“There is a particular love for the bride in this sacrifice that the church misses when she only thinks that God did not have any particular people in mind when he bought the church with his Son’s blood. I used to say to the church I served, “I love all the women of this church, but I love my wife in a very special way.” I would not want Noël to think that she is loved just because I love all women and she happens to be a woman. So it is with God and all the people of the world. There is a universal love for all, but there is a particular love that he has for the bride. And when Christ died, there was a particular aim in that death for her. He knew her from the foundation of the world, and he died to obtain her.” LoveDeathBloodDeep LoveBride Of Christ Book:Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace Source: Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
“God gives Himself to us through the things that He gives to us. Never separate the giver from the gifts. The giver is in the gift and the gift is in the giver.” Inspirational QuotesChristianitySpiritual QuotesGod QuotesGod S GiftsBride Of Christ Author:Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
“The typical modernist is of course only content with lukewarm Christians. These are many of the Christians who likewise regularly deride and demean the Bride of Christ in order to maintain a certain self-image, to keep a safe distance. I am afraid that this is one of today's equivalents of denying Jesus under pressure.” ChristianJesusPeterSkepticismRidiculeModernitySelf ImageApologeticsLukewarm ChristiansBride Of Christ Author:Criss Jami
“If the Church is indeed the Bride of Christ, then a Christian who loves hating other Christians is like a wife who hates loving her family.” LoveHateChurchFamilyMarriageChristianityWifeTheologyApologeticsBride Of Christ Author:Criss Jami