A Radiant Church

 Ecclesiastes 10-12; Psalms. 94; Ephesians 5 

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”

Ephesians 5:25-27

Jesus is the Word of God who made his home with us. Listening to the Word and obeying this Word will cleanse us from “stains…wrinkles…blemishes” and every other defiling influence of sin in our lives. Christ’s beauty treatment for us begins with immersing ourselves in his cleansing Word.

Are we listening to the Word in our homes? - In our marriages?

Are we becoming more like the radiant bride for whom Christ is returning?

Do we love Christ enough to let him ‘rub off the dead skin, cleanse our pores, and purify us’?

This life-long beauty treatment is for Christ’s glory. Seeing him when he returns will make it all worthwhile.

“Lord Jesus, you are my first love, and the reason sanctification is worth the process, for your glory.”