Christ and His Church

Ephesians 5:26-33, "Christ made the Church (members) clean by the washing with water through the Word to present her as a radiant church without stain or blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way ought husbands love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves his own body...

"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the LORD. For the husband is a head of the wife AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. As the Church submits to Christ so also wives submit to their husbands (as the stronger partner: 1 Peter 3:7, "Husbands be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner.")

  

"For this reason a man will leave his parents and be united with his wife and the two will become one in flesh. This is a profound mystery. I am talking about Christ and His Church."

Upon salvation Christ makes Himself one with us in His Holy Spirit's infilling. That's one of the amazing things in the recognizing of another Christian you don't even know! Christ's Spirit in you acknowledges His Spirit in the other person and YOU BOTH know it even before talking! That's seeing GOD in others by His Holy Spirit in you! How much more so that is when married people both love the LORD with all their heart, soul, body, and mind! "What a fellowship, what a love divine, leaning on the everlasting Arms (of Jesus Christ!) What a blessedness is this peace of mind, leaning on the everlasting arms!" Are you safe and secure from all alarms? Lean on Jesus' everlasting Arms!