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Walk thru Eph #125

versebyverse | April 02, 2008 18:15

Thought:  To me, to want the best for a mate is a powerful and pure thing.

Question:  Do I not want my loved one to be the best they can be?

Scripture:  Ephesians 5:27 (NIV):  "and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."

Why, again, did Christ love the church?  To make her holy and to present her, in that state, "to himself."  Christ wants the church, His bride, to join with Him, something like that of conjugal love; but He cannot join Himself to any trace of sin.  Christ wants to bring sinners to Heaven, up to The Father (with Whom Christ is One), but cannot unless their sin is purged away.  Christ wants to have us with Him but must go to great lengths to prepare us for this union.  But the end result is glorious!  The bride will be "radiant."!  Heaven is a place of glory and we too, as saved, cleansed children, will be glorious, in and through Christ's great work.

So, too, should a husband be so dedicated to his wife that her "condition" becomes the goal of all His efforts and the glowing focal point of their relationship.  So, too, the husband brings the wife along into the adventure of improving and perfecting her, under His gentle, sacrificial love, until she is all she can be in this life.  It is an unselfish love that does all it does for the loved one.  So, too, the husband should desire blamelessness, goodness, and no marks of detraction, upon his wife.  A true lover wants the loved one to be well, appear well and do well.

The reason the church is to be so nurtured is so that Christ may "partner" with her.  Thus a husband who gives all care to his wife will enjoy the benefits:  a beautiful, glowing, happy, clean and radiant partner that he may "present to himself"!

Prayer:  Loving Father, thank You for Christ's passionate care to purify us.  I pray that married couples all over our land would covet this kind of love in their relationships.  Amen. 

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