According to Matt. 9 and Luke 5, Christ is the unfulled cloth and our new garment; He is our new garment covering us before God and He’s also our wedding garment for us to participate in the wedding feast, so there’s no need for us to imitate Him: we just need to enjoy Him, love […]
Cooperate with God to have the Second Garment, Christ as our Subjective Righteousnesses
July 18, 2024 by 16 Comments
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We need to cooperate with God to have not only the first garment – Christ as our objective righteousness, but also the second garment, Christ as our subjective righteousnesses, so that we may be qualified to enter the wedding feast of the Lamb when the Lord Jesus returns. The two aspects of righteousness – the […]
The Righteousness of the Bride: Christ as our Subjective Righteousness Lived out of us
March 28, 2024 by 13 Comments
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For the joy set before us, which is the Lord Jesus as our dear Bridegroom coming for His bride, we are today preparing to be the bride of Christ; there is the need for the righteousness of the bride, that is, the wedding garment that the bride wears for the wedding feast, which is […]
Cooperate with the Lord to become the Bride as His Army to Fight against His Enemy
August 22, 2020 by 1 Comment
On the day of His wedding, Christ will marry those who have been fighting the battle against God’s enemy for years, and He will be the fighting General coming with His bride as His army to fight the enemy by His speaking and defeat him. The church, the Body of Christ, needs to be the […]
The Church is both the Bride presented to Christ and the Corporate Warrior of God
August 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Our desire and yearning is that we would be the bride of Christ, the overcoming ones in this age; one aspect of the bride is that she is a warrior, for the church is both the bride and the corporate warrior to defeat God’s enemy. When we think of a bride, we think of utmost […]
Christ Lived out of us as our Subjective Righteousnesses becomes our Wedding Garment
August 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
One of the most important things related to a bride is the wedding dress; our wedding garment as the bride of Christ is of fine linen, bright and clean, for it is the righteousnesses of the saints. As believers in Christ, our aspiration and inner yearning is not only to enjoy and experience Christ in […]
The Church as the Bride is a Corporate Army Fighting for God’s Interest on Earth
March 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The church as the bride of Christ must also be a warrior to defeat God’s enemy, and Christ will return for his prepared bride and defeat God’s enemy. The church is composed of a group of people who are regenerated with the divine life, and they are built up on God’s life to be the […]
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![Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither [can] you unless you abide in Me. John 15:4](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Abide-in-Me-and-I-in-you-11.jpg?fit=178%2C100&ssl=1)
