Susie Parker (28 Feb 2005)
"The Chosen Bride (Part 2)"


   The Bride is just like Jesus - "of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones" (Eph. 5:30).  She is taken out of the side of the second Adam just as Eve was created from the first Adam.  As the Bride remains connected to the Jesus Vine, the same divine, life-giving blood that flows through Him flows through her.  Because of the divine blood, she is actually "made the righteousness of God in Jesus" (2 Cor. 5:21). She is therefore without sin, because "whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not" (1 John 3:6).  She is holy as He is holy (1 Pet. 1:16), without spot or wrinkle.  The Bride is God's "workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works" (Eph. 2:10). She is "a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and ready for the Master's use, and prepared unto every good work" (2 Tim. 2:21).
   Like Jesus, the Bride is anointed with power, filled with the Holy Ghost, and commissioned to do "greater (more) works than" Jesus did when He walked upon the earth (John 14:12).  She is "complete in Jesus" (Col. 2:10), "and of His fulness has she received (John 1:16).
"According to His divine power hath given unto her all things that pertain unto life and godliness" (2 Pet. 1:3).  The bride has been given "power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases, and sent to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick" (Luke 9:1-2).
 
In Christ,
 
Susie and David Parker