Pastor John Isaacs Presented at Kingsway Community Church on February 27, 2011
Metaphors Used to Describe the Church
1. Body 5. Vine My Notes: ______________________________________ 2. Bride 6. Sheep Fold ______________________________________ 3. Family 7. Army 4. Building ______________________________________ ______________________________________ The Bride of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:1-2) ______________________________________ ______________________________________ The Jewish Marriage Stage 1: ____________________ ______________________________________ Stage 2: ____________________ ______________________________________ Stage 3: ____________________ ______________________________________ The Church is in the Betrothal Stage ______________________________________ 1. A pledge has been made. ______________________________________ 2. Payment of the Bride Price. 3. Bridegroom has gone to prepare a place for us. ______________________________________ 4. Bride is getting herself ready. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ As the Bride … ______________________________________ #1. ______________ to Jesus. ______________________________________ 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 1 Corinthians 7:34-35, Matthew 6:24, ______________________________________ Revelation 2:4-5 ______________________________________ 1. Profound _______________. ______________________________________ 2. Feelings of ardent ___________. 3. Earnest ________________ to a person. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ #2. ________________ Living. ______________________________________ Ephesians 5:26-27, 1 John 1:9 ______________________________________ Psalm 101, 1 Peter 1:13-15 ______________________________________ 1. Have ______________ in the home. ______________________________________ 2. Not look at the ___________ or ____________. 3. Not associate with the _________________. ______________________________________ 4. Avoid all evil and __________________. ______________________________________ 5. Not endure people full of conceit and __________. ______________________________________ 6. ____________ living. 7. Set ____________ from the world. ______________________________________ 8. _________________ living. ______________________________________ 9. As __________________ children. 10. Not living to satisfy own ___________. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ #3. __________ __________. ______________________________________ Revelation 19:8, Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:13-14, Matthew 5:16 ______________________________________