothers and sisters, each of us, here and there, everywhere, belonging to Jesus Christ. Flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones.
10:48 That’s the Church. The body of Christ. When we attach ourselves, we want to attach.
10:53 We ask Holy Spirit, attach me. Make me part flesh of flesh and bone of his bones. Make me Holy Spirit.
11:01 I want to. I’m surrendered all. I don’t want my will anymore.
11:04 I want his will. I want his will. I want his will in Jesus Christ.
11:09 Lord. Mercy, Lord. Mercy, Lord.
11:11 Lord, we wait for you eagerly. And you will come. You will come the second Coming.
11:14 You will come for us and you will take us home. As soon as your Father approves, you will come. The Holy Spirit.
11:23 The gifts. We will use the gifts. Our conduct will be chaste, pure, holy, kind, loving.
11:30 In Jesus name. Brothers and sisters, you can read this more. Get the emails.
11:35 You can read this more. Those of you can’t subscribe by email, I think you should be getting regularly. You can tell to others this is the bride and the bridegroom.
11:45 It’s a mystery, but it’s a parallel to the Israelite marriage itself. In Jesus name. It’s a wonderful topic.
11:53 You make your own research, brothers and sisters. It will encourage you. It will build faith in you that your Jesus Christ, the husband of your soul, is surely coming back for you.
12:03 Amen.



