A COMPLETED CHURCH. This is the goal of the Lord for the church in the end of the age. Admittedly, looking at the church today is not very encouraging, but the Lord has declared it to come to pass and it will. He will accomplish His will in His Bride and that is maturity or perfection. Col 2:10 The true church is in Him. Fanatically, involved and wrapped up in Christ. Associated with Him in a unity that is perfect and absolute. The apple of His eye, the joy and rejoicing of His heart. The love of His life. He is filled with all that is Godly. She is in Him and enjoys the same blessings. Most certainly, being joined to the head, the Lord Jesus Christ, the same virtue, authority and blessing which is upon Him is likewise a part of her experience and life. He is in a position of leadership and authority over all principality and power. So, also is His church if we will but recognize our position and place in the economy of the Lord. Christ has been exalted to the right hand of the Father where He enjoys unlimited power and dominion over both heaven and earth. Supreme and only sovereign, reigning in glorious majesty and beauty. He has not forgotten His church for He likewise has raised her up and seated her, WITH HIM, in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Eph. 2:6 We are not writing about the future, but that which is NOW. As a true child of the Lord you are currently seated in heavenly places in Christ.
BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE. There is no limit of Spiritual blessings which may be bestowed on the child of the Lord. Paul measures the blessings available, and that with which the Lord has already blessed us as being, ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. When the Lord says ALL, He means exactly ALL. In other words there is no limit to the length, the height, the width or the depth of the blessings of the Lord made available to us. If we are not enjoying them, who is at fault? The promises are there, lets avail ourselves of them. Eph. 1:3 Christ received the Spirit of the Lord without measure, or in entirety. All that the Holy Spirit could possibly be was in Christ. John 3:34 However that did not diminish from the person of the Holy Spirit. Because of His Spirit nature the Holy Spirit remained as He always had been. The same is true of the Father, though He dwelt in Jesus in all completeness He remained the essence and the entity which He had always maintained. He was, is and ever will be the Father. The beauty and glory of all this is that He, the Godhead is desirous of taking up the same position in His church as He did with Christ. The promise that WE will come and abide in those who love and obey the Lord Jesus is certainly evidence enough for us to know His desire toward His church. John 14:23 May the Lord in His love and mercy open our eyes to that which He will accomplish in and through His bride in this end of the age. We are on the brink of a mighty move of consecration and holiness in the church world. Not all will accept it but those who do will be used to form the Bride of Christ in this day. Lord haste the day.
IS THIS SO? The Lord has definite established set standards for every work that He would accomplish. There can be no more exacting requirements than those established for the Bride of Christ. Ideals and ethics which are already set in order. Not only does He present His will but He supplies the power and ability for us to accomplish that which is essential. Here is the challenge of His Word. œ As He is. His current status is that which we may acquire. Actually, it is our high calling in Christ Jesus. It is not something which we will participate in, in heaven, in the future. It is directed to us as being a spiritual state for those living in this world and at this time. 1 John 4:17 The qualifying factors for the Bride of Christ are of the highest and most holy. They will not, they cannot be lowered or compromised in any manner.