No Greater Love Than the Precious Love of Jesus - Part 992

The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall praise Thee, for Thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 

The written word establishes that Christ is the Head of the Church. The scriptures also establish that He alone saves us from our trespasses. Indeed, on Him the safety of His body depends. Therefore, the church ought to be subject to Him and only Him. Why? For it is Christ who loves the church -- the betrothed bride. Further, it was Jesus that surrendered His own sinless body of flesh up to death for His betrothed. It was Jesus who counted His own sinless flesh body to be incomplete without the companionship of His betrothed. What would life be worth without you? Yes, you and you alone! Certainly, creation alone would not break the shackles of sin that had engulfed His one and only love.

But the demands of redemption had to include a righteous man and this is where the greatest love story ever told unfolds. Like a blood transfusion that replaced that sin tainted blood, Jesus had to lay down His sinless flesh on the cross for you and I. In so doing, Jesus rescued His betrothed, sanctifying and cleansing her. His betrothed church body made her holy, purifying and consecrating her, and as a consequence, making her body free from all sin. 

The Spirit of God washed His own redeemed betrothed church body with the washing of the water of His indwelling. Loving words of His declared promises. She in turn willingly submitting to His words of love, and even followed Him to death. Nothing would, or could, separate her from her betrothed. She descends into the watery grave. In obedience, she obeyed the words of her betrothed husband going down into the water and being baptized into a baptismal watery grave. She symbolically confessed that Jesus was her true lover of her inward being. There was no hesitation. She being desirous to be found faithful to only Him.

The Spirit of God desirous to present to Himself a glorious church-body. His betrothed as a beautiful splendid bride -- a bride who has not one spot or wrinkle, blots or disfigurements. This redeemed Church Body -- the betrothed bride of Christ -- became His purchased possession. Now born again. Now faultless and perfect. The Spirit of God which was in Christ loves His betrothed body. Why He loves His betrothed bride even as He loved His own flesh. For indeed, she was His own flesh. She was created in the beginning for Him. She was the flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone.

There were no limits to His love. There was no orders to her to do this or else. Jesus did not just talk the talk. No, He also walked the walk. There was no mountain high enough or valley deep enough to keep His Holy Spirit from His betrothed. So Jesus sacrificed His own natural body in order to woe her back from the house of bondage. He willingly sacrificed His own sinless body. He endured all things. Now that is love. No one ever cared for His betrothed bride like Jesus did. Yes, His betrothed was totally unfaithful, scarred, bruised, and mangled with the wages of sin. The cheeks sunk in. The eyes dead. In short, a total wreck. 

But it does not have to be that way. God's love -- the love that drew the salvation plan.

Oh, the grace that brought it down to man. Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span . Yes, at Calvary. LOVE DIVINE. Possibly, some may not feel this love divine. In fact, some may be playing hard to get. However, please do not shut the door on your true love’s face. There is no love like the love of Jesus. You and I are the betrothed bride of Christ. Stand in the Offering Plate. Tell the Lord how much you need Him  -- I need you, Lord I need you, I need your love today. Come into my heart Lord Jesus.

Ephesians Chapter Five:
Now to others who think that they are the Head of the Church, well, pay close attention to the following message. You may be the Head of so called churches, but this one thing I know that when the crimson flow fell to the earth below, it was not the blood of an organization or institution, it was the Blood of the Holy Ghost that flowed from the veins of my beloved, who alone is the Head of His people called by His name and His name alone -- the "Jesus" people.