PREPARATION

OF THE BRIDE
OF CHRIST
AREAS TO BE COVERED:

OUR BRIDAL IDENTITY

FIVE PICTURES OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
HOW WILL THE BRIDE MAKE HERSELF READY
TRAINING THE BRIDE NEEDED NOW
• FOR WHAT SHE WILL DO AS A WIFE
 MAIN POINT:

It is needful that the bride of Christ

• made herself ready to be His wife and
• be prepared and trained how to handle what she
will become and
• will be doing as the eternal wife of Jesus
A. IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING
OUR BRIDAL IDENTITY:
• Having the vision of our future destiny:

fills us with the right perspective in life

gives us joy in fulfilling God’s will
makes us willing to pay the price to be ready to be the
eternal wife of Christ
OUR BRIDAL IDENTITY: 3 Bs.

1.BELOVED OF GOD-
 DEARLY LOVED.
 ADORED
 CHERISHED
 TREASURED
 MUCH-LOVED
a. Loved by the Father
Jn17:23-24,26& 
23 I in them and you in me—so that they ma
y be brought to complete unity. Then the wor
ld will know that you sent me and have loved
them even as you have loved me.
 24 “Father, I want those you have given me t
o be with me where I am, and to see my glor
y, the glory you have given me because you l
oved me before the creation of the world.
 John 17:26
I have made you known to them, and will con
tinue to make you known in order that the lo
ve you have for me may be in them and that I
myself may be in them.”
John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world tha
t he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eter
nal life.
• Amang Makatarungan, kahit hindi ka naki
kilala ng mga taong makamundo, nakikilal
a naman kita, at alam ng mga mananamp
alataya na ikaw ang nagsugo sa akin. Nas
a kanila ako at ikaw ay nasa akin, para sil
aʼy lubos na maging isa.
• Sa ganoon ay malalaman ng mga tao sa m
undo na isinugo mo ako, at malalaman di
n nilang minamahal mo ang mga manana
mpalataya tulad ng pagmamahal mo sa ak
in.
• “Ama, gusto ko sanang makasama sa pup
untahan ko ang mga taong ibinigay mo sa
akin, para makita rin nila ang kapangyari
hang ibinigay mo sa akin, dahil minahal m
o na ako bago pa man nilikha ang mundo.
• Ipinakilala kita sa kanila, at patuloy kitan
g ipapakilala upang ang pagmamahal mo s
a akin ay mapasakanila at ako man ay ma
pasakanila.”'
Loved by Jesus–
Jn15:9, 9 “I have love 'Mahal ko kayo gaya
d you even as the ng pagmamahal sa a
Father has loved me kin ng Ama.
Remain in my love Manatili kayo sa
aking pag-ibi
g. 'Juan 15:9
 Mutual Response Of Love -
•1 Jn 4:19 19 We love each other bec
ause he loved us first.,
• Eph 3:17-197 Then Christ will make
his home in your hearts as you trust i
n him. Your roots will grow down into
God’s love and keep you strong.
•18 And may you have the power to understand,
as all God’s people should, how wide, how long,
how high, and how deep his love is.
•19 May you experience the love of Christ, thoug
h it is too great to understand fully. Then you wil
l be made complete with all the fullness of life an
•'Umiibig tayo sa Dios dahil siya ang unang umi
big sa atin. 1 Juan 4:19
•'para manahan si Cristo sa mga puso n ʼyo dahi
l sa inyong pananampalataya. Ipinapanalangin
ko rin na maging matibay kayo at matatag sa p
ag-ibig ng Dios, para maunawaan nʼyo at ng iba
pang mga pinabanal kung gaano kalawak, at ka
haba, at kataas, at kalalim ang pag-ibig ni Crist
o sa atin .
•Maranasan nʼyo sana ito, kahit hindi ito lubusa
ng maunawaan, para maging ganap sa inyo ang
katangian ng Dios. para maunawaan nʼyo at ng
iba pang mga pinabanal kung gaano kalawak, a
t kahaba, at kataas, at kalalim ang pag-ibig ni
Cristo sa atin . Maranasan nʼyo sana ito, kahit
hindi ito lubusang maunawaan, para maging ga
nap sa inyo ang katangian ng Dios. '
• Efeso 3:17-19
2. BOND SERVANT OF GOD-
Exodus 21:2New International Version
Hebrew Servants •a person bound in
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serv
e you for six years. But in the seventh year,
service without wages.
he shall go free, without paying anything. •“Now that you have be
en set free from sin an
Exodus 21:5-6New International Version
  d have become slaves t
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my mas o God, the benefit you r
ter and my wife and children and do not wa
nt to go free,’ 6 then his master must take hi
eap leads to holiness, a
m before the judges.[a] Or before God, He sh nd the result is eternal
all take him to the door or the doorpost and life” (Romans 6:22).
pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be hi
s servant for life.
•Philippians 2:19-22
• Has a concern for the welfa
•Timothy and Epaphroditus
• 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to se re of the people v20
nd Timothy to you soon, that I al • His interests are the intere
so may be cheered when I receive sts of Jesus v21
news about you.
• 20 I have no one else like him, w • Has proven worth- both in
ho will show genuine concern for character and in his callin
your welfare.
g v 22 a
• 21 For everyone looks out for thei
r own interests, not those of Jesu • Committed and involved in
s Christ. spreading the gospel v22c
• 22 But you know that Timothy h
• Serves in the spirit of a rig
as proved himself, because as a s
on with his father he has served ht family relationship v22b
with me in the work of the gospel.
 • NOTE:
NO BELIEVER CAN BE A
BRIDE OF CHRIST WITHOUT
BEING A BONDSERVANT OF
CHRIST
3. BETHROTHED BRIDE
 PREPARING TO BE HIS WIFE-
 the person to whom one is engaged.
 [PROMISED, PLEDGED, CONTRACT
ED, BOUND
 Hosea 2:19-20 I will make you my wi
fe forever,
showing you righteousness and justi
ce,
unfailing love and compassion.
I will be faithful to you and make
you mine, and you will finally know
me as the LORD.
• '“Ituturing ko kayong a
sawa magpakailanma
n. Gagawin ko sa inyo
ang matuwid at tama.
Mamahalin ko kayo at
kaaawaan. Itatalaga ko
sa inyo ang aking sarili
nang buong katapatan,
at kikilalanin na ninyo
ako bilang Panginoo
n . ' Hosea 2:19-20
• FIVE PICTURES OF THE BRIDE OF CH
RIST (END TIME CHURCH)